How does ConnectFutures work to prevent extremism and promote equality. What programs and services does ConnectFutures offer to empower communities. Who are the key team members behind ConnectFutures and their expertise.
ConnectFutures: A Force for Positive Change in Society
ConnectFutures stands as a beacon of hope in the fight against extremism, violence, and hate. This organization works tirelessly with young people, practitioners, and communities to build resilience, increase knowledge, and promote equality and justice. Their approach is multifaceted, combining insight, experience, and practice to create lasting change.
The Reach and Impact of ConnectFutures
The organization’s impact is truly impressive. To date, ConnectFutures has directly worked with:
- Over 186,043 young people
- 17,000 teachers and practitioners
- 20,000 members of the community/public
Moreover, their online presence has reached millions, demonstrating the wide-ranging influence of their work. ConnectFutures operates nationally across the UK, but their experience extends internationally, covering Western Europe, The Balkans, Central, South and South East Asia, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and the US.
Comprehensive Programs for Preventing Extremism and Violence
ConnectFutures offers a variety of courses and bespoke programs designed to prevent extremism and violence at the grassroots level. These initiatives aim to empower people with knowledge and practical tools to make a difference in their communities.
Key Areas of Focus
The organization’s work centers around several crucial areas:
- Preventing extremism
- Countering serious violence
- Challenging hate
- Promoting equality and justice
How do these programs work in practice? ConnectFutures develops courses that increase understanding about various interconnected issues, including:
- The law
- Paths into and out of violent extremism
- Hate crime
- Gangs and youth violence
- Intersecting and contextual safeguarding concerns
These courses also provide practical actions to help prevent and identify risk and vulnerability, ensuring that participants are well-equipped to make a difference in their communities.
The Power of Research and Evaluation in ConnectFutures’ Work
Research forms a crucial component of ConnectFutures’ approach. The organization’s team conducts in-depth research and creates evaluative reports that highlight important issues and raise awareness around relevant topics. Their unique combination of qualitative and quantitative research ensures high-quality outputs that meet specific needs and exceed expectations.
The Importance of Long-Term Strategy
Recognizing that complex issues often require more than a one-day course, ConnectFutures offers strategic program design. These tailored programs deliver a series of activities over days, weeks, or months, providing the tools and resources necessary to successfully engage audiences on difficult subject matters.
The #Formers Films: Real Stories of Transformation
One of ConnectFutures’ innovative initiatives is the #Formers film series. These films aim to tell the stories of four former extremists in their own words, including both former ‘Islamist’ and former ‘far-right’ violent extremists. By sharing these personal narratives, ConnectFutures provides powerful, real-life examples of transformation and redemption.
The Impact of Personal Stories
Why are these personal stories so effective? They offer authentic insights into the processes of radicalization and de-radicalization, helping audiences understand the complex factors that lead individuals into and out of extremism. These narratives can be powerful tools for prevention and education, fostering empathy and understanding while demonstrating that change is possible.
Meet the Visionaries Behind ConnectFutures
The success of ConnectFutures is largely due to its exceptional leadership team. Let’s take a closer look at two key figures driving the organization’s mission forward.
Professor Lynn Davies: A Wealth of Expertise
Professor Lynn Davies serves as the Director of ConnectFutures and brings a wealth of academic and practical experience to the role. As Emeritus Professor of International Education at the University of Birmingham, UK, she has worked extensively in the areas of education and conflict, with a specific focus on education, extremism, and security over the past 15 years.
Professor Davies has authored several major books in the field, including:
- “Education and Conflict: Complexity and Chaos” (2004)
- “Educating against Extremism” (2008)
- “Unsafe Gods: Security, Secularism and Schooling” (2014)
Her recent empirical research has included interviewing former extremists about their family backgrounds for EU RAN (2018) and evaluating the Home Office funded Way Out Project: Supporting Muslims in Prison (2018). Professor Davies has also conducted comprehensive reviews of educational initiatives in counter-extremism internationally, providing valuable insights into what works across different countries and contexts.
In recognition of her outstanding contributions, Professor Davies was awarded the Sir Brian Urquhart award for service to the UN and its goals by a UK citizen in 2014.
Zubeda Limbada: A Practitioner’s Perspective
Zubeda Limbada, a founding director of ConnectFutures, brings over 15 years of public sector experience to the organization. Her background includes senior roles in a wide variety of local, national, and pan-European policy-oriented projects, focusing on topics such as extremism, equalities, and leadership innovation.
