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ANATOMY OF A SPOT TRADE
01 / ORDER
OrderYour instructions
Which asset · How much
02 / FILLED
FillA trade has happened
How much · At what price
03 / RECEIVED
ReceivedCheck your balance
Which asset paid the fee
One trade. Three things to check.

The amount bought and the amount added to your balance can differ. Check which asset paid the fee, then compare the account records.

START HEREEditor's pick · Before opening an account

Before you register, check what you need.

Work through eligibility, account verification and security before deciding whether to continue.

Read the account checklist

Start with the question in front of you

Read the numbers before placing the order.

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How to open a Binance account and prepare for a first spot trade

Check Binance eligibility, create and secure an account, read a spot pair, place an order, and verify the result without confusing submission with a fill.

Your first Binance spot trade: from order form to checked result

Plan a first Binance spot order, read pair units, choose market or limit, then verify order status, fills, fees, average price, and balance changes.

How to read a trading pair without mixing up the units

Learn what base asset, quote asset, price, quantity, and notional mean in a crypto trading pair, with clearly labelled examples for buy and sell orders.

Limit order or market order: what changes before you click

Compare limit and market orders by price control, execution speed, slippage, partial fills, and order-book liquidity before choosing a first spot order.

Partially filled order: what completed and what remains

See what a partially filled spot order means, calculate its executed and remaining quantity, understand locked funds, and decide whether to cancel the rest.

Why a Binance limit order is not filling

Diagnose an unfilled Binance limit order by checking acceptance, side and price, liquidity, queue position, partial fills, locked funds, and current rules.

Available and locked balance: where your funds are committed

Understand Binance Spot free and locked balances, trace reserved funds to open orders, and reconcile partial fills, cancellations, fees, and account locations.

Binance says your Spot order is too small: what to check

Learn which Binance Spot quantity and notional rules can reject a small order, how to read their units, and what to check before trying again.

Why Binance rejects a quantity: step size is not decimal precision

Understand Binance Spot minQty, maxQty, and stepSize as a quantity grid, with a simple way to check values without confusing precision and increments.

Why did a completed Spot buy add less crypto than expected?

Reconcile a completed Binance Spot buy using filled quantity, commission amount, commission asset, and the matching balance change.

One Spot order, several fills: how to calculate the average price

Calculate one Binance Spot order's quantity-weighted execution price from multiple fills without confusing it with a simple average or cost basis.

Why can a Binance limit order be charged as a taker?

A limit price controls execution price, not maker status. Learn how an order can take liquidity, rest on the book, and produce different fill roles.

How to export Binance Spot orders, trades, and account activity

Save Binance Spot records without mixing orders, fills, and balance activity. Check date ranges, UTC, fees, identifiers, and raw CSV files.

What to save and hide when sharing a Binance Spot order screenshot

Prepare useful Binance Spot order evidence without exposing unrelated balances, IDs, login details, authentication codes, keys, or other private data.

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How much can you order, and in what increments?

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