On the Paribu website you can start buying and selling crypto assets from three places: the Easy Buy-Sell window, which completes a trade in a single step, and the two views of the buy/sell page. All three trade in the same market; what differs is how much information you see and which order types you can use.
To buy and sell crypto assets on the Paribu website, choose an option from the Crypto buy/sell menu in the top navigation. Quick buy/sell opens a window that completes a trade in one step, while Paribu standard and Industry advanced open the buy/sell page with the order book, chart and five order types.
When you hover over Crypto buy/sell in the top navigation, three options appear:
| Option | What it opens |
|---|---|
| Quick buy/sell | The Easy Buy-Sell window — the page you are on does not change; you enter an amount and finish the trade in one step |
| Paribu standard | The buy/sell page in the Standard view — buy and sell forms side by side |
| Industry advanced | The same page in the Advanced view — a wider chart and depth, with the buy and sell forms side by side on wide screens and a single form with Buy / Sell tabs when the form column is narrow |
Note: The Use best price button in the price field copies the best price from the order book into the form. The Use entire available balance button in the amount field fills in your full balance
Note: Some pairs have no order book (OTC-only). They appear in the Markets list, but clicking them opens the Easy Buy-Sell window instead of the buy/sell page
If you want to trade without using the order book or the chart:
Note: Trades placed from the Easy Buy-Sell window are charged the taker fee rate
The buy/sell page offers five order types, and all of them are available in both the Paribu standard and Industry advanced views. The difference between the views is not the order types but the layout and the analysis tools.
| Order type | Description |
|---|---|
| Market | Trade is executed instantly at the best available market price |
| Limit | Trade is executed when your set price is reached |
| Stop | Trade is executed when your set conditions are met |
| Advanced limit | Place a limit order with an additional condition: Post only, IOC or FOK |
| OCO | Place take profit and stop loss orders at the same time; when one is triggered, the other is canceled |
The Learn about order types link in the order type selector shows the definitions in the interface as well.
Warning: If your screen is narrow (below roughly 992 pixels — for example when you open the website on a phone) the page switches to the mobile layout and only Limit, Market and Stop orders are offered. Advanced limit and OCO require a wider screen or the mobile app
The view button at the top of the buy/sell page switches between Standard and Advanced with a single click; no separate selection list opens. Your preference is stored in your browser and written to the address bar, so anyone you share the link with opens the same view.
For details on both views, see Paribu standard view and Industry advanced view.
Note: Your order type preference is remembered separately for each view. The selected order type may change when you switch views, so check the Order type field before placing your order
Alongside the order form, the page brings together the panels you need to follow the market:
Note: Clicking a price row in the order book copies that price into the order form. In the Standard view the amount goes only to the opposite form — if you click a buy row the amount goes to the sell form, while the price goes to both forms
Paribu charges a fee on trades. There are two rates, maker and taker; orders that are added to the order book and wait are treated as maker, while orders that match existing orders instantly are treated as taker. For current rates, see Trading fees.
If you want to trade quickly without setting a price, the Easy Buy-Sell window is enough. If you work with the order book and the chart, choose Paribu standard; if you do technical analysis with a wider chart and depth, choose Industry advanced. There is no difference between the two views in terms of order types.
These two order types are offered on wider screens only. If your screen width is below roughly 992 pixels the page switches to the mobile layout and the order type list keeps only Limit, Market and Stop. You can widen the browser window or use the mobile app.
The Transactions link on the wallet page opens your transaction history. The Buy/Sell tab shows your completed and canceled orders, and your open orders are listed at the top of that page. You can filter by asset, category, status, order type and date.
A 72-hour waiting period may apply to your first crypto asset withdrawal. For details, see How to withdraw crypto assets?.