# Yellow Guide

## Welcome to Yellow.pro

- [Welcome to Yellow!](https://docs.yellow.pro/readme.md): Yellow combines fast trading infrastructure with user-controlled custody — performance, clarity, and control in one place.
- [Overview](https://docs.yellow.pro/getting-started/overview.md): Start here to learn what Yellow.pro is and how to get set up.
- [What is Yellow.pro?](https://docs.yellow.pro/getting-started/what-is-yellow.md): Yellow.pro is a hybrid crypto trading platform that pairs centralized-exchange speed with the self-custody and transparency of DeFi.
- [Users Journey on Yellow.pro](https://docs.yellow.pro/getting-started/users-journey.md): The five-step Yellow.pro journey — connect, fund, transfer, trade, withdraw — and what to expect based on your account type.
- [External Wallet vs Google Account](https://docs.yellow.pro/getting-started/wallet-vs-gmail.md): How the two ways to access Yellow.pro — external wallet vs Google sign-in — differ in balance structure and deposit, transfer, and withdrawal flow.
- [How to Connect Your Wallet](https://docs.yellow.pro/getting-started/connect-your-wallet.md): Step-by-step guide to connecting a supported wallet to Yellow.pro, plus WalletConnect tips and common connection troubleshooting.
- [Glossary of Terms](https://docs.yellow.pro/getting-started/glossary.md): Definitions of key terms used across Yellow.pro.
- [FAQ](https://docs.yellow.pro/getting-started/faq.md): Quick answers to the most common questions about getting started on Yellow.pro.
- [Overview](https://docs.yellow.pro/account-and-balance/overview.md): Understand your balances and how to move funds between them.
- [Understanding Your Balances](https://docs.yellow.pro/account-and-balance/understanding-your-balances.md): How Yellow.pro's balance areas work — Account Balance, Trading Account, and Perpetual Account — and how funds flow between them.
- [Understanding Transfers on Yellow.pro](https://docs.yellow.pro/account-and-balance/understanding-transfers.md): Why some transfers are instant and others take time, how to check transfer status, and what to do if a transfer stays pending.
- [How to Transfer Funds Between Accounts](https://docs.yellow.pro/account-and-balance/transfer-funds-between-accounts.md): How to move funds between Account Balance, Trading Account, and Perpetual Account, and which transfers apply to your account type.
- [Why Funds May Not Be Transferable](https://docs.yellow.pro/account-and-balance/why-funds-not-transferable.md): Common reasons funds may appear in your balance but can't be transferred or withdrawn — and what to check before contacting support.
- [FAQ](https://docs.yellow.pro/account-and-balance/faq.md): Quick answers about Yellow.pro balances, transfers, and locked funds.
- [Overview](https://docs.yellow.pro/deposits-and-withdrawals/overview.md): Add funds to your account and withdraw them to your wallet.
- [How to Deposit](https://docs.yellow.pro/deposits-and-withdrawals/how-to-deposit.md): How to deposit funds on Yellow.pro — the direct flow for external wallets and the two-step flow for Google Sign-in accounts.
- [How to Withdraw](https://docs.yellow.pro/deposits-and-withdrawals/how-to-withdraw.md): How to withdraw funds on Yellow.pro — directly from your Trading Account (external wallet) or via Account Balance (Google Sign-in).
- [Supported Networks, Assets & Limits](https://docs.yellow.pro/deposits-and-withdrawals/supported-networks-assets-limits.md): Supported network and assets, blockchain confirmations, minimum withdrawal amounts, network fees, and irreversibility rules for deposits and withdrawals.
- [Deposit & Withdrawal Troubleshooting](https://docs.yellow.pro/deposits-and-withdrawals/troubleshooting.md): Identify and resolve common deposit and withdrawal issues before contacting support.
- [FAQ](https://docs.yellow.pro/deposits-and-withdrawals/faq.md): Quick answers to common deposit and withdrawal questions on Yellow.pro.
- [Overview](https://docs.yellow.pro/spot-trading/overview.md): Buy and sell crypto at market price on Yellow.pro.
- [What is Spot Trading?](https://docs.yellow.pro/spot-trading/what-is-spot-trading.md): Spot trading on Yellow.pro — the direct exchange of one crypto asset for another at the current market price.
