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title: What are the two ways to take part — offers and trades?
description: "- **Create an offer** -- you're the initiator. You pick a currency, a direction (**up** or **down**), an amount, a leverage, and a time window, then lock your stake. Others can engage your offer by taking the opposite side. -…"
url: "https://www.bananacrystal.com/faq/what-are-the-two-ways-to-take-part-offers-and-trades/"
updated: "2026-07-27"
category: "Agents / Trading & Prediction Markets"
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# What are the two ways to take part — offers and trades?

- **Create an offer** -- you're the initiator. You pick a currency, a direction (**up** or **down**), an amount, a leverage, and a time window, then lock your stake. Others can engage your offer by taking the opposite side.
- **Engage an offer (trade)** -- you join someone else's offer by taking a position: **long** (you think the rate will go up) or **short** (you think it will go down). You match the offer's staked amount.

Either way, your stake is held in escrow until the offer settles.