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Learn NEAR trading
Plain answers to the questions NEAR traders ask most: how to swap, set a stop-loss or a limit order, read price impact, pay in from another chain, check a token before buying, what every fee is, and how to accept payments on your own site. Each page answers in its first lines, then goes into depth.
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- How to swap tokens on NEARPick a pair, read the quote, approve once in your wallet.
- What is wNEAR?NEAR in token form, always worth exactly 1 NEAR.
- NEAR wallets compared for tradingWhich wallets connect, and what matters when you trade.
- How to buy NEAR with a card or from another chainPay in with BTC, ETH, SOL, ZEC, USDC or USDT from their own chains.
Orders
- How to set a stop-loss on NEARSell automatically when the price falls to your level.
- Limit orders on NEARBuy lower, sell higher or buy a breakout, filled from a contract.
- How auto orders fire on NEAR: the keeper and sealed triggersThe keeper, sealed triggers and what happens at the fill.
- How 1-click trading works, and where the funds sitTrade without wallet popups, and who holds the balance.
Costs
- nearswaps fees and referral linksEvery fee in one table, invite links and nearswaps points.
- NEAR gas fees for swapsWhat a swap really costs in gas, and the one-time deposit.
- Price impact and slippage on NEAR, explainedWhy big trades move the price, and what slippage to set.
- NEAR NFT marketplace fees and how listing worksThe 2.5% fee, creator royalties and listing as an approval.
Before you buy
- How to check a NEAR token before you buyWhat the token check reads, and what it cannot see.
- NEAR meme coins: how launches work on Intear and meme.cookingHow Intear, meme.cooking, Nearly, JustHoot and Shards launch tokens.
- What is the best DEX on NEAR?Where NEAR liquidity sits, and which venue suits which token.
For merchants
Side by side with other NEAR venues: Compare. Contracts, pools and prices of the most traded tokens: Tokens.