You've been learning how crypto markets work for seven lessons. You understand exchanges, order books, charts, and timeframes. Now it's time to learn how to actually execute a trade, and the very first decision you'll make is one most beginners never think about.

Every exchange gives you at least two options when you want to buy or sell: a market order and a limit order. They sound similar. They achieve the same goal. But they work in fundamentally different ways, and choosing the wrong one at the wrong time can quietly eat into your profits before the trade even has a chance to work.…