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Bitget Universal Exchange (UEX) Whitepaper: Blueprint for Financial Technologies in Crypto, Stocks, Commodities, and Emerging Markets Written By: Ryan Lee, Chief Analyst, Bitget Research
Foreword
Every industry has a defining moment when evolution gives way to transformation. For exchanges, that moment is now. When I first described the idea of a Universal Exchange (UEX), I called it our “seventh gear”, a metaphor for breaking limits that once seemed mechanical, even impossible. In the early days, centralized exchanges were praised for speed and trust, while decentralized exchanges were praised for freedom and transparency. E
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Spot marginBitget Spot Margin Trading: Profit From Shorting Without Holding Coins Spot margin trading builds on traditional spot trading, offering the same market depth but with the added capability to both buy (long) and sell (short)! What is shorting? Shorting involves selling a cryptocurrency with the expectation that its price will fall. Investors borrow a certain amount of the target currency, sell it at the current high price, and then buy it back at a lower price once the value drops. Specifically, you can borrow N units of the asset to sell for cash and later r2024-10-23
Spot marginHow Does Bitget Spot Margin Amplify Your Profits? Spot margin is a foundational trading tool that can significantly increase your profits. But how exactly does it work to double your earnings? Going long Going long indicates your expectation that the target coin's value will increase. It operates similarly to traditional spot buying—buy low, sell high. However, spot margin differs by allowing you to borrow USDT for trading. For instance, if you are bullish on BTC but have limit2024-10-23
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Spot marginSpot Margin - Learn to Control Risk Ratio Spot leverage is popular among users, due to its ability to help achieve greater potential returns by borrowing additional funds for trading. However, higher returns also mean higher risks. Therefore, it is helpful for users to build a better risk control system for trading, and prevent greater losses by learning to monitor and control their risk ratio. Definition of Risk Ratio Risk ratio is the ratio of debt to assets calculated by the system when a user holds a spot leverage trading posit2023-03-24
Spot marginMargin Trading TermsCross margin: in cross margin mode, all currencies that support cross margin can be used as collateral to borrow funds. This can help improve the utilization rate of funds, while sharing risk among all currencies in the cross-margin account. Isolated margin: trading pairs are kept in separate accounts so that funds and their corresponding risk are calculated independently. Margin account: an account that is used for leveraged borrowing or trading. Margin accounts include cross-margin accounts2023-03-16
Spot marginFour Steps to Complete Bitget Spot Margin Trading Transfer - Borrow - Trade -Repay! Step 1: Transfer Funds to Your Spot Margin Account The first step to Spot Margin trading on Bitget is to transfer funds from your main account to your Spot Margin account. This can be done through the "Transfer" function on the platform. Make sure you transfer enough funds to cover any potential losses. Tip: For the Cross margin account, the principal is mixed in one account. For the Isolated margin account, you need to transfer funds to the trad2023-03-14
Spot marginSpot Margin - Borrowing is the core of margin trading.Spot margin trading is a product that allows users to borrow more funds to trade by collateralizing their margin. It belongs to the branch of spot trading and shares the same order book as spot trading. Advantages Provides users with more margin. Proper use of leverage can bring more potential profits to users in trading. Improves capital utilization. When users hold tokens and do not want to sell them, they can borrow other funds by collateralizing the tokens to further invest. Supports2023-03-09
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