<p>When trading bitcoin on exchanges you trade directly at the exchange (not through a broker). Another big difference is that everything at an exchange is visible publicly, this includes the current orderbook and a recent set of historical trades.</p>

<p>What is features are supported and what the fees are depend on the exchange, a few big exchanges are:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.bitstamp.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">bitstamp</a>: They only support trading assets that you own, you can make limit orders or market orders. Margin trading is not supported.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.bitfinex.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">bitfinex</a>: They support the same as bitstamp as well as margin orders.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.kraken.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">kraken</a>: Similar as bitstamp, but also supports other cryptocurrencies.</li>
</ul>

<p>Besides the top few, there are also exchanges that do not have markets with FIAT money, the biggest one here is <a href="https://poloniex.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">poloniex</a> (which supports margin trading).</p>

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<p>How exactly trading of Bitcoin does? Is it just like a trading of shares of any company listed on stock exchange? Can anyone explain its transaction in detail?? Is there any Transaction fees or trading margin like stock exchange?</p>

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# How exactly trading of Bitcoin does?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-02)

How exactly trading of Bitcoin does? Is it just like a trading of shares of any company listed on stock exchange? Can anyone explain its transaction in detail?? Is there any Transaction fees or trading margin like stock exchange?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-03-02. Score: 1

When trading bitcoin on exchanges you trade directly at the exchange (not through a broker). Another big difference is that everything at an exchange is visible publicly, this includes the current orderbook and a recent set of historical trades.

What is features are supported and what the fees are depend on the exchange, a few big exchanges are:

* [bitstamp](https://www.bitstamp.net/): They only support trading assets that you own, you can make limit orders or market orders. Margin trading is not supported.
* [bitfinex](https://www.bitfinex.com/): They support the same as bitstamp as well as margin orders.
* [kraken](https://www.kraken.com/): Similar as bitstamp, but also supports other cryptocurrencies.

Besides the top few, there are also exchanges that do not have markets with FIAT money, the biggest one here is [poloniex](https://poloniex.com/) (which supports margin trading).


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