Trading

Handy tips and tutorials on using our trading features

31 articles in this collection
Written by Alex Harper, Angus Goldman, Kurt Hogan and 6 others

Demo Mode

How to access and use Demo Mode (Paper trading)

Written by Angus Goldman
Updated over a week ago

Changing Your Base Currency

Want to trade with AUD, USD or BTC?

Written by Kyle Edwards
Updated over a week ago

Price Alerts

Find out how to create and manage price alerts for your favourite crypto coins!

Written by Benjamin Krupski
Updated over a week ago

Navigating between AUD and USD

Here we have outlined the difference between trading in USD vs AUD and how to navigate between them

Written by Matt B
Updated over a week ago

Risk Management - The Impact of a Stop Loss

Build Equity - Learn how a Stop-Loss can help grow your investment 📈

Written by Pav Hundal
Updated over a week ago

What fees do you charge?

Detailed info on the fee structure and why Swyftx takes the best approach to low-cost trading.

Written by Alex Harper
Updated over a week ago

How to use our new Swap feature!

Learn how to trade from currency to currency seamlessly with our new Swap feature.

Written by Brooke White
Updated over a week ago

What is Slippage?

Getting filled at prices outside what you estimated?

Written by Pav Hundal
Updated over a week ago

How to clean up those pesky small balances.

Have some balances that are too small to sell? Dust em up!

Written by Kurt Hogan
Updated over a week ago

Diversification and Asset Allocation

How to spread your investments to maximize profit and minimize risk!

Written by Matt B
Updated over a week ago

Why are the buy and sell prices different?

Understand how price are calculated on Swyftx and why price changes with order size.

Written by Alex Harper
Updated over a week ago

The Need to Knows

The important facts about order types, how Swyftx limits assets and what checks are in place for available balances.

Written by Alex Harper
Updated over a week ago

How to use the Chart tools

We know navigating the chart tools and functions can be difficult so we've made it easy with this simple guide to your charts!

Written by Pav Hundal
Updated over a week ago

Does Swyftx offer leverage trading?

Leverage Trading with Swyftx

Written by Matt B
Updated over a week ago

Cryptocurrency Bundles

What are they, and how to use them

Written by Pav Hundal
Updated over a week ago

What's the difference between the Ask, Bid and Mid?

Here we explain why different pages may show different prices for an asset and why.

Written by Matt B
Updated over a week ago

Why are prices different between exchanges?

Understand why prices differentiate between other Australian exchanges.

Written by Kurt Hogan
Updated over a week ago

How to place an Instant Buy/Sell Order?

See how easy it is to buy and sell assets on Swyftx.

Written by Luka
Updated over a week ago

What is an order book?

Get a better understanding of what's really going on behind the scenes when you place trades.

Written by Alex Harper
Updated over a week ago

Best practices for placing orders

Find out how the limited asset is very important when setting stop and limit orders and learn how to avoid insufficient balance errors

Written by Alex Harper
Updated over a week ago

What is a Stop Order?

Understand how to use stop orders in practise with basic examples.

Written by Alex Harper
Updated over a week ago

How to place a Stop Loss Order?

Find out how to properly place a stop loss order using Swyftx's stop sell order type.

Written by Alex Harper
Updated over a week ago

How to use the Percentage Based trade bar

Here at Swyftx we've added a percentage based trade bar to make placing your orders easier.

Written by Matt B
Updated over a week ago

How to place a Take Profit order?

Find out how to properly place a take profit order using Swyftx's limit sell order type.

Written by Alex Harper
Updated over a week ago

How to create an API Key

The steps to creating an API Key for your swyftx account

Written by Matt B
Updated over a week ago

What is a Limit Order?

Understand how to use limit orders in practise with basic examples.

Written by Alex Harper
Updated over a week ago

What is a recurring order and how is it useful?

Find out how to set up a recurring order.

Written by Kurt Hogan
Updated over a week ago

What is a Market Order?

Learn what market orders are, how they are traded and why Swyftx uses them.

Written by Alex Harper
Updated over a week ago

What does the low market volume warning mean?

What does low liquidity mean for my orders?

Written by Matt B
Updated over a week ago

How to setup a Recurring Order

Learn how to setup a Recurring Order.

Written by Angus Goldman
Updated over a week ago

How to place OCO Orders?

Everything you need to know when managing multiple orders for a trade.

Written by Alex Harper
Updated over a week ago