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Long and Short Positions in Crypto Trading

Long and Short Positions in Crypto Trading

Long and short positions are the two basic terms every trader learns at the very beginning of their trading journey. Going long is to own the asset and expect the price to increase, while shorting is waiting for the price to go down and buy back the asset at a

Perpetual Futures Trading is now live on HitBTC

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Perpetual Futures Trading is now live on HitBTC

We are pleased to announce that Perpetual Futures contracts with up to 75x leverage are now live on HitBTC. Now you can trade BTC, ETH, TRX, BCH, ADA, DOT, SOL, EOS, AAVE, MATIC, XLM, UNI, LTC, and HIT, our native utility token as perpetual futures. These contracts are USDT-denominated and

HitBTC Token (HIT) is live on Margin Trading

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HitBTC Token (HIT) is live on Margin Trading

We are very pleased to announce that our native utility token, the HIT Token, is now available for Margin Trading on HitBTC! That’s right, now you can trade HIT with 3x leverage against the following pairs: HIT/BTC, HIT/USDT and HIT/ETH. Try it now! Margin trading has

HitBTC Launches Its Native Utility Token HIT

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HitBTC Launches Its Native Utility Token HIT

HitBTC is announcing the launch of its native utility token, the HIT token, which will become the foundation of the HitBTC ecosystem. HIT will be used to provide incentives and rewards to the exchange traders and ecosystem contributors. Geared towards growing our community and enhancing the overall trading experience for

New pairs available for Margin Trading

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New pairs available for Margin Trading

We are very pleased to announce that even more trading pairs are available for Margin Trading on HitBTC! Now you can access x3 leverage on XRP/EOS, TRX/EOS, XMR/EOS, LTC/EOS, DASH/EOS, XEM/EOS, NEO/EOS, TRX/ETH, XMR/ETH, DASH/ETH, XLM/ETH, ZEC/ETH, ADA/

HitBTC Introduces Margin Trading on the Main Platform

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HitBTC Introduces Margin Trading on the Main Platform

We are pleased to announce that we’ve added a margin trading tool, previously a core feature of Demo HitBTC, to the main platform, giving our users the opportunity to leverage the funds they already have. By operating with a certain amount of money borrowed from the exchange, users will

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HitBTC product update: Post Only orders

Dear traders, Today we introduce the new “Post Only” option for limit orders, also known as “Add Liquidity Only” orders. Usually, traders use Post Only orders to avoid paying the Taker fee and prevent faults of entry, as incorrect orders would fail to be executed. How it works: 1. Upon

Restart of the IDH market

Dear traders, The HitBTC team works to improve the trading experience, the range of instruments and opportunities on our platform. We have received numerous requests for adjusting the IndaHash trading process – so starting from today the IDH price becomes more variable, precise and convenient due to more available decimal places.

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Monero Classic - original Monero chain

Dear traders, We are glad to announce that Monero Classic (XMC) is now available for trading on HitBTC. Monero Classic is Monero original chain retained after Monero team initiated the hard fork at block height 1546000 to become anti-ASIC. Monero Classic is based on CryptoNote protocol and retains all parameters

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Introducing "over-the-counter" (OTC) trading

Dear traders, Our team cares equally about our traders with all levels of experience and keeps exploring the options that can improve our clients’ trading strategies and offer greater freedom to them. HitBTC in partnership with Extendeddealer.com is introducing OTC or “over-the-counter” trading option, suitable for our advanced level

Introducing Scaled Orders on HitBTC

Dear traders! HitBTC strives to set high goals for our platform’s development and seek more perspectives for our traders. We move forward by adding new tools and options for flexible and time-effective trading. Today our team is proud to introduce scaled orders – an advanced trading tool that empowers you

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Major API updates

Dear traders! HitBTC continues to bring you progressive cutting-edge tools to meet your trading needs. Today we are unveiling the main features of our upgraded trading API that will enable you to make a step up in advanced trading and create your own applications on a fast reliable basis. We

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Why should advanced traders choose HitBTC with its new API 2.0?

Dear traders, Meet the alpha version of our new API. The platform’s dependable API provides an easy integration, is extremely stable and will satisfy the needs of algorithmic traders. New API is designed specifically for advanced traders and has already received a lot of positive feedback. Our exchange strives

Margin Trading

Our great exchange keeps on growing and improving. Our goal is to keep offering our beloved traders all the instruments and options that they might want, hence we aim to add lots more in the future. We’re currently working on all the bits and bobs and techy stuff to

The Advantages of HitBTC API

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The Advantages of HitBTC API

We’re working hard to bring you the best trading experience. There are some awesome features we’ve been working on. Not to pat ourselves on the back but many of our competitors don’t offer this options yet we find they are of great help when using your own

New Features on Our Exchange

New Features on Our Exchange

Dear Traders! We’re constantly looking for ways how to improve your trading experience on our exchange. HitBTC is happy to provide you with more tools to help you achieve success a little bit easier. We’ve got two new features for you. A small Christmas gift for our fellow

Primary Crypto-trading Tools on HitBTC Exchange

Primary Crypto-trading Tools on HitBTC Exchange

Trading Bitcoin and Altcoins isn’t easy. To let you concentrate on the most important thing – decision-making – we’ve got lot of helpful tools and indicators on our platform. If you are already a master trader then this article is probably not for you. So don’t get sad if

New EMA tools on our platform

New EMA tools on our platform

Technical indicators now available! We have great news for all of our traders – you can now add EMA tools on our charts to help you make greater profits trading. Let’s have a little look at what EMA-s are and how you can use these indicators and what are a

Check Out New Examples in our API Library!

HitBTC is committed to delivering the most outstanding customer service and regularly adds new features and improves the platform to make it even more convenient. Many users turn for advice for programming bots leveraging our API and we are always open to share best practice tips and improve the trading

New Features

As the most technologically advanced exchange HitBTC proudly introduces the following features specially developed to improve your trading experience. Advanced Order Book View Our Terminal now has the advanced view that includes more trading details. Buy/Sell Order Swap Now you can position the Buy Order and Sell Order sections

New Exciting Demo Trading On HitBTC

Despite the sudden work that we had to carry due to the recent circumstances (see previous news), we also had time to make a long-planned unique innovation – a demo trading mode. This is a special mode when you are able to credit yourself unlimited test funds and try your strategy