How to make your first spot trade on Usko
A calm walk through the trade screen: choosing a market, entering an amount, checking the fee and confirming your first buy.
What you need first
- A verified account with a balance you can trade.
- Two-factor authentication switched on.
- A small amount to start with. Your first trade is a lesson, not an investment strategy.
Spot trading means buying an asset and owning it outright, straight away. There is no borrowing and no leverage. If the price falls, you still hold what you bought.
Step 1 — Open the trade screen
Select Trade in the main menu. The screen has four parts: a price chart, an order book, a form where you enter your order, and a list of your own orders at the bottom.
Step 2 — Choose a market
A market is written as a pair, for example BTC/USDT. The first item is what you are buying or selling; the second is what you are paying with. Use the market selector at the top of the screen to search for the pair you want.
Choose a pair whose second half you actually hold. If your balance is in a stablecoin, look for pairs that end in that stablecoin.
Step 3 — Decide between a market order and a limit order
- A market order buys immediately at whatever price is available right now. Simple and instant.
- A limit order lets you name your price. It only fills if the market reaches it, and it may never fill at all.
For a first trade, a small market order shows you the whole process from start to finish. There is a full guide to the difference linked at the end.
Step 4 — Enter the amount
Make sure the Buy side of the form is selected. Enter either how much of the coin you want, or how much you want to spend — the form fills in the other figure for you. The percentage buttons (25%, 50% and so on) spend that share of your available balance.
Step 5 — Read the summary before you confirm
Above the confirm button, the form shows the total cost and the fee that applies to this order. Always read this line. The fee shown there is the live figure for your account — trust it over any number written anywhere else.
Step 6 — Place the order
Select Buy. A market order fills within moments and the coin appears in your balance. A limit order appears in your Open Orders list and waits there until the market reaches your price. You can cancel an open order at any time before it fills.
Step 7 — Check the result
Open Order History and Trade History at the bottom of the screen. You will see the price you actually paid, the quantity and the fee charged. Comparing what you expected with what happened is how the screen stops being intimidating.
Watch it in the Usko app: the trade screen, the buy and sell sides, order types and the percentage buttons.
Sensible habits for a new trader
- Start with an amount you would not mind losing entirely.
- Decide before you buy what would make you sell. Writing it down helps.
- Prices move constantly. Reacting to every wobble is the most reliable way to lose money.
- Crypto prices can fall as fast as they rise. Nothing here is a promise that anything goes up.