One of Limbada’s notable achievements was developing an operational accredited mentoring program on behalf of statutory agencies and partners for individuals vulnerable to violent extremism. This program was created during a two-year assignment with West Midlands Police Counter Terrorism Unit, demonstrating Limbada’s hands-on experience in developing practical solutions to complex challenges.
The Unique Approach of ConnectFutures
What sets ConnectFutures apart from other organizations in this field? Their approach is characterized by several key factors:
- Intersectionality: ConnectFutures recognizes the complex interplay of various social and cultural factors in issues of extremism and violence.
- Academic excellence combined with practitioner experience: The organization bridges the gap between theory and practice, ensuring their work is both rigorous and applicable in real-world settings.
- Strong ethical framework: ConnectFutures is guided by a commitment to justice and equality in all their endeavors.
- Independent expertise: The organization provides unbiased, evidence-based insights to a wide range of clients.
This unique combination of attributes allows ConnectFutures to deliver high-quality, effective programs that make a real difference in communities.
The Broader Impact of ConnectFutures’ Work
Beyond their direct work with individuals and communities, ConnectFutures has a broader impact on policy and practice in the field of extremism prevention and community empowerment. How does this manifest?
Influencing Policy and Practice
Through their research, evaluations, and practical experience, ConnectFutures contributes valuable insights to policymakers and practitioners. Their work has informed approaches to counter-extremism and violence prevention at local, national, and international levels.
Building a Knowledge Base
ConnectFutures’ research and reports contribute to a growing body of knowledge about effective strategies for preventing extremism and promoting social cohesion. This knowledge base serves as a resource for other organizations, researchers, and policymakers working in related fields.
Fostering Collaboration
By working with a diverse range of partners – from local community groups to international organizations – ConnectFutures helps to foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing across different sectors and regions. This collaborative approach enhances the overall effectiveness of efforts to prevent extremism and promote justice.
The Future of ConnectFutures: Challenges and Opportunities
As ConnectFutures continues its important work, what challenges and opportunities lie ahead? The landscape of extremism and violence is constantly evolving, presenting both obstacles and potential for growth.
Adapting to New Forms of Extremism
One key challenge is the need to stay ahead of emerging forms of extremism and radicalization, particularly those facilitated by online platforms and social media. ConnectFutures must continue to innovate and adapt its approaches to address these evolving threats.
Expanding Reach and Impact
While ConnectFutures has already reached a significant number of people, there’s always potential to expand their impact. This could involve scaling up successful programs, exploring new geographic areas, or developing innovative methods of engagement.
Measuring Long-Term Impact
Demonstrating the long-term impact of prevention work can be challenging. ConnectFutures may need to develop new methodologies for tracking and measuring the effects of their programs over time, to ensure continued support and funding for their crucial work.
In conclusion, ConnectFutures stands as a beacon of hope in the complex landscape of extremism prevention and community empowerment. Through their multifaceted approach, combining research, education, and practical interventions, they are making significant strides in building more resilient, informed, and just communities. As they continue to evolve and adapt to new challenges, ConnectFutures is well-positioned to remain at the forefront of efforts to create a more peaceful and equitable world.
ConnectFutures – ConnectFutures
ConnectFutures works with young people, practitioners and communities to increase knowledge, resilience and confidence in preventing extremism and serious violence, challenging hate, and promoting equality and justice.
We combine insight, experience and practice to develop and deliver programmes, mentoring and workshops underpinned by research to make lasting change. Our courses and bespoke programmes can help prevent these at grassroots level by empowering people with knowledge and practical tools. We work nationally across the UK, with International experience including Western Europe, The Balkans, Central, South and South East Asia, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and the US.
Impact and reach are central to our work.
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| 186,043 young people
| 17,000 teachers & practitioners
| 20,000 members of the community/public
| reached millions online
| hyper-local delivery, international experience
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Harnessing the experience and knowledge of an internationally respected team, ConnectFutures provides independent expertise to a wide range of clients.
Our unique, intersectional approach combines academic excellence with extensive practitioner experience and is informed by our strong ethical framework and commitment to justice.
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We have developed courses to increase understanding about the law, the path into and out of violent extremism, hate crime, gangs, and youth violence, and other intersecting and contextual safeguarding concerns, and the practical actions to help prevent and identify risk and vulnerability.
