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title: 'OKX Tutorial For Beginners In 2026 (How To Trade)'
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date: 2026-08-17
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# OKX Tutorial For Beginners In 2026 (How To Trade)

> Source: [OKX Tutorial For Beginners In 2026 (How To Trade)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5REeFO3CcdE)

## Summary

This video is a comprehensive beginner's tutorial for OKX, a major cryptocurrency exchange. It walks through the entire process of setting up an account, verifying identity, depositing funds, and making a first trade, while also highlighting features like onchain earn, trading bots, and the VIP program.

### Key Points

- **OKX Overview** [00:01] — OKX has over 120 million users worldwide and processes $2 billion in daily trading volume. In the US, it offers access to 280+ supported assets with low fees.
- **Sign-Up and Referral Bonus** [00:56] — The video promotes a referral code (Ryan Scribner) that can earn up to $500 in Bitcoin. The sign-up process involves entering email, phone, and creating a password.
- **Identity Verification (KYC)** [03:36] — Verification is required to unlock the first Bitcoin bonus. Steps include entering the last four of your SSN, providing ID (e.g., driver's license), and taking a selfie for biometric matching.
- **Bonus and First Trade** [06:17] — After verification, users receive $10 in Bitcoin. This can be used immediately to trade, e.g., swapping to Ethereum via the 'Convert' feature.
- **App Navigation** [08:05] — The app has a 'Simple' mode for beginners and an 'Exchange' mode for advanced trading. The homepage shows portfolio value, watchlist, market insights, and market events.
- **Onchain Earn** [11:04] — OKX offers yield on stablecoins (USDG and RLUSD) at 3.5% APY without subscription fees. Other tokens have higher APYs but may have holding periods. Not available in all US states (e.g., California, Maryland, New Jersey, Wisconsin).
- **Xdrops Club** [12:59] — The Xdrops Club requires a $2,000 portfolio and offers 'trade to earn' and 'hold to earn' opportunities to earn reward cryptocurrencies.
- **Trading Bots** [14:22] — OKX offers trading bots for automated strategies: recurring buys, smart DCA (dollar-cost averaging), and grid trading to profit from price swings.
- **VIP Program** [15:31] — OKXVIP requires $100,000 in holdings or trading volume. Benefits include boosted APY on stablecoins, boosted Xdrops rewards, and lower fees.
- **Depositing Funds** [16:27] — Users can link a bank account (via Plaid) or transfer crypto from another exchange. Bank transfers are instant with no fee (up to $5,000/day), debit cards have a 2.49% fee, and wire transfers have no fee but take up to 3 business days.
- **Crypto Transfer Example** [19:38] — The video demonstrates transferring USDC from Coinbase to OKX, which took about 7 minutes. This is recommended as a faster method than bank transfer.
- **Buying Crypto** [21:02] — To buy Bitcoin, users select the asset, enter the amount, choose payment method (e.g., USDC), and confirm. The spread is 7% with no fee.
- **Selling Crypto** [22:24] — To sell, users select the asset, choose to receive USD (for bank transfer) or USDG (to earn APY), and confirm the sale. The spread is 7% with no fee.

### Conclusion

The video provides a complete, step-by-step guide for beginners to set up and use OKX, from account creation to trading and earning yields. It emphasizes the referral bonus and highlights key features like onchain earn and trading bots.

