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# Welcome to Bitnex

Bitnex is a non-custodial trading platform for perpetual futures and spot markets. Connect a wallet — or just an email — and trade dozens of markets with the speed and depth of a professional exchange, while your funds never leave your control. There is no sign-up form, no KYC, and once trading is enabled, every order is gasless.

Under the hood, Bitnex is built on a high-performance decentralized exchange protocol: a fully on-chain central limit order book that handles liquidity, order matching, custody and settlement. Bitnex gives you the interface — from a clean, beginner-friendly Lite view to a full Pro terminal — and the underlying protocol does the heavy lifting on-chain.

![Bitnex](/files/KDWSGk1iJGlXY8eoAeHF)

## Why Bitnex

* **Non-custodial by design.** Your assets are held by the underlying protocol's on-chain system, never by Bitnex. You stay in control of your funds at all times.
* **One-click, gasless trading.** A one-time setup creates a secure agent wallet (session key) that signs orders for you — no wallet popup per trade, no gas per order. See [Enable Trading](/bitnex-docs/guides-and-faq/enable-trading.md).
* **Deep on-chain liquidity.** Orders are matched on a fully on-chain central limit order book, so you get transparent, exchange-grade execution without an intermediary.
* **Lite & Pro, switchable anytime.** Start simple with [Lite mode](/bitnex-docs/platform/lite-mode.md) or go full terminal with the [Pro web terminal](/bitnex-docs/platform/web-terminal.md) — order book, advanced order types, TradingView-style charting and more.
* **Everything in one account.** Perps, spot, [vaults](/bitnex-docs/earn/vaults.md), [staking](/bitnex-docs/earn/staking.md) and [swaps](/bitnex-docs/platform/swap.md) share a unified balance, all visible from your [Portfolio](/bitnex-docs/platform/portfolio.md).

## Explore the docs

| Start here                                            | What you'll find                                                  |
| ----------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Getting Started](/bitnex-docs/getting-started.md)    | Connect, enable trading, deposit and place your first trade       |
| [Web Terminal](/bitnex-docs/platform/web-terminal.md) | A tour of the Pro trading interface                               |
| [Order Types](/bitnex-docs/trading/order-types.md)    | Market, Limit, Stop, Take Profit, Scale and TWAP orders explained |
| [Fees](/bitnex-docs/platform/fees.md)                 | How the maker/taker fee model and volume tiers work               |
| [FAQ](/bitnex-docs/guides-and-faq/faq.md)             | Quick answers to the most common questions                        |

{% hint style="info" %}
New to perpetual futures? The [Trading section](/bitnex-docs/trading/interface.md) covers the fundamentals — [margin](/bitnex-docs/trading/margining.md), [funding rates](/bitnex-docs/trading/funding-rate.md), [liquidation](/bitnex-docs/trading/liquidation.md) and [PnL](/bitnex-docs/trading/entry-price-pnl.md) — in plain language.
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="warning" %}
Bitnex is not available to U.S. persons or to residents of restricted or sanctioned jurisdictions. On first connect you will be asked to sign a message accepting the [Terms of Service](/bitnex-docs/legal/terms.md) and confirming your eligibility.
{% endhint %}


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