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# Trading
Trade crypto and real assets with confidence
**Trading**
Everything here is gasless. You sign, the protocol pays the gas, so you never need ETH. Before you start: log in at avantisfi.com/trade with email, Google, X, SMS or your own wallet, and fund your account with USDC on Base. See Onramp USDC for the fastest routes.
**1. Place a trade**
* Pick a market: crypto, forex, commodities, indices or equities
* Long if you expect the price to rise, Short if you expect it to fall.
* Choose Market to fill now, or Limit to fill at your price, or TWAP (breaks your position into equal slices). A limit can sit below the market or above it, so it covers dip-buys and breakout entries alike.
* Size it your way: enter collateral and leverage, or enter the exact coin amount you want exposure to (eg: 1 BTC, 100 META)
* Review the numbers: execution price, spread, fees and liquidation price are all shown before you confirm
* Place order.
**2. Go big without paying big spread: TWAP**
Spread scales with order size. TWAP splits a large order into equal slices executed over a duration you choose, so each slice pays the small-order spread.
* Choose TWAP on the trade panel, set size and duration
* Collateral is escrowed upfront, and slices fill at live oracle prices, merging into one position at a blended entry
* Cancel anytime. Unfilled collateral comes straight back
**3. Set your exits: TP, SL, partials, TWAP close.**
* Attach a take profit and stop loss before you open, or add them anytime after. Updates are free and instant
* Scale out in steps: set multiple partial TP or SL levels on one position, each closing a portion, at a fixed price or a percentage move from entry
* On selected markets, stop losses are guaranteed: your exact price, even through a gap, at no extra cost
* Prefer the chart? Drag your TP and SL levels directly on it.
**4. Trade the world, around the clock**
* Forex, gold, oil, indices and equities, with zero commission while these markets are in growth mode
* Stocks and indices trade 24/5, so you can react to earnings the moment they drop
* Each market shows its live status and next open and close. Mind the gaps: see Market Hours
**5. Manage the position**
* Add margin to push your liquidation price away, or remove margin to free capital
* Add size at the current price. Your entry becomes the weighted average
* Close in one click, or close a portion and let the rest run.
* Funding (L/S) accrues while you hold and is shown on the position. On the lighter side of a market, it can pay you.