## Transcript

beginner's tutorial for OKX, this is the video for you. We'll be covering how to set up your account, make your first deposit, score a bonus up to $500, and start trading with ease. [music] Now, if you have never heard of OKX before or
have limited knowledge, here's what you need to know. More than 120 million people worldwide are already using it, and the platform moves $2 billion in trading volume every single day. And in the US alone, you get access to 280
supported assets with some of the lowest fees of any centralized exchange out about crypto exchanges and investing apps here on YouTube and on my blog, investingssimple.com, for close to a decade now, and I'm going
here with you. All that I ask in return is that you drop a like on this video and hit the subscribe button for me. Let's get started with how to open up an table of contents down below if you want to skip ahead at any point in time. The
top link in the description below or visiting ryanoscribner.com/kx. offer you guys a crypto bonus and you can get up to $500 in Bitcoin when you
open up a new account with my link and complete various tasks. To get the website with my link, and this will add the referral code Ryan Scriber. If you sign up on mobile, make sure you add the code manually. So, with that said, let's
go through the sign up steps together. Okay, guys. So, after clicking on the to this page here where you can see referral code Ryan Scribner is activated with up to $500 in rewards. So, we know that the bonus is in fact active. And we
can then click here on the green create account button. At this point, you have to choose your country and then your state of residence. Check this box and then click on next. Once you click on the next button, it's going to bring you
your email and then the referral code is already applied. We can see the check box here indicating that or you can continue with a different account that you might have already if you choose. Next, you're going to click on the sign
check the box saying that you are not a robot. And then you're going to have to enter the six-digit code that was sent to your email. At this point, once we going to enter your phone number and then click on the verify now button as
to send a two-factor code for you to confirm. And now you just have to create a password and make sure it meets the below requirements. And then we'll click like that, we have created a basic account here. And we can now switch over
to the app. So, what we're going to do is actually scan this QR code with our phones, or you can just visit the app store, download the OKX app, and then we will go step by step through the process together. All right, guys. So, after we
going to bring us over to the download page. I'm just going to click here on the get button, and it's going to go ahead and install this app for us, and it's downloaded, we'll click here on the open button. That's going to bring us
over to the OKX app. And then we can go ahead and make a decision here about tracking and notifications. And then we're going to click here on the green login button since we've already created a basic account. So I will click on that
phone number or the email that you use during the sign up process. Once you confirm your password, we're going to click on the green login button and then you will have to verify a two-factor authentication code. And then you can
make a decision here about whether or not you want to add pass keys to enhance skip over this for now, but you can keep that in mind for the future. And then I'm going to click on setup later for the uh pass key. So just like that, we
have now linked our app account to the profile we made online. Now we want to click on the get verified button here to verify the account. It's also going to allow us to score the first Bitcoin bonus. And just to cover the steps here
involved with the $500 Bitcoin bonus. If we click here in the top right, it's section where you have a 7-day counter. We're going to click on earn $500 now. And these are the different steps required. So, right off the bat, you'll
get $10 in Bitcoin when you complete your identity verification. And then you're going to get $40 in Bitcoin when you deposit $100 or more worth of cash or crypto. And then there are some additional um tiers that you can unlock
based on different activities. For most people, the top two are going to be easy ones you can knock out immediately. And then if you grow your account to $1,000 or more, and then $10,000 or more, you can unlock different tiers here for the
additional free Bitcoin. And keep in mind, guys, these promotions can change current details as of this recording here in the month of August. So, we're going to complete the first one and we're going to click back once again and
So, then we're going to click here on the verify now button at the bottom. And then it asks, do you do reside in a US state? That's going to be yes, I do. And then you can enter now the last four of your social security number. And this is
protected. It mentions that at the bottom. And these KYC steps are going to financial account you are opening up today. So, this is very common to have these questions asked. After that, we're going to click here on the next button.
It says retrieving your profile. And then at this point, you can verify everything is correct, you can click on the confirm button. And then it says what is your nationality. You can enter the country and then click on next. And
then it asks about what industry you work in. So, go ahead and fill this out accordingly. Next, it's going to ask what ID you will be using. So, you will back of your ID. For me, it's going to be a driver's license. So, I will select
that. And then this mentions the biometric data disclosure. You can read this over and agree if you do in fact agree. And now, we have to scan our ID. steps. So, just like that, the front of
my ID was captured. I'm going to click on submit photo. And then you have to do as well. And then we're going to click on the submit photo button at the selfie. And they're basically just going to use this to make sure it matches the