Our team can help you carry our in-depth research and create evaluative reports, helping you highlight important issues and raise awareness around relevant topics. Our combination of qualitative and quantitive research ensures you get a quality output that meets your needs and exceeds your expectations.
Sometimes a one day course isn’t enough, you need something strategic, that is designed specifically for you and your needs to deliver value over time. Our programme design delivers a series of activities across a number of days, weeks or months, giving you the tools and resources to successfully engage your audience around difficult subject matters.
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Our Films
The #Formers films aim to tell the stories of four former extremists in their own words. These include a mixture of both former ‘Islamist’ as well as former ‘far-right’ violent extremists.
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Meet The Team – ConnectFutures
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Core Team
Professor Lynn Davies
Director
Lynn Davies is Emeritus Professor of International Education at the University of Birmingham, UK and Co-Director of the ConnectFutures. She has worked extensively in the area of education and conflict, and for the last 15 years specifically in education, extremism and security.
Major books in the field have been Education and Conflict: Complexity and Chaos (2004), Educating against Extremism (2008), and Unsafe Gods: Security, Secularism and Schooling (2014). Recent empirical research has included interviewing former extremists (far right and Islamist) about their family backgrounds for EU RAN (2018) and evaluating the Home Office funded Way Out Project: Supporting Muslims in Prison (2018), an action research project based on the lived experience of offenders. Recent reviews include the Review of Educational Initiatives in Counter-Extremism Internationally: What works? (2018),University of Gothenburgand this looked at 21 different types of initiatives in 23 countries and their evaluations. Another review is the Education and Radicalisation Prevention: Different ways governments can support schools and teachers in P/CVE (2019) for EU RAN This is a survey of 27 EU Member states of what their governments are doing in the area of counter-extremism.
She has acted as a senior consultant on areas of counter-extremism for a number of international agencies such as UNESCO, UNICEF, GIZ, OSCE and Club de Madrid, as well as the EU Radicalisation Awareness Network.
In 2014 she was given the Sir Brian Urquhart award for service to the UN and its goals by a UK citizen.
Zubeda Limbada
Director
Zubeda is a founding director of ConnectFutures. She previously worked for over 15 years in the public sector as a senior member in a wide variety of local, national and pan-European policy-orientated projects on topics such as extremism, equalities and leadership innovation. She developed an operational accredited mentoring programme on behalf of statutory agencies and partners for individuals vulnerable to violent extremism during a two-year assignment with West Midlands Police Counter Terrorism Unit, and worked for Birmingham City Council delivering aspects of the Prevent strategy from 2007.
Zubeda is a current EU RAN expert. She is the author of Education and Radicalisation Prevention: Different ways governments can support schools and teachers in P/CVE with Professor Lynn Davies (2019), “Counter-terrorism as conflict transformation (Routledge, 2014) and Formers and Families -transitional journeys and out of violent extremism in the UK (European Commission, 2015). She is a Clore Social Fellow (2014/15), an alumni of the IVLP programme (Dept of State, USA) and was invited to the White House Countering Violent Extremism (President Obama) summit in Washington in February 2015 as a result of the specialist work of ConnectFutures in developing community and schools based programmes.
She graduated from the University of Manchester with a BA in Politics and Modern History and an MA in Middle Eastern Studies.
Laura Zahra McDonald
Director
Dr Laura Zahra McDonald is a founding director of ConnectFutures and former academic at the University of Birmingham. After studying Social Anthropology with sub-honours in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of St Andrews, she completed her PhD at the Centre for Women’s Studies, University of York in intersectionality and Islam. Her post-doctoral work at the University of Birmingham investigated state-community engagement in the context of security and conflict post 9/11, within which she highlighted the importance of community partnership with leadership from young people and women.
She has extensive experience in innovative programme design, critical enquiry and evaluation for policy, practitioner and community-based organisations. She has worked to counter extremism, exploitation and inequality since 2003, engaging formally in understanding and developing preventative approaches to extremisms since 2005. This includes bringing young people together with the police for problem-solving in the community, and engaging ‘hard to-reach’ youth for dialogue and skills-building across diverse communities.
She has been a key developer – designing, testing and evaluating – in the OSCE’s new Leaders Against Intolerance and Violent Extremism (LIVE) initiative, which is a long-term training and capacity building programme for young leaders in Western Europe, the Balkans and Central Asia to tackle extremism in their local contexts. Laura has also contributed to the development of an online course for UNITAR around countering violent extremism within a human rights framework.
