General
Introduction to trading on Kraken
- Currency pairs available for trading on Kraken
- Trading prices and charts for Kraken
- Introduction to cryptocurrency trading
- Differences in spot trading with and without the use of margin
- Trading glossary
Trading requirements & errors
- Cost minimum for trading
- Price decimal precision
- Minimum order size (volume) for trading
- Maximum number of open orders
- Partially filled orders due to "Out of Funds"
Fees
- How do stablecoin/FX fees work?
- How trading fees work on Kraken
- What are Maker and Taker fees?
- Kraken fee credits (KFEE)
- How are trading volume discounts calculated?
High-Volume Trading
Order options
- Summary of order options
- Other order options
- Conditional Close
- Currency pair selection
- Order size/volume ("Amount" field)
Order types
- Price terminology
- Market and limit orders
- Stop loss orders
- Stop loss limit orders
- Take profit orders
Margin trading basics
- Margin trading pairs and their maximum leverage
- Explanation of spot transactions on margin
- How to trade using margin
- Opening a spot position on margin
- Settling or closing a spot position on margin
Margin trading terms & concepts
- Terminology used on the Overview page
- Position
- How leverage works in spot transactions on margin
- Margin
- Closing or settling multiple spot positions on margin (FIFO)
Margin trading limitations & restrictions
- Margin position limits
- Client eligibility for margin trading services
- Additional Information on Institutional Qualification Requirements for Eligible Contract Participant (ECP) Status
- Additional Information on Institutional Qualification Requirements for Permitted Client Status
- Margin trading and Eligible Contract Participant (ECP) self-certification for U.S. clients