photo on the ID. So I'll click on the next button. And now we can see my face in the window. Uh move closer. So we'll make sure that this matches what it's looking for. And just like that, our account has been
verified and we just have to certify our tax details now to begin trading. Okay our account. And the first thing you're probably wondering about is your free Bitcoin bonus. If you click over here on activity, you should see that showing up
here where you earned this Bitcoin reward for completing the verification steps. Now, the cool thing about this is you can actually use this Bitcoin to trade right away if you don't want to then complete any additional steps. So,
if you wanted to take your Bitcoin reward and then swap it into a different supported token, you can do that immediately. Or you can take the account with a bank or different type of crypto exchange, earn the additional
Bitcoin and then use that amount of money to place your first trade. So if I click here on the trade button at this point in time and then select convert, we could actually use our Bitcoin balance. So I can select here where it
says zero available. We have 998 available in Bitcoin. So just to to swap this over to Ethereum. If I select this from the menu here, we can see Ethereum is listed. I will select that. And then you can either do it
based on a percentage like 50%. Or you could do the maximum amount if you wish, choose max for this. So that's going to Ethereum. I'm going to click on the preview button. And then if this looks
good, we'll click here on convert. And then just like that, it has completed. We have swapped our referral Bitcoin over into Ethereum at this point. And I'll just now click here on the done button. And we can see that listed here
in the activity section. And if I go over to my portfolio, we can see my cryptocurrencies. So, what I want to do now before I fund tour of the overall app. We'll start here on the main screen. So, at the top
you can basically type in anything that you might be looking for. Let's say, for would just type in the symbol and you can select that from the top and you can get a chart here of the current activity insights buying activity and different
details like that. You'd also be able to track your balance here as well if you own the crypto. We're going to click on back and click on the X. You can also what's trending, what's new, top gainers, top losers, and different lists
like that that you might want to be aware of. Uh, we'll go back for now and then we're going to click here on cancel to navigate back to the homepage. Now, at the very top, you can see where it says simple. We're actually in the
what we're going to focus on for this video since most beginners are going to looking for the more advanced side of OKX, you can toggle over to exchange. And this is going to be the advanced order features and price charting and
things like that. So, if I now click on Bitcoin, we're going to get an advanced chart here. So, if you are looking for advanced data for your cryptocurrency trading, it is available here. It's also available through their website, but
beginner side. So, I'm just going to toggle this back over here to simple for the rest of what we are covering. Below this, you're going to see your portfolio value. You can see how it breaks down between cash and crypto. Right now, it's
exclusively crypto. There is going to be your watch list. below that. And if you list, you would just search for it and click on the little star icon and it will add that here. You can then get market insights as far as um the total
market cap volume and Bitcoin's current dominance in the market. Market events are going to talk about any major catalysts here coming up that could affect crypto markets. And then the new onx section is just going to show newly
listed tokens. We then have the option to transfer or trade, but we're going to revisit that shortly. Clicking over to portfolio, we're going to see our earlier. If you click on a particular asset, it's going to bring you to the
page where you can view your balance and view insights related to this particular token. And then the explore page is going to be basically very similar to search bar. You're just going to see different assets, new onx, what's being
searched for, categories like memecoins, defy, etc. And then earning opportunities. We'll talk about that in a little bit here. Activity here is going to show past trading activity. You can also set up a trading bot, set up
recurring buys, uh trigger orders if you want to do something more similar to a price event or something triggering it. And then the pay section here allows you to send crypto instantly to anyone. So, if you wanted to use this uh to
basically send money to somebody who has an account, you can do that very easily through the OKX app. So now what I want to talk about is their onchain earn feature which is a way that you can earn a yield on different cryptocurrencies
that you hold. And you can find that by clicking on the explore page here, clicking on the top left button there. And then under the gifts and rewards section, it says earn. So we'll go ahead and click on that. And this is going to
bring us to that particular section of the app where you can see all offers. briefly here just so you're aware of it. For starters, USDG and RLUSD that are held on OKX will earn you currently a 3.5% APY. We can see that listed here at
the very top. And this is a pretty big deal here because most other competitors are going to make you pay a subscription fee or membership fee of some kind in order to earn a yield on a stable coin or something like that. In this case,
yield without paying a subscription. So, you might consider that. Now, in other onchain earn opportunities we can see listed below that. I'm going to click on view all to get a full list. Now, I did want to mention that this is
states and territories. There are going to be uh state exclusions and deposit limits that apply. This list is subject to change, but currently onchain earn is not available in California, Maryland, New Jersey, or Wisconsin, but you can