She has developed training modules for the HMPPS funded Way Out Project: Supporting Muslims in Prison (2018), an action research project based on lived experience of offenders. In partnership with St Giles Trust, she has been a key developer of the Building Resilience to Violent Extremism (BRAVE) programme for schools and colleges, and is experienced in evaluating the impact of different forms of intervention such as films and testimonials as well as social media and dialogue.
Annemarie
Social Media and Communications
Annemarie has fantastic experience internationally, with over 8 years of experience working in the fields of governance, youth development and refugee resettlement. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Management and International Business. She has been actively involved with organizations such as Oxfam, where she held the position of a member of the youth board for London and South East England, leveraging her skills and expertise to empower youth and promote social integration. Annemarie’s dedication and passion for working with vulnerable populations is evident in her professional achievements and volunteerism.
Carys
Head of Programmes & Impact
Carys has 10 years experience working in communities and with young people in third sector organisations. Her specialism is the design of interactive programmes that seek to challenge, integrate and develop confidence in the attendees. She has extensive youth work experience, most notably in alternative education settings that encourage social integration and community-led development. Carys has a first class Masters degree in Terrorism and Political Violence from the University of Birmingham where her specialisms were far right extremism, gender and terrorism and countering violent extremism. She has written papers on the constructions of gender in public responses to women who engage in terrorism, as well as chapters on intersectional responses to all violence and the incorporation of a contextual safeguarding approach to CVE projects in educational environments.
Craig
Project Manager & Senior Facilitator
Craig is an experienced facilitator, working across a wide range of groups including young people, new arrival communities and those with additional support needs.
With over 9 years working in the third sector supporting individuals he is passionate about making a difference and building skills within people. Alongside this, he has supported and led on projects aimed to build integration within communities and break down stigma around differences between people.
Malik
Lead Facilitator & Creative
Malik is a professional hip-hop artist, as lyricist and MC with MD7, and a solo career that has seen him touring with artists including Jay-Z, Mark Ronson, Professor Green and Wiley. Malik is a highly skilled facilitator, performer and public speaker, using his skills to work through music and spoken word therapeutically. He has worked with at risk young people within secure units and other institutions for over 10 years. His work with ConnectFutures includes national delivery for our BRAVE, Racial Justice, Contextual Safeguarding and Fake News programmes in targeted and assembly formats with a specialism in PRUs and SEND schools, large scale workshops, mentoring and 1-2-1s.
Junior
Senior Mentor & Facilitator | Youth | SEMH & SEND
Junior is an experienced youth worker specialising in work with young people with complex needs, SEMH and SEND. Junior supports young people and their families in community settings, mainstream educational settings and alternative provision including Pupil Referral Units (PRUs). His innovative programme designs and delivery take a culturally sensitive perspective, raising awareness, reducing stigma, and educating to support mental health, resilience and emotional well-being. As a musician he utilises the arts in his work, as well as sport to develop programmes which connect with young people’s needs and interests.
Jacob
Researcher | Educator | Facilitator
Jacob is a PhD Candidate funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), based at the University of Liverpool. Working in collaboration with ConnectFutures, his PhD seeks to explore the prevalence of ‘Conflicted’ (mixed, unstable or unclear) extremist ideologies, new forms of extremism including incels and misogynistic-driven violence, and prevailing notions of masculinity and the ‘manosphere’. In particular, focussing on the role of ‘toxic’ online milieus in normalising and rationalising extremist attitudes, and the way in which these factors contribute to, and impact upon the socialisation processes shaping the lived experiences and behaviour(s) of young people.
As a researcher, he has a number of years of experience in the fields of sociology, social policy and criminology, working on academic projects at both National and European levels, including EU-funded h3020 Projects, Home Office, National Independent Safeguarding Board Wales and Welsh Government. As an educator, he is currently an Associate Lecturer at the University of Liverpool.
Sami
Marketing and Communications
Sami is a masters student at the University of Birmingham studying International Development, following his completion of a BA in Politics and Philosophy at the University of Liverpool. He has worked on a number of projects with organisations such as the NHS, KPMG as well as programmes designed by ConnectFutures, focussing on effective messaging of complex subjects to young people. Sami has written for the Guardian Newspaper on his family’s political history and standing up for what you believe in. His interest in politics and development thus stems from his family’s social, political and community legacy combined with his 4 years of high level studies.
