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Buying & Selling

How buy and sell orders work, how to read a price, and how to spot profits and losses when you trade.

  • Place a buy order and a sell order
  • Read a price and a total cost
  • Spot a profit and a loss

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A buy order is a shopping list

When you press BUY, you're telling the market: 'I want X shares at today's price.' The market matches you with a seller and pow — the shares are yours.

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Selling turns shares back into VCcoins

Press SELL to swap shares back for VCcoins. If today's price is higher than what you paid, that's a PROFIT. If it's lower, that's a LOSS. Both are normal — smart investors learn from both.

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Average cost

If you buy shares many times, your AVERAGE COST is the typical price you paid. Compare it to today's price to see if you're up or down.

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1. A BUY order does what?

2. You bought at 10 VC, sold at 14 VC. That's a…

3. You bought at 20, sold at 15. That's a…

4. Average cost is…

5. Is losing money sometimes normal?

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