📖 The Manual Futures Trading Guide

How to use this dashboard's live MEXC data and signals to open your own futures positions on MEXC — step by step.

1 · What the dashboard is doing

The dashboard is connected to MEXC's real-time futures feed (the same tick data MEXC's own site uses). Every second it recomputes five classic indicators on the live candles and combines them into one score from −100 (max short) to +100 (max long):

When the verdict is LONG or SHORT, the dashboard also draws a trade plan on the chart: suggested entry, a stop-loss 1.2×ATR away (ATR = the market's current average candle range, so the stop breathes with volatility), and two take-profits at risk:reward 1:1 and 1:2.

2 · Reading a signal like a checklist

1. Check the verdict on TWO timeframes. Best trades: 15m and 5m agree (e.g. both LONG). If 15m says SHORT and 5m says LONG — skip, that's chop.
2. Check ADX ≥ 20. Below that, the "reasons" list will literally warn you the market is choppy — signals are unreliable in chop.
3. Check the reasons list. Each line explains a component. If RSI shows "overbought", entering a fresh LONG is late — wait for a pullback toward EMA21 or VWAP.
4. Check funding rate (top grid). Very positive funding (>0.05%) means longs are crowded — shorts get paid; extreme values often precede squeezes.
5. Only act on STRONG signals when you're new. Plain LONG/SHORT is for experienced scaling.

3 · Sizing the position (the most important step)

Use the calculator on the dashboard. The rule it implements:

Example with 1,000 USDT capital, 1% risk, BTC at 62,000, stop 500 away: risk = 10 USDT → size = 10 ÷ 500 = 0.02 BTC ≈ 1,240 USDT notional. At 5× leverage that locks 248 USDT margin. The calculator also converts to MEXC contract "Vol" (1 BTC contract = 0.0001 BTC), here: 200 Vol.

• Risk 0.5–1% per trade while learning; never above 2%.
• Keep leverage 3–10×. The "liq. buffer check" in the calculator should stay well under 80% — if the stop distance eats ~100% of margin, the exchange liquidates you before your stop.
• Use Isolated margin, never Cross, so one trade can't drain the account.

4 · Placing the trade on MEXC — click by click

App or web, USDT-M Perpetual

1. 1Open MEXC → Futures → USDT-M, search the symbol shown on the dashboard, e.g. BTC/USDT perpetual.
2. 2Top-left of the order panel: set margin mode to Isolated and leverage to your chosen value (e.g. 5×).
3. 3Choose order type: Limit at the dashboard's entry price (or Market if the signal is STRONG and moving).
4. 4In the quantity field enter the Vol / contracts number from the calculator (MEXC counts futures in contracts — the calculator already converts).
5. 5Before submitting, tick TP/SL on the order form: paste the dashboard's stop-loss and take-profit prices. Never submit a futures order without a stop.
6. 6Press Open Long if the verdict is LONG, Open Short if SHORT.
7. 7Manage: at TP1 close 50% and move the stop to entry (breakeven) — the rest rides to TP2 risk-free. If the dashboard verdict flips against you before TP1, close manually.

5 · The rules that keep you alive

• Max 2 positions at once, never in the same direction on correlated coins (BTC+ETH long = one double-sized bet).
• 3 losses in a day = stop trading until tomorrow. The market will still be there.
• Never move a stop-loss further away. Ever.
• Don't trade the first minutes of big news (Fed, CPI) — spreads and wicks eat stops.
• Funding is charged every 8h on MEXC — holding overnight costs/pays the funding rate shown in the grid.
• Screenshot every trade; review weekly which signals you took and why.

6 · Dashboard tips

• The top strip shows all tracked markets with their 5-minute verdicts — tap one to switch.
• Timeframe buttons: 1m for entry timing, 5m for the trade signal, 15m for direction bias.
• The dashed lines on the chart are the current plan: gold = entry, red = stop, green = TP1/TP2.
• Want other markets on the strip? Any MEXC USDT-perpetual symbol can be added — ask your admin (the SYMBOLS setting).