DCX academy: DCX201 – reading an exchange order book

Notes on Apr 5, 2022

14:09 minutes

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  • What is an Order Book?

  • Why is the Order Book date valuable?

  • Which Cryptocurrency Order Books can I see?

  • How many types of Order Books are there?

  • Differences between Buy Limit / Sell Limit

  • How Market Participants Move Price

*Basics of Reading Order Books


In Summary: The user interface of an Exchange Order Book will vary but the information is valuable because traders around the world are interpreting this data to make decisions in the market.

Realize not all Cryptocurrency exchanges are created equally!