Cardano distinguishes itself by emphasising peer-reviewed research and a layered architecture designed to enhance scalability, interoperability, and sustainability. With just a 5% margin required, you only have to put down $200. After you conduct independent fundamental analysis on the market, you think it will rise. Over a few hours, the price rises by 300 points to a price of 40,300 and you close the position. Over a few hours, the price rises by 300 points to a price of 40,300 and you close the position. You’ve made a profit of $30 ($300/100 X 10), minus the spread cost and any additional fees. You open a CFD trade long on bitcoin of 10 contracts, worth $4,000 or currency equivalent.

You’ve made a loss of $30 (-$300/100 X 10), minus the spread cost and any additional fees. Or maybe you have specialist knowledge in a lesser-traded crypto that you feel gives you an edge when speculating on that market. Spread your risk vs other assets you’re trading. You might want to trade a more liquid cryptocurrency like bitcoin to try. How to trade cryptocurrencies with Capital. As with all of our markets, when you trade cryptocurrencies with us, you’ll pay a spread, which is based on the difference between the buy price and the sell price of the market.

Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency, ether (ETH), is used to power transactions and execute smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. Ethereum’s blockchain is known for its programmability and flexibility, allowing developers to build a wide range of applications, including decentralised finance (DeFi) protocols, decentralised exchanges (DEXs), and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Ripple is a digital payment protocol. Unlike Bitcoin and Ethereum, ripple is not mined; instead, the XRP tokens were pre-mined, and a finite supply of 100 billion XRP was created.

This means you can control large positions with a relatively small amount of capital (the margin itself). The remaining 95% of the value of the trade is effectively advanced to you by us. Have a solid risk-management plan in place. However, leverage can also amplify losses, so it’s risky. Let’s say you’re trading one CFD contract on a cryptocurrency at a price of $1,000. This means it’s important to use it with caution.