You have learned how to explore a market. Now we will follow what happens when you choose to buy or sell by hand. The goal is to understand the whole process: choose the correct market, review an amount, submit once, and check the result. A button click is one step in that process. The evidence afterward tells you what actually happened.

In this chapter, manual means that you choose and submit the individual action. It does not mean you have turned off every strategy in your account. Paper and Live are a separate choice. You can place a manual request in a practice context, while the controls for automated trading have their own state. Never assume one label answers both questions.

Begin in the Trading workspace and confirm Paper. We will use an example Paper account throughout the demonstration. If you prefer, watch and explain each step without placing an order yourself. Paper uses simulated account activity; this exercise does not require real funds, a new exchange connection, or a move into Live.

On desktop, open Coin Universe using Show coin universe if the panel is hidden. Find the row for the market in the demonstration. Read its name and complete pair before selecting Buy. For example, BTC-USD identifies Bitcoin priced in U.S. dollars. A familiar coin name alone is not enough to confirm that you selected the intended market.

Selecting Buy opens that row's purchase form. This is different from choosing a holding to sell. Selling begins with the particular position in Portfolio and its Sell action. The market list tells you which market you are viewing; the position tells you which holding you are reducing. These are related routes, but they start with different information.

Account context matters on both routes. Before a real request, you would need to know which exchange connection is selected and whether order submission is available. For our exercise, keep the Paper context visible. In a sell dialog, also inspect Owner slash strategy, Account slash connection, and Position ID. Two rows can share a coin symbol and still represent different positions.

A missing or disabled action is information. It may reflect the layout, access, connection capability, or the state of the holding. Do not change accounts or enable Live just to make a button appear. Phone layouts can differ from desktop, so follow the desktop demonstration when the same market panel is not available on your screen.

Before moving on, point to three things: the Paper label, the complete market pair, and the control for the action you intend. Then explain whether you are buying from a market row or selling a specific holding. Being able to say that clearly is your first checkpoint. You should know what you are about to affect before entering any amount.