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Altrady Platform Overview and First Trade

You’ve learned the fundamentals—market structure, risk management, chart reading, and trader psychology. Now it’s time to put your knowledge into practice.

In this final lesson of the beginner course, we’ll walk you through placing your very first crypto trade using Altrady’s paper trading environment. You’ll learn how to confidently execute buy and sell orders, understand order types, and start building real trading habits in a risk-free setting.

What you’ll learn:

  • How to place your first Market Buy and Limit Sell orders
    • Navigating the chart and trading panel in Altrady
      • Using your demo account to build trading confidence
        • Checking order history and understanding execution
          • What to do next: backtesting, journaling, and joining the community

            This session is all about action—turning theory into muscle memory and setting the stage for your real trading journey.

            Before you start

            You'll need your exchange API key

            Altrady connects directly to your exchange. Here's what to have ready before creating your account.

            An account on a supported exchange Binance, Bybit, Kraken, OKX, Coinbase and 15+ others. You'll connect it in under 2 minutes.
            A live exchange account to connect via API Key or Fast Connect Generate a read + trade only API key — no withdrawal permissions needed. Takes about 2 minutes.
            Trade-only permissions — Altrady can never withdraw or move your funds.

            Not sure which exchange? See all supported exchanges →