Associates
Alex
Consultant Facilitator | Youth & Professionals
Alex has worked with with young people and in education for the past 10 years. His experience originated in working with youths from both Unionist and Nationalist backgrounds in Northern Ireland in order to further cross community relations and reduce violence as part of the peace agreement.
Since then, Alex has gone on to manage several youth programmes which aim at young people from all backgrounds. He is an experienced public speaker, D. S.O and youth worker who specialises in Pupil Referral Unit intervention.
Kyle
Consultant Facilitator
Kyle is a passionate programme facilitator of young people and professionals with past experience in coaching and mentoring.
Kyle gained his Bachelors in Policing & Criminal Investigation from the University of Central Lancashire and has previously served as a Special Constable within Lancashire Constabulary with a focus on community policing and youth engagement
A confident public speaker with over 10 years experience in sales within the FMCG sector who utilises his experience to connect with young people as a programme facilitator
Sean
Senior Consultant for Serious Youth Violence
Sean has worked for over seven years as a trainer and frontline practitioner supporting young people across the UK and for a short project overseas. His specialism lies in working with vulnerable communities and youth at risk of, or involved in: Youth violence, knife crime, gangs, extremism, CSE/CCE and substance misuse. His practice is through a contextual safeguarding approach, mediation, training and direct intervention work.
Alongside his frontline work, Sean has also conducted consultation pieces for various organisations on inclusivity, cultural competency and practice development for services working with vulnerable youth.
Connor
Senior Facilitator | Youth & Professionals
Connor is a senior youth worker, football coach and expert public speaker, working on the National Citizenship Service (NCS), now based at West Ham United. His role with ConnectFutures as a facilitator includes BRAVE delivery to young people of all ages and educational needs, and specialist training to professionals around youth, violence, extremism and positive skills building.
Si
Consultant Facilitator | Youth
Si is an experienced youth mentor and worker with Luton Tigers and St Giles Trust who has worked for many years around radicalisation, extremism and racism from a grassroots perspective. He has also worked with EPEX and Recora.
In his spare time, Si is a renowned musician and rapper with over 20 years worth of experience in the UK hip hop industry.
Jacob
Consultant Facilitator | Youth
Jacob is a passionate and experienced speaker, engaging powerfully on the toughest topics. Drawing from challenging lived experiences, he understands the pathways into and out of gangs, serious violence and radicalisation. Jacob works as a facilitator for both St Giles Trust and ConnectFutures, bringing insight and presence to the fore.
Elise
Consultant Facilitator | Youth & Professionals
Elise has 5 years experience working with young people in the UK and abroad. The bulk of this work has been spent working for a national charity providing young people aged 16-19 with enrichment & development opportunities. Elise is an experienced trainer and mentor having created and delivered a range of training to young people in her professional career as well as through ConnectFutures. She is an experienced public speaker, focussing on youth engagement.
Mike
Consultant Facilitator | Youth
Mike is a powerful public speaker, MMA fighter and actor, who utilises his skills to connect with young people as a programme facilitator.
Advisory Board
Hashi Mohamed
Advisory Board
Hashi Mohamed is a barrister at No5 Chambers and a Broadcaster and a published author.
In 2010, he joined The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and completed his barrister training in London in 2012. Now at No5 Chambers, Hashi practices in public law; his main area of focus is Planning & Environmental law. He represents clients from across the country, including housebuilders and local authorities.
Hashi presents documentaries on BBC Radio 4, most recently on planning, politics and housing; 20 years since the inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, and on access to the top professions. Hashi writes regularly in various newspaper publications, including The Times, The Guardian, Tortoise Magazine and Prospect Magazine.
Hashi’s book on social mobility in Britain, People Like Us, What it Takes to Make it in Modern Britain was released in January 2020, and was BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week. He grew up in Brent arriving in the early 1990s as a young unaccompanied child refugee, raised exclusively on state benefits attending some of the worst performing schools in the borough.
Hashi’s second book, A Home of One’s Own, focusing on the housing crisis and what we need to do about it, is out in September 2022.
