# A question regarding small trades

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/a-question-regarding-small-trades/10215>\
**Category:** Trading\
**Created:** [January 6, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/a-question-regarding-small-trades/10215 "2021-01-06T11:59:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![dpjanda](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/dpjanda/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@dpjanda](https://bisq.community/u/dpjanda)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/a-question-regarding-small-trades/10215/1 "2021-01-06T11:59:28Z")

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Hello All

Hope I am not making a fool of myself here, but have a question regarding buying BTC with pounds sterling using the Faster Payment system. Here goes.

I am interested in buting BTC in the range of £50-£100 a shot. But looking at the trades available, I note that _almost_ all have a minimum of 0.01 BTC. £280 at the time of writing. Over my buy range.

Am I missing out on a fundemental aspect of the system here?

Can anyone enlighten me?

Many thanks

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**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/a-question-regarding-small-trades/10215/2 "2021-01-07T09:00:05Z")

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You can create your own offer, but bear in mind that mining fees will take a big portion of the trade amount for the one who picks your offer. Taker needs to pay for 3 blockchain transactions so you’ll need to adjust the spread accordingly. The smaller the offer, the more you’ll have to pay to buy BTC if you want someone to take it.

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**Author:** ![dpjanda](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/dpjanda/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@dpjanda](https://bisq.community/u/dpjanda)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/a-question-regarding-small-trades/10215/3 "2021-01-07T13:16:24Z")

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Many thanks for the answer. Does this mean that trading in my price range would effectively be unrealistic?

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**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/a-question-regarding-small-trades/10215/4 "2021-01-08T11:17:57Z")

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You can always try, specially at weekends when mining fees are lower. But I think you won’t able to buy overpaying less than a 10%, and even 20% given all the FOMO.