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First steps

From the account to your first own position. Expect about ten minutes. Each step says what you should see on the screen afterwards — if it does not match, you know right away where it is stuck.

Step 1 · Create an account2 minutes

At Sign up for free you need a username, email and password. No payment details, no ID check — there is nothing to deposit here.

Then an email arrives with a confirmation link. Only after clicking it can you log in.

Afterwards you should see: the login page with the note that the confirmation was successful. If no email arrives, check your spam folder — it is sent through our own mail server and ends up there with some providers.

Step 2 · Open the terminal1 minute

After logging in you land directly in the chart. The very first time you see a single chart with a preset market.

Take a minute here and just let it run. At the top right of the bar, LIVE shows that fresh prices are coming in — the value visibly ticks along.

Afterwards you should see: candles moving on the right edge. If everything stands still there, either a very calm market is selected or a very large timeframe — on a daily candle nothing visibly happens in a minute.

Step 3 · Pick market and timeframe2 minutes

The timeframes sit in the top bar, grouped by seconds · minutes · hours · long-term. Start with 15m or 1h — there you see movement without every twitch becoming a candle.

The fastest way to change the market is the watchlist on the right: one click on a row swaps the coin in the active chart. With Chart Typ you switch from candles to line, Heikin Ashi and the others.

Afterwards you should see: the selected timeframe highlighted and the name of the market at the top of the chart. If nothing changes when you click the watchlist, another chart is active — click the one you want once, then it is.

Step 4 · The first position3 minutes

Switch to Trading in the bar on the right. There you set:

DirectionLong if you expect rising prices

Investmentstart small, e.g. $100

Leverage1× for the first attempt

Order typeMarket — goes straight to the current price

Really use 1×. Then one percent of price movement equals exactly one percent of your stake, there is no liquidation and you can leave the position open as long as you like. Everything else comes later.

Afterwards you should see: below the chart in the Positions tab a row with entry price, margin and a result that changes with the price. On the chart there is a line at your entry.

Step 5 · Set target and stop2 minutes

On the open position you can set TP/SL — target and stop. Both can be entered as a price or as a percentage; while sliding you see live which price and which result follow from it.

Both are checked on the server, not in your browser. You can switch off your computer — the position is still closed as soon as its price is reached. You should try that once, so that you know.

Afterwards you should see: two additional lines on the chart and both prices in the position row. Once triggered, the position is in the History tab, with TAKE_PROFIT or STOP_LOSS as the reason.

Got lost? Reset the account. In the area below the chart you can reset the trading account to the starting balance. Since none of it is real money, a fresh start costs you exactly nothing.

What next?

Once the first position has worked, the interface as a whole is worth a look next — then the first bot.

The interface explained A bot from zero to running

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