Step 1. Accounts: where you'll trade

6 min read · Which accounts you need for your goals and how to register through MAMAY links.

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Short version for experts: tables, lists and screenshots only.

Words in this lesson (5)

Arbitrage — Making money on the price difference of the same thing in two places: buy where it's cheaper, sell where it's more expensive.

Opportunity (arbitrage pair) — A pair of trades in arbitrage: where we buy and where we sell.

Screener — A filtering program: it scans hundreds of stocks or coins and shows only those that match the given criteria.

Liquidity — How easy it is to buy or sell the size you need without moving the price. Little liquidity — hard to get in and out.

DEMO — The DEMO account in MAMAY: prices and fees are real, orders don't go to the exchange, and no real money is at risk.

First decide what you'll be doing

MAMAY can do a lot, but you don't need to connect everything at once. Pick your row:

I want to	What I need	Minimum to start
Just look around and learn	nothing	DEMO mode works without accounts or keys
Trade crypto manually	a Bybit account	one exchange
Cross-exchange arbitrage	accounts on several exchanges	two or three exchanges, ideally all six
Russian stocks	an account with a broker that has Moscow Exchange access	one broker
US stocks	an account with a broker that has US market access	one broker

The US and Russian stock screeners, learning and DEMO work without accounts. You need an account only for real trades and for real-time data.

Crypto exchanges

MAMAY works with six exchanges. If you don't have an account yet, register via the link:

Bybit — the main exchange for the MAMAY "Terminal": manual trading of perpetual futures. link coming later
Binance — the deepest liquidity; data for screeners and opportunities. link coming later
OKX — opportunities and transfers. link coming later
Gate — lots of small coins — frequent price gaps. link coming later
MEXC — lots of small coins — frequent price gaps. link coming later
Bitget — opportunities and transfers. link coming later

These are affiliate links: MAMAY may receive a reward from the exchange for a referred user. The terms for you are the ones shown on the exchange's page.

After registering on each exchange:

Complete identity verification — without it the exchange won't let you withdraw and will limit trading.
Turn on two-factor protection (a code from an app on your phone).
Write down which email you used — you'll need it to recover access.

A broker for Russian stocks

Alor Broker — Russian stocks: real-time MOEX data for MAMAY screeners. link coming later

For real-time MOEX screeners, MAMAY uses data from the Alor broker. Without it the screeners work, but the data is delayed.

A broker for US stocks

Any broker with access to this market will do — MAMAY doesn't have an affiliate link here yet.

The US stock screeners in MAMAY work without a broker. You place the trades themselves in your broker's terminal: every screener has a ⧉ button next to the ticker — it copies the ticker. In crypto screeners ("MAMAY Breakout", "Crypto Waves") the same button copies the full contract — for example ENAUSDT: that's how prop firm terminals and exchanges look it up.

How much money to deposit

While you're learning — none. DEMO first.

Later — an amount you can calmly afford to lose. Not borrowed money and not money you live on.

▶ Step 2. Connection and safety