Live BTC market data, simulated capital, and the fees, spread and price impact a real order would pay — the honest way into Bitcoin before a wallet is involved.
Bitcoin is the original proof-of-work blockchain and the asset every other crypto market is quoted against in practice. Its supply is capped at 21 million coins and issuance halves roughly every four years, which makes it the one crypto asset whose future supply schedule is fully known in advance.
BTC is the deepest crypto market there is, so it is the least punishing place to learn execution: spreads are tight, books are thick, and a retail-sized market order rarely moves the price meaningfully. It is also the market that sets the tone — when Bitcoin moves violently, correlations across the rest of the market converge toward one and "diversified" altcoin positions turn into a single leveraged Bitcoin bet.
Use BTC to learn the mechanics rather than to hunt volatility: measure the real cost of a market order against a limit order, watch how the spread widens around scheduled macro releases, and build the habit of sizing from a stop distance rather than from account balance.
DexLadder does not fill at the mid price. An order is charged the spread, the venue fee and the price impact your own size causes — on pool trades that impact is computed from the constant-product and concentrated-liquidity maths rather than approximated by a flat percentage. That is the difference between a paper result you can trust and one that quietly flatters you. The full model is written up in the methodology.
Work out the position from your stop distance rather than your balance — the position size calculator does it in one step — and if you are using leverage, check the liquidation distance against the ordinary daily range of BTC before choosing a multiplier.
Yes. DexLadder needs no signup, no email and no wallet connection — the paper balance and trade history stay in your own browser.
Yes. Prices come from live market feeds; only the money is simulated.
Yes — venue fees, the spread and the price impact your order size causes. An environment that skips those overstates every strategy you test.
Trade BTC on live markets — free — no account, nothing to install