- [How to Place a Spot Trade](https://docs.yellow.pro/spot-trading/how-to-place-a-spot-trade.md): A step-by-step guide to placing and cancelling a spot trade on Yellow.pro.
- [Order Types](https://docs.yellow.pro/spot-trading/order-types.md): Market and limit orders, plus conditional orders (stop market and stop limit) on Yellow.pro — how each works and when to use it.
- [Managing Orders](https://docs.yellow.pro/spot-trading/managing-orders.md): Track your activity with Open Orders, Order History, and Trade History, understand the In Orders balance, and fix common order rejections.
- [Market Rules & Limits](https://docs.yellow.pro/spot-trading/market-rules.md): Spot market trading rules — tick size, step size, minimum order size and value, price band, and slippage tolerance — and why an order might not be accepted.
- [FAQ](https://docs.yellow.pro/spot-trading/faq.md): Quick answers to common spot trading questions on Yellow.pro.
- [Overview](https://docs.yellow.pro/perpetual-trading/overview.md): Trade perpetual futures with leverage on Yellow.pro.
- [What is Perpetual Trading?](https://docs.yellow.pro/perpetual-trading/what-is-perpetual-trading.md): Perpetual trading on Yellow.pro — speculate on crypto prices with leverage, long or short, without owning the underlying asset.
- [Long, Short & Hedge Mode](https://docs.yellow.pro/perpetual-trading/long-short-hedge-mode.md): Going long or short on Yellow.pro perpetuals, and using two-way (hedge) mode to hold both directions on the same pair at once.
- [Margin & Leverage](https://docs.yellow.pro/perpetual-trading/margin-and-leverage.md): How cross margin, leverage, initial and maintenance margin, and the margin ratio work for perpetual trading on Yellow.pro.
- [Understanding PnL](https://docs.yellow.pro/perpetual-trading/pnl.md): Unrealized vs realized PnL in perpetual trading — how each is calculated and how the mark price drives your unrealized PnL.
- [Risk & Liquidation](https://docs.yellow.pro/perpetual-trading/risk-and-liquidation.md): How liquidation works on Yellow.pro perpetuals — mark price, cross-margin risk, ADL, margin warnings, and how to manage risk.
- [Liquidation & Mark Price](https://docs.yellow.pro/perpetual-trading/risk-and-liquidation/liquidation-and-mark-price.md): What triggers liquidation on Yellow.pro, the liquidation process and price, and why the mark price (not the last traded price) determines it.
- [Cross-Margin Risk & ADL](https://docs.yellow.pro/perpetual-trading/risk-and-liquidation/cross-margin-risk-and-adl.md): How cross margin aggregates risk across all your positions, and how auto-deleveraging (ADL) settles liquidations against opposing traders.
- [Margin Warnings & Risk Management](https://docs.yellow.pro/perpetual-trading/risk-and-liquidation/margin-warnings-and-risk-management.md): What margin warning emails mean and how to enable them, plus core risk-management principles for leveraged trading.
- [Position Management](https://docs.yellow.pro/perpetual-trading/position-management.md): Actively manage your open perpetual positions on Yellow.pro — adjust margin, change leverage, and close positions fully or partially.
- [Adjusting Margin & Leverage](https://docs.yellow.pro/perpetual-trading/position-management/adjusting-margin-and-leverage.md): How to add or remove margin and change leverage on an open perpetual position, and how each affects your liquidation price.
- [Closing a Position](https://docs.yellow.pro/perpetual-trading/position-management/closing-a-position.md): How to close a perpetual position fully or partially on Yellow.pro, and what happens to your margin and realized PnL.
- [Contract Specifications](https://docs.yellow.pro/perpetual-trading/contract-specifications.md): Perpetual contract specifications — tick size, step size, minimum order size and value, price band, max leverage, and maintenance margin — and why an order might not be accepted.
- [FAQ](https://docs.yellow.pro/perpetual-trading/faq.md): Quick answers about perpetual trading on Yellow.pro — basics, position management, and risk & liquidation.
- [Overview](https://docs.yellow.pro/fees/overview.md): Trading fees, VIP tiers, funding, network fees, and the $YELLOW token.
- [Trading Fees (Maker & Taker)](https://docs.yellow.pro/fees/trading-fees.md): How trading fees work on Yellow.pro for Spot and Perpetuals, and the difference between maker and taker orders.
