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How to read a coin page
A coin page is a pile of different measurements stacked on one screen. The price is the last traded level. Everything else is a calculation on top of that, and several of those calculations can disagree with each other without anyone making an error.
Price is a print, not a promise
The large number is the last price from the data vendor’s aggregated markets, quoted in US dollars. It is not the price you will be filled at. Your fill depends on the venue, the size, the side, and the book at that second.
LiquidityFlow refreshes this number from CoinGecko and caches it for about a minute. If you are placing an order, the order ticket on the exchange is the price that matters. The coin page is for context.
The row under the price
The 1-hour, 24-hour, 7-day, and 30-day percentages compare the current price with the price at the start of that window. A coin can be up on the day and down on the week. Both statements are true. They answer different questions.
The 24-hour high and low are the extremes inside that window, not support and resistance. A wick through the high does not mean the market “rejected” it. It means at least one trade printed there.
What to open next
After the headline numbers, look at volume next to market cap, then circulating supply next to max supply, then the chart range. Those three checks catch most of the misleading screenshots that circulate on social feeds.
Open the live Bitcoin page when you want to see the labels on real data. The definitions on this page do not change when the price does.
Questions
Why does LiquidityFlow’s price differ from my exchange?
We show an aggregated USD price from CoinGecko, cached for about a minute. Your exchange shows its own book, in its own quote currency, with its own spread.
Is a coin page financial advice?
No. It is a description of market statistics. It does not say whether you should buy, sell, or hold.