earn some solid yields here on tokens. And these tokens do have certain holding periods in certain cases. So it's not the same as um the RLUSD and USDG where you do not have specific holding periods or lockups. So you do want to understand
the differences and nuances between these before committing your crypto to for example, we're just going to click on Cosmos since it's the highest APY. It that, but it mentions here that you need one atom to meet the minimum deposit
requirement. And what you will find here is that the caps to earn the yield are typically quite small. So you don't need to have a ton of these different tokens in most cases to actually participate in the onchain earn feature. The next thing
section is the X drops. That's also going to be under the earn section, the XROPS club. If I click on that here, it's going to give us more details. So you do need to have a $2,000 portfolio in order to join, but then you can join
this and we'll talk about what this is able to get you. So, the Xdrops club is works. It's going to be a trade to earn and then a hold to earn opportunity. Trade to earn is exactly what it sounds like. You're going to opt in, trade, and
then earn more share of the reward pool over time while the period is live. And then the hold to earn is going to be more passive. You opt in and then any crypto that you hold earns you a slice of the reward pool or token. And the
Once again, guys, you'll have to look research on it, but it could be something you're interested in to potentially earn reward cryptocurrencies. Now, the current drops
July, they had three of them here, and we can click on the arrow here that says explore more drops. We'll just view one that ended here on July 29th at the very top. And this was a reward drop here for CFG. So, this is an opportunity here you
might explore on your own and there will be more of these in the future that you requirements. And one more thing I want to share here is if you are a VIP member, you will get a boost on rewards. We'll talk about the VIP program
shortly. Uh so, basically something you might want to consider if you're looking to expand your crypto portfolio. And then another feature people are often interested in is going to be the trading bots. If we click over here on activity,
trading bot. I'm just going to click on that and talk about what this is. So, strategies by default. One of them is saying grow my portfolio over time. This is basically setting up a recurring buy. So, you're automatically buying crypto
on a set schedule. Next is their smart DCA. Smart dollar cost averaging. This uses a dollar cost averaging to buy more when the price drops and then sells when it recovers. So, if you wanted to automate a DCA strategy, you have the
option for that. and then profiting from price swings using a grid strategy. This moves between different levels. We're not going to get into this right now scope of this video, but it is a popular feature. Something again you'd want to
look into on your own and make sure you understand the risks and upside involved here. Uh but if you want to automate your portfolio, these trading bots can before we get into funding the account and placing a trade here, let's just
talk quickly about their VIP program. If we click on the dots once again, you can see where it says unlock OKXVIP. We'll just click on this for more details. With OKXVIP, you can qualify immediately when your assets reach a certain level
or you hit a certain level of trading volume. If we scroll to the bottom, we can see it would require $100,000 of holdings. So quite a bit of money, but this is something that you were interested in. Benefits include boosted
interested in. Benefits include boosted APY on USDG and RLUSD held within OKX as well as USD held through the pay balance. You can also earn boosted rewards and share of airdrops through the X drops. And there's also lower fees
on VIP tier. So just something to be aware of if you become a mega holder here through OKX. So now let's go ahead and cover how to deposit funds into OKX. And you have two options here. You can either link your bank or you can take
cryptocurrency holdings from a separate exchange and send it over. It's actually going to be quicker to send over from a crypto exchange. So, that's what I would personally recommend if you have a different um exchange with funds you
want to move over and you are familiar with the steps, but we'll talk about familiar. If I click on the transfer button and then deposit, you can choose cryptocurrencies. We're just going to select US dollar for now. And this is
going to prompt us to complete the IRS certification. So we're going to go to the support center and follow those steps now. Okay guys, so here we are now back on the desktop platform because we have to complete the tax certification.
way to do that is from this view. So from the main page here, we're actually going to click here on verification. And then it says action required complete tax certification. So I'm going to go ahead and click on the start now button.
required to collect certain information for the IRS. So, we're just going to click on certify. Now, at this point, it populates all of your information from scroll down to the very bottom. And
then, if you're all set here, you can click on the black submit button. It now says reviewing your info. This will take just a moment. And then you're all set. So, now we have officially verified our tax information. and we can now link a
bank account or we can go ahead and make a crypto deposit to the OKX account. So now we'll hop back into the app and show you those steps. All righty, guys. So, back over in my app, we're going to click on the transfer button once again.
We're going to click on deposit cash or crypto. And then we're going to select US dollar from the very top. And this time, it gives us different options here for depositing since we are officially verified. So, with a bank transfer, it's
going to be instant and no fee with a $5,000 limit per day. The debit card has a 2.49% fee. So, I wouldn't recommend that even though it is instant, and there's a $1,000 limit. And then there's no fee wire transfers available, which
