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  • Horizon Academy
  • Horizon Protocol
    • Introduction
      • Tokenomics
      • Business Model
      • Synthetic Assets - zAssets
    • Security Audit
    • Roadmap & Achievements
    • Community
      • How to Initiate a HIP
      • HIPs
        • HIP-22: Create a zUSD - USDC pool on Pancakeswap V3
        • HIP-21: Stop Incentives to the zBNB - BNB pool on Wombat Exchange
        • HIP-20: Suspend zMATIC Market and Introduce zPOL Ahead of MATIC to POL Migration
        • HIP-19: Temporarily reduce C-Ratio to 350%
        • HIP-18: Add DOGE and SHIBA to Horizon Futures
        • HIP-17: Add DOT, AVAX, and MATIC to Horizon Futures
        • HIP-16: Add XRP, ADA, and LINK to Horizon Futures
        • HIP-15: Add SOL to Horizon Futures
        • HIP-14: Reduce Trading Fees during Horizon Futures Promotional Period
        • HIP-13: Suspend zNVDA market ahead of Stock Split and convert zNVDA to zUSD
        • HIP-12: Updated Utilization of zUSD & zBNB Liquidity
        • HIP-11: Redirect HZN from EARN Pool to PancakeSwap as ‘Bribe’ using Cakepie
        • HIP-10: Use zAssets from Community Fund staking to provide liquidity on Wombat via Yield Aggregator
        • HIP-9: Redirect HZN from EARN Pools to Wombat Exchange as ‘Bribes’
        • HIP-8: Move the zUSD-BUSD and zBNB-BNB Liquidity Pools to Wombat Exchange
        • HIP-7: Utilize the Community Fund for Additional Liquidity
        • HIP-6: Lower Target C-Ratio to 600% from 700%
        • HIP-5: List New zAssets
        • HIP-4: Use Keepers to Close Weekly Fee Periods
        • HIP-3: Suspend zTSLA ahead of Stock Split
        • HIP-2: Lower Target C-Ratio to 700%
        • HIP-1: Create incentivized zBNB/BNB pool
      • Community Grant Program
    • FAQs
    • Brand Assets
  • FUTURES
    • Introduction
      • What is a Perpetual Future?
    • Futures Trading on Horizon Protocol
      • Perpetual Futures - Deep Dive
        • Delta Neutrality
        • Price Impact Function
        • Dynamic Funding Rates
        • Dynamic Funding Rate Simplified Example
        • Visualizing Price Impact and Dynamic Funding Rate in Horizon Futures
      • Order Types
      • Profit & Loss
      • Oracles
      • Fees & Rebates
      • Liquidation
      • Liquidity
        • Global zAsset Market Liquidity
        • On/Off Ramp Liquidity
      • Account Management (FAMS)
      • Arbitraging in Perpetual Futures
    • AI Trading - Signals/indicators
      • ViperAI
      • WaveML
      • Minima/Maxima
      • Fear and Greed Index
    • Guides
      • Trading Futures on Horizon Protocol
        • 1. Getting Started
          • a. Set Up Wallet
          • b. BNB Chain Network Set Up
          • c. Acquire zUSD
        • 2. Set Up Your Account
        • 3. Open a Position
        • 4. Close a Position
        • 5. Modify / Cancel Order
      • Futures Testnet Guide
        • 1. Getting Started
          • a. Set Up Wallet
          • b. Get Arbitrum Sepolia ETH
          • c. Get Testnet zUSD
        • 2. Set Up Your Account
        • 3. Open a Position
        • 4. Close a Position
  • Stake & Earn
    • Introduction
    • Staking on Horizon Protocol
      • Staking and Rewards
      • Mint, Burn, and Claim
      • Collaterialization and C-Ratio
      • Liquidation
      • Managing Risk
      • C-Ratio Strategies
      • Hedge your Portfolio
    • Earn: Liquidity Pools
    • Interfaces
      • Account - Escrow
      • Account - Authorize
      • Account - History
    • Guides
      • How to Stake by Minting zUSD
      • Adding Liquidity for zUSD and zBNB pools
      • Add Liquidity for HZN-BNB
      • Remove LP Tokens for zUSD-BUSD Pool
      • Setting Up Chainlink Automation
  • Exchange
    • Introduction
    • Spot Trading on Horizon Protocol
      • Markets
      • Oracles
      • Exchange Fees
    • Interfaces
  • Educational Articles
    • Glossary and Definitions
    • What are DeFi Derivatives and how are they used
    • A Brief History of Synthetic Assets and Financial Derivatives
    • DeFi Derivative Projects
  • Introduction
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  1. Exchange

Introduction

An Introduction to trading on Horizon Protocol's Spot Exchange

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Last updated 9 months ago

Horizon Spot Exchange hosts a marketplace of zAssets that represent the real economy by utilizing industry-leading oracle Chainlink to track their price movement. It allows for simple market trades of typical underlying assets including commodities, stocks, currencies and crypto.

Product Offerings & Features

Horizon Spot Exchange enables permissionless derivatives trading for synthetic assets , there is zero slippage on trades, and deep liquidity because unlike traditional market exchanges, Horizon Protocol has no need for an order book nor counter party matching.

Horizon Spot Exchange also provides a suite of trading tools, including Portfolio tracking and analytics, trade histories, technical charts, and more. Users can build profitable DeFi strategies by trading, borrowing, swapping synthetic assets or hedge their Futures Positions.

Trading on Horizon Spot Exchange

Trading on Horizon Spot Exchange is very easy.

For most users, the starting point is acquiring zUSD from either staking HZN, or trading for it directly on the open market.

Once you have zUSD, you can go to the trading page and purchase the zAsset of your choice.

Introduction to the Horizon Exchange