- [VIP Tiers & Fee Discounts](https://docs.yellow.pro/fees/vip-tiers.md): How VIP tiers determine your trading fees on Yellow.pro, how to qualify, and the complete fee schedule by tier.
- [Funding Fees Explained](https://docs.yellow.pro/fees/funding-fees-explained.md): What funding fees are, when they're charged, and how funding rates work on Yellow.pro perpetual markets.
- [Withdrawal Network Fees Explained](https://docs.yellow.pro/fees/withdrawal-network-fees.md): Why a blockchain network fee applies to withdrawals, why it changes, and how it's deducted from your withdrawal amount.
- [$YELLOW Token & Fee Discounts](https://docs.yellow.pro/fees/yellow-token-fee-discount.md): What the $YELLOW token is and how holding it qualifies you for higher VIP tiers and lower trading fees on Yellow.pro.
- [Fee Split Explained](https://docs.yellow.pro/fees/fee-split.md): How every trading fee collected on Yellow.pro is divided internally between $YELLOW buybacks and platform operations.
- [FAQ](https://docs.yellow.pro/fees/faq.md): Quick answers about trading fees, VIP tiers, $YELLOW, funding, and network fees.
- [Overview](https://docs.yellow.pro/api-and-programmatic-access/overview.md): Overview of the Yellow.pro REST and WebSocket APIs, base URLs, and authentication.
- [Getting Started with API](https://docs.yellow.pro/api-and-programmatic-access/getting-started-with-api.md): Authenticate with the Yellow.pro API and start calling endpoints.
- [Authentication Service API](https://docs.yellow.pro/api-and-programmatic-access/authentication-service-api.md): Authentication service endpoints: challenge, verify, refresh, login, logout, and /auth/me.
- [API Key Management](https://docs.yellow.pro/api-and-programmatic-access/api-key-management.md): Create, list, and revoke API keys, with scopes and IP allow-lists.
- [Signing Requests With API Keys](https://docs.yellow.pro/api-and-programmatic-access/signing-requests-with-api-keys.md): Sign authenticated API requests with HMAC-SHA256 using your API key.
- [Trading API Service](https://docs.yellow.pro/api-and-programmatic-access/trading-api-service.md): Trading API service: health, fee tiers, and exchange market data.
- [Market Data API](https://docs.yellow.pro/api-and-programmatic-access/market-data-api.md): Public market-data endpoints for prices, indicators, and market analysis.
- [Spot Trading API](https://docs.yellow.pro/api-and-programmatic-access/spot-trading-api.md): Spot trading API: accounts, orders, trades, and fee rates.
- [Account Transfers API](https://docs.yellow.pro/api-and-programmatic-access/account-transfers-api.md): Transfer funds between spot and perpetuals accounts via the API.
- [Perpetuals Trading API](https://docs.yellow.pro/api-and-programmatic-access/perpetuals-trading-api.md): Perpetuals API: positions, orders, leverage, margin, funding, and history.
- [WebSocket API](https://docs.yellow.pro/api-and-programmatic-access/websocket-api.md): Real-time WebSocket streams for market data, orders, and account updates.
- [Error Handling API](https://docs.yellow.pro/api-and-programmatic-access/error-handling-api.md): Error response formats, codes, and HTTP statuses across the Yellow.pro API.
- [Reference](https://docs.yellow.pro/api-and-programmatic-access/reference.md): API reference: rate limits, data types, and implementation notes.
- [Overview](https://docs.yellow.pro/community-and-resources/overview.md): Connect with the Yellow community and get support.
- [Community Channels](https://docs.yellow.pro/community-and-resources/community-channels.md): Join the conversation and connect with other Yellow users and our team on our official community channels.
- [Contact Support](https://docs.yellow.pro/community-and-resources/contact-support.md): How to reach Yellow.pro support by email or in-app chat.
- [Media Checklist](https://docs.yellow.pro/internal/media-checklist.md): Internal working guide — media (images, diagrams, video) to add across the docs. Hidden from the published navigation.
- [Everything About Competitions](https://docs.yellow.pro/competitions-and-rewards/everything-about-competitions.md)
- [Campaign Hub](https://docs.yellow.pro/competitions-and-rewards/campaign-hub.md)
- [Yellow Perps Race (Edition II)](https://docs.yellow.pro/competitions-and-rewards/campaign-hub/yellow-perps-race-edition-ii.md)