can take up to three business days, but has a $500,000 limit. So, depending on these are the different options available for bank transfer a. We're going to click on the next button. And then you can go ahead and decide if
you're looking to deposit to USDG to earn that APY automatically or USD balance since we're going to trade it immediately. And then you have to click here on the from section. And this is where you would add a bank account. And
you're going to do so with a Plaid account. With this, it's either going to two-factor code if you've already done it before. If not, you can just enter it's going to bring you through those steps. Now, I'm not going to go through
with this because I'm just going to use some US dollar coin I already have on Coinbase and move it over to OKX because it's going to be quicker. Um, but I did with linking a bank account. That way, if you want to deposit from a bank or
later, those would be the steps. And you this section. But we're going to click back. Click back once again a few times in the corner. And we're actually going to deposit USDC. And by selecting that,
looking to move it over from. Uh I believe it's going to be ERC20, but let we'll do it together just so you're familiar with the steps involved. So over here on Coinbase, we're taking a look now at my USDC balance of 15051.
button, and we're looking to send crypto. And then at this point, I can't reasons. At this point, I can record the screen once again. So, it shows that we have sent 102 US dollar coin. It did say it could take 30 minutes to come over.
but I'll keep you posted on how long that takes. So, now under the activity section about a minute later, we can see a pending order, a USDC deposit. So, we have confirmation that it's coming over. Uh, so it should just take a few more
minutes at this point for that to clear and then we will have our USDC deposit completed. and we'll be ready to actually trade with it. All right, guys. So, just like that, we have received our US dollar coin. It did take about 7
minutes. So, the estimate there was correct. If I navigate back here to the homepage, we can see our estimated value is $111.90 in the breakdown between cash and crypto. And then we should get the additional $40 Bitcoin welcome bonus as
well. But for now, what I want to show you is how to actually invest with this US dollar coin. So for that, we're going to click here on the trade button at the bottom right. And now we are looking to buy crypto with cash or stable coins. So
we'll click on that. And then this is going to be all of the different cryptocurrencies that are supported through the app. As we said, there was over 280 of them. So quite a few to choose from. But we're just going to
keep it simple here and make an investment into Bitcoin. So that's listed here at the very top. And at this point, we could enter the amount that we're looking to buy. So, for example, if we're looking to purchase $100 worth
of uh Bitcoin, we would type in that here. And then under the pay with our stable coin balance, which is currently 102 available. So, that did come over. And we can select that as our option to pay with. And then we'll click
this screen, it mentions at the bottom that there is a 7% spread plus no fee. If you are familiar with other crypto exchanges, that is a much lower fee than one of the perks here mentioned earlier with OKX. And then if you want to earn
the APY on it, you can toggle that on or you can leave it off. I'm just going to leave it off for now for simplicity. And then we're going to click on buy BTC. And then just like that, we invested in Bitcoin with the money that we had
transferred over from my crypto wallet. And then we'll click here on the done button. And then navigate back here to the OKX tab. once again. So now we have $2 in cash, 109 in crypto. And the only other thing I want to show you here
to convert is now how to sell cryptocurrency. So we'll click into the crypto section and we're actually going to sell off this Ethereum just to we're going to click on that under our crypto balance. We're going to click on
the trade button here. And now we're going to click on sell. And then we're going to on this screen enter the amount we're looking to sell and where we're do a maximum. But first I want to talk about the receiving because there are
on that, there's a USD balance and then you're looking to bring this money back over to your bank account that's linked with OKX, you're going to want USD balance. That way you can transfer it.
money on the sidelines and want to earn that yield, you could choose USDG and that yield, you could choose USDG and get that 3.5% APY, I'm going to choose that in this case just for demonstration purposes. And then we're going to click
on max and sell all of this. We'll click on preview at this point. And then it mentions the spread and no fee at the bottom here as well. And then we're going to click on the sell ETH button at the bottom. And just like that, we sold
off the Ethereum and now have 9.85 in USDG. So, I'll click here on done and then navigate back over here on the left. And now we have our cash listed and our cryptocurrency listed. Now, I didn't link a bank, so I won't be able
to transfer the money to the bank account. But if you are looking to transfer it under this section here where you would need to have a USD balance. So, you could convert your stable coin balance to USD, or you could
send this back over to a different exchange linked to a bank account if you wanted to cash out that way. But those are the steps involved here with buying and selling and all of the different steps you might need in the OKX app as a
it, guys. That's a full tutorial on how to use OKX for beginners. I hope this you have any questions, leave me a comment down below and I'll do my best to answer each one. Lastly, don't forget to use my link down below or referral
code Ryan Scribner to get that welcome bonus of up to $500 in Bitcoin depending on which tasks you are able to complete. You can click here to watch this next video. I think you'll enjoy and I'll see you next time.