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**Understanding the Basics of Cryptocurrency Trading: From Spot to Derivatives**
Beginners often get confused by the terminology used on crypto exchanges. Let's clarify the key concepts necessary for successful trading.
**What are Spot and Contracts: Basic Division**
Spot trading is the simplest form of trading – you buy cryptocurrency at the current price and hold it, waiting for its value to increase. When the price rises, you sell and profit from the difference. It’s a straightforward strategy without debts or dependencies.
Contracts are a completely different instrument. They are derivativ

Hyperliquid Whale Movement Overview: Currently, on-chain Large Investors have Holdings of $5.377 billion, with long positions of $2.413 billion and short positions of $2.964 billion. Interestingly, long positions have lost $109 million, while short positions have gained $197 million—this wave of shorting is quite exciting.
Specifically, a certain Whale address 0x5b5d is shorting ETH at the price of $3533.75 with 10x leverage, currently realizing a floating profit of up to $5.719 million. It seems that this short position has correctly predicted the direction.
Market sentiment is weak, and the

## Newbie in the crypto world must know: Why is it that buying and selling coins is always more expensive?
Friends who trade at Gate Square have all encountered this situation - you want to place an order to buy Bitcoin for 10,000, but it ends up being 10,003; or you sell a small coin, and the price inexplicably slips to a lower level. This is **the difference between buying and selling** and **slippage** causing trouble.
**What is the buying and selling spread?**
In simple terms, it's the gap between the seller's asking price and the buyer's bid. For example, if someone is bidding