Crypto trading for beginners: build a plan before your first trade

How do you start crypto trading from zero?

First learn to describe a trade: the market, intended entry, conditions that invalidate the idea and planned exit. Work through an unclear plan on paper before taking action.

Choose one market and a pair you understand. Review its chart, liquidity and platform fees. A journal or an exchange demo account, where available, is enough for an initial exercise.

Record your intended entry, stop and target. Compare the plan with what actually happened, including fees and possible slippage. One successful example does not establish a reliable method.

What is the difference between spot and futures?

Spot involves buying or selling the asset itself. A futures contract is a derivative; perpetual contracts may also involve periodic funding payments.

LONG is a scenario for a rising price; SHORT is a scenario for a falling price. Leverage increases exposure relative to collateral and liquidation risk. Collateral, position value and the loss you plan to accept are different quantities.

How do you read a crypto signal: entry, SL and TP?

Check the pair, exchange, direction, publication time and timeframe. Price may already have moved away from the level. Establish whether the scenario’s conditions still hold.

Entry is the intended entry price. Stop Loss (SL) is a planned exit for an adverse move. Take Profit (TP) is a target. A stop does not guarantee an exact execution price; a stop-limit order can remain unfilled.

Hypothetical LONG: entry 100, stop 98, target 104. The distance to the stop is 2 and to the target is 4, giving a planned reward-to-risk ratio of 2:1 before costs. This is arithmetic, not a live signal.

How do you calculate position size from a stop loss?

For spot and a linear position: asset quantity = planned cash risk / distance between entry and stop. Position notional = quantity × entry price.

With hypothetical risk of $2 in this example, quantity is 1 unit and notional is $100. The calculation does not set leverage: check collateral requirements and liquidation separately on the exchange.

The calculator excludes fees, funding, slippage, minimum orders and quantity increments. This formula is not suitable for inverse contracts or options.

How can a beginner use LOGRI Radar?

Open Radar and the Access tab. The current sign-in flow verifies your email; the free 7 days start after the first sign-in to a verified account. Check the access page for the features included.

Start with Signals: examine one scenario and verify it on the chart yourself. Movements adds market context; Positions shows price, open interest and funding. Available views depend on the plan.

Use history to study a series of observations. Before acting, check data freshness, entry conditions, invalidation and your own risk. Forecast is an analytical scenario, not a promised future price.

Radar helps you find and study market situations. Viewing a page does not place an exchange order. Feature access and execution configuration are separate actions.

What should a beginner record in a trading journal?

Record time, pair, exchange, reason for the scenario, entry, SL, TP, position size, costs and outcome. Note separately whether you followed your plan.

Compare examples under consistent rules. Win rate without average gains, average losses and costs does not establish overall profitability.