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From Where to Start Your Cryptocurrency Trading journey ?

 

The first thing that hit the new traders while entering cryptocurrency trading is to find the starting point for their learning journey.  If they start at the right moment, the learning journey can ease the learning and make the learning fun. But, In general, it's not easy to decide from where to start given that much information is available free of cost on various blogs and YouTube channels. In my opinion, the best way to start for new traders is to learn to read the market first because to understand any "game," it is essential first to watch and observe the game closely.
 

There are over 300 currency exchanges across the world that do cryptocurrency trading. Some of these exchanges are well reputed and trusted, and some are unreliable. The well-known are Binance, Coinbase, Huobai Global, Poloneix, Bittrex, etc. However, among all these exchanges, the biggest and popular are Binance. Most of the traders use Binance. We will also discuss Binance and trading on it in future blogs. In principle, one can keep an eye on the cryptocurrency market from any of these exchanges, including Binance. However, Tradingview (www.tradingview.com) is more prevalent among traders for observing (analyzing) the cryptocurrency market, even though traders use different currency exchanges (for example, Binance) to trade (buying and selling cryptocurrencies). Using tradingview is preferred because it offers more tools and a wide range of options that allow you to do various kinds of analysis (we will learn that in future blogs).
  
Observing Cryptocurrency market using Tradingview
 
 To use the tradingview website, let's go to that website. You can directly go to www.tradingview.com. You can log in with your Google/Gmail ID on this website. The below image shows how its screen looks like. It's important to note that tradingview do not deal with cryptocurrency alone. Instead, it also provides market conditions of various commodities (such as crude oil), metals (such as gold, silver), stocks (such as Newyork stock exchange-listed companies shares) along with all major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin. 
 
Figure 1:  Screenshot of Tradingview website (source: www.tradingview.com)
 
Once you open its website, the next recommended step is to understand various things about this website. It is recommended that you click on chart view from the top tab on the home screen, as indicated in Figure 2. 
 
 
Figure 2:  Screenshot of Tradingview website (source: www.tradingview.com)

 

The following screen will appear after you click on Chart (Figure 3). You must first adjust this screen for your convenience. This can be done by using your mouse and right-click. Little experimentation will help you here. Next, you need to adjust the watchlist as per your need. You can also add several cryptocurrencies to your watch list so that you can keep track of their rates. Next, you can remove the irrelevant information from the watchlist to keep your watchlist clean and as per your need. The lower portion of the watchlist shows the various technical details about the particular currency that you select from the watchlist that includes its current market value, the value range during 24 hours, the buyers and sellers rates and order, the volume, the pressure of buyers and sellers.

 

Figure 3:  Screenshot of Tradingview website (source: www.tradingview.com)

 

The graph/chart shown on the main screen is called candle chart. That is key in all analyses. The x-axis of this graph shows the UTC that could be easily adjusted to your local times as per your convenience. The y-axis of the graph shows the dollar value of the currency you select from the watchlist. Also, note that the candle chart can be changed from candle to bar chart, scatter, or line graph.

Furthermore, it is also important to note that the graph is for a "specific period." Each candle in the graph is for a specific duration. For instance, if we set the chart for 15 minutes, it means that the candle represents a 15 minutes interval. We can change this interval to various other time frames depending on the trading strategies discussed in upcoming blogs. Finally, you can select a black theme for your chart that improves the visibility of your graphs.  As shown below figure. In the next blog, I will explain how you can read these candles to know the market situation.

 

 Figure 4:    Screenshot of Tradingview website (source: www.tradingview.com)


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