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Coinbase Advanced: Fees, Order Types and the Cost of a Fill
The order type decides whether you pay maker or taker, and whether you get a price or a fill. Here is how to read Coinbase Advanced's cost structure before placing the order.
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CEX vs DEX: Order Books, Liquidity Pools and Where the Cost Goes
A centralised exchange matches orders; a decentralised exchange prices them against a pool. The difference decides who holds the asset, who sets the price, and which costs appear on the receipt.
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Bybit Spot vs Perpetual Futures: Cost, Custody and Funding
A spot purchase and a perpetual position can express the same view and produce very different outcomes. The difference is funding, leverage and the liquidation price.
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Binance Spot Fees: Finding Your Own Rate Before You Trade
Binance publishes a tier table, not a single fee. Here is how to locate the rate that applies to your account, and how to price a round trip once you have it.
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Binance Convert vs Spot: Which Route Fits the Order
Convert and the spot order book solve different problems. One is a quote you accept or decline; the other is a market you work. Here is how to choose, and what each costs.
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Why an Exchange Rejects Your Order: Min Notional
A rejected order usually trips one of four published constraints: minimum order value, size step, price tick, or a post-only market. Binance's error text names the filter.
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Spread, Depth and Slippage: What a Market Order Costs
A market order pays the best price for the first slice and worse prices after that. Measured order books show where that difference starts to matter, and for which order sizes.
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OKX Account Modes: What Each One Changes
OKX documents four account modes and two position modes, and the setting decides what counts as collateral and when forced liquidation starts. A source-based walkthrough.
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Maker vs Taker Orders: What the Difference Actually Costs You
Maker orders add liquidity and taker orders remove it, so they are priced differently. Here is how to tell which one your order will be, before you place it.