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First-purchase roadmap
Spreading this over a few days is completely normal — verification takes review time and transfers take settlement time. This keeps track of where you got to, and each checkpoint says what the step is for and where to read if you get stuck.
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Stage 1: prepare (about 10 minutes)#
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Not a virtual or disposable number — those tend to fail at the withdrawal stage, by which point there is money in the account.
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Not a work or university address. The email is the account’s primary identifier and recovery depends on it.
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The name on it must match what you type character for character. What they ask for
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Not “roughly bearable” — genuinely no impact. How much to put in
Stage 2: open the account (about 5 minutes + review)#
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Type the address yourself, or search the official app store. Do not click a link anybody sent you. How to check
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That field is collapsed by default and can only be filled at the moment of registration. Where it is
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If nothing arrives, do not keep pressing resend — wait two full minutes. Checklist
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Automatic review takes minutes to hours; manual takes a day or two. If rejected, fix by error message.
Stage 3: security setup (about 15 minutes)#
Being compromised while the balance is zero costs nothing. Fit the lock before you put anything inside. Why
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SMS can be intercepted through SIM-swap attacks; an authenticator app cannot.
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Do not only screenshot it. If the phone is gone, that paper is your only way back in.
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Every genuine email afterwards carries the phrase you chose. A fake one cannot.
Stage 4: getting money in (minutes to 3 working days)#
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Depends on your country and your bank. Roughly what works where
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Put nothing in the payment reference except what the platform asks for. Where it gets stopped
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If the money left your bank but nothing shows, check the order history before assuming a problem.
Stage 5: buy and confirm (about 5 minutes)#
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Leverage multipliers or long/short buttons mean you are in the wrong place. Which order type
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Usually invisible because “hide small balances” is on. Six causes
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Six months later, for working out gains or for tax, memory will not do it.
All seventeen done.
The single most useful next step is: close the price page and go and do something else. Watching the price in the first few days does nothing except make you likely to decide something at the worst moment. The thing you set out to do is finished.
Stuck on one of the steps?
Every checkpoint links to the guide that covers it in detail. The whole path in one read is in the main walkthrough.
Read the full walkthrough →Related
- Getting money in Useful at stage 4
- Market or limit order? Useful at stage 5
- What beginners get wrong most often Worth a glance before starting
- Glossary For any term you do not recognise
Last updated: 25 August 2026. This is an operational checklist and is not investment advice. Progress is stored only in your own browser and is not collected by this site.