Industry Guides & Tutorials - Essential Trading & Market Knowledge

For the uninitiated, there are hundreds of new words and phrases to learn in crypto-land and the trading of digital assets. We have compiled a comprehensive guide of Crypto terms in our Crypto Dictionary. We have provided links to some of the more in-depth articles on LiquidityFinder where more explanation can be found on some topics.

Whether you are in FX, equities, or even crypto, you have to settle trades and make payments. That world is complex and fragmented. And the complexity keeps growing as we add new forms of future money: Stablecoins, tokenised deposits, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and e-money. All of those are niches which we have to manage. This article focuses on how you can fine tune your processes to best manage the scarce resource that is intraday liquidity.

Choosing a liquidity provider can be difficult - there is a lot of choice these days! LiquidityFinder is your tool to ensure that you are matched with the best possible liquidity provider to help your trading business succeed.

While MT4 remains the most widely used retail trading platform, MT5 offers significant upgrades in asset coverage, order types, and analytical tools. This guide breaks down the key differences and helps brokers and traders decide which platform fits their needs.

Mauritius is an attractive destination for retail brokerages, and the FSC of Mauritius continues to support the development of regulatory frameworks. Here’s everything you need to know if you’re considering setting up a retail brokerage in Mauritius.

There are multiple DEXs available, but which one is the best in 2024? Here are six of the best DEXs available and the benefits of each one.

A deep dive into the Balancer protocol, automated portfolio management, and liquidity provision.

Bancor is a blockchain protocol which acts as a decentralised liquidity network, supporting other protocols such as CarbonDeFi. Here’s how the platform works.

Understanding toxic flow, latency arbitrage, and how to protect your brokerage book from sharp traders.

Rules and regs have come to Europe’s crypto markets. In this post, we’ll take a look at the thing called MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) and how it impacts Stablecoins. We’ll get in to the when, the what, the why and the so-what.

Centralised and decentralised exchanges are the foundations of cryptocurrency trading. But what are the main differences and which one should you choose?

Hot and cold wallets are an important part of buying and selling crypto. But how do they work? And what are the key differences?

Find out 6 trading strategies every trader should know: Swing Trading, Position Trading, Day Trading, Price Action Trading, Algorithmic Trading, and News Trading.

Slippage is an issue for large parts of the FX markets, and is often exacerbated by last look trading practices. But what can traders do to avoid it?

Pairs trading is a quantitative, market-neutral strategy that exploits the historical correlation between two securities. When the spread between them diverges, traders go long on the underperformer and short on the outperformer, profiting from mean reversion.

Scalping is one of the most active trading styles to capture small price movements. This guide covers the mechanics of scalping, the platforms and tools best suited for it, and the risk management discipline required to make it sustainable.

Dark pools are a large part of the market, and how institutional traders keep their trades anonymous. We what dark pools are, the different types, and their effect on the broader market.

KyberSwap is a decentralised exchange (DEX) and automated market maker (AMM). It provides many different functions but mainly serves as a token swap platform and DEX aggregator. In this article, we cover what Kyberswap is and how it works.