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Season 1Episode 182:05

Spot vs futures: you're not buying the same thing

In this lesson Tell holding an asset apart from holding a price contract, and understand long and short.

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Key takeaways

  1. Spot swaps one asset for another; a perpetual is a contract position.

  2. Long gains if the price rises, short gains if it falls; the wrong side loses.

  3. Futures are a different risk structure, not a level you must reach.

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A futures position is not the same as withdrawable base-coin assets. The course doesn't require a real account.

Transcript

  1. Sam

    They both say bitcoin. Isn't it the same trade?

  2. Nexubo

    Plain spot, with no borrowing, swaps one asset for another. The linear perpetual we cover here is a contract position that settles profit and loss as the price moves. It's not buying bitcoin you can withdraw.

  3. Narrator

    Going long usually means hoping the price rises. Going short usually means hoping it falls. Get the direction wrong, and either side loses. Being able to short doesn't make it easier to make money.

  4. Sam

    Should I level up from spot to futures?

  5. Nexubo

    No need. Futures are a different risk structure, not a level you must reach. You can understand them and still choose not to use them.

  6. Narrator

    Plain spot without borrowing has no margin liquidation like futures do. But the asset can still lose a lot of value. No liquidation doesn't mean your money is protected.

  7. Sam

    No.

  8. Nexubo

    Know what you're trading first. Then study leverage.

  9. Narrator

    10x leverage: does the exchange hand you 900 extra? Next episode.

  10. Narrator

    Understand first, then act.