Professor Gabe Mythen
Advisory Board
Gabe Mythen is Professor of Criminology, based in the School of Law and Social Justice at the University of Liverpool. He has over three decades of academic experience in researching the impacts and effects of societal risks, including political and religiously motivated violence, state harm and the climate emergency. He is currently the UK Principal Investigator on DRIVE, a European Commission funded project exploring the connected dynamics between processes of social exclusion, marginalization and gravitation toward extremist beliefs.
Njoki Yaxley
Advisory Board
Njoki Yaxley is an experienced governance and risk management professional, having worked on both sides of the Board table. Initially as a Deputy Company Secretary/Governance Manager and more recently as a Non Executive Director for Norfolk Community Health & Care NHS Trust- a post she has held since February 2020.
Her passion and motivation lies in social housing where she spent over 15 years in various roles, including as a rents officer, development officer and governance officer. In 2017, she became a governance and risk manager/ Deputy Company Secretary at Flagship Housing Group. She holds a degree in Law from the University of East Anglia, a Masters in Social Housing from the London School of Economics and is a Clore Social Fellow (Social Housing, 2014 Alumnus).
When she is not working, she enjoys gardening, reading and looking after her young son. Njoki is excited to join Connect Futures’ inaugural board and looks forward to sharing her expertise to help grow the organisation.
Professor Diane Kemp
Advisory Board
Diane Kemp is Director of the Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity, and Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Birmingham City University. She was Deputy Chair of the Broadcast Journalism Training Council for 8 years and still chairs the committee which oversees their Placement Assistance Scheme. She is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was a consultant on diversity in journalism for the Council of Europe leading, and contributing to, a variety of programmes. In Birmingham she worked on the cross-city initiative ‘Birmingham Partners’ of which Birmingham City University was a founder member, while also representing them on the city’s child poverty action forum and was a Poverty Truth Commissioner in the city for two years.
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Harnessing the experience and knowledge of an internationally respected team, ConnectFutures provides independent expertise to a wide range of clients.
Our unique approach combines academic excellence with extensive practitioner experience and is informed by our strong ethical framework and commitment to justice.
Our academic backgrounds include expertise in law, education, criminology, social anthropology, political science, and sociology, with practitioner experience in the fields of equalities, policing, security and peace-building.
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How to connect CScalp to Binance Perpetual Futures
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Update date: 03/30/2023
We have prepared instructions for setting up the connection of the CScalp scalping terminal to the market perpetual futures on the Binance USDS-M exchange. To connect, you will need an account on perpetual futures (USDS-M) and CScalp installed on the terminal.
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USDT and BUSD collateralized futures contracts are traded on Binance’s USDS-M market. With collateral in USDT, deliverable (urgent) futures and perpetual futures are traded. BUSD backed only perpetual futures. There are two leverage trading modes available on Binance – Cross Margin and Isolated Margin. Read more about different types of trading instruments and margin modes in our course Scalping Tools .
In the CScalp terminal, the connection to the USDS-M futures market is called “Binance: Perpetual”.
How to set up the connection (short)
Create a futures wallet on the exchange website
Create an “API Key” and “Secret Key”
Connect CScalp to Binance Perpetual Futures
Text instructions for connecting CScalp to Binance perpetual futures below the video.
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Create a futures wallet on the exchange website
To trade futures on Binance, you need to create a futures wallet. We tell you how to do it.
1. Log in to your account on the exchange website
Log in to your account on the website of the Binance exchange. Please note that Binance has two trading platforms. The first is spot, the second is futures. They share a website and share the same “ API Key ” and “ Secret Key “.
2. Create an account to trade futures
Open the “ Wallet ” tab, then the “ Futures wallet ” tab.
Specify the amount of leverage for the account. Choose from three options. Read more about futures trading on Binance with leverage here .
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Generate “API Key” and “Secret Key”
1. Go to “API Management”
Hover over the avatar icon and click on the “ API Management ” button.
2. Select a key type and give it a “label”
There are two types of keys you can create on Binance – HMAC and RSA. HMAC keys are regular API keys and are generated by the exchange. RSA keys need to be created by yourself. Instructions for creating RSA keys and connecting CScalp to Binance through them are here . In this article, we will consider the option of creating API keys by the exchange.
On the page that opens, click “ Create API ”, select “ System Generated API Key ”, click “Next”.
In the “ Create label for API key ” field, enter the name of the new key. Then click on the button “ Next “.
3. Enter the confirmation code
In the window that opens, click ” Get code “. An SMS-message with a code will be sent to the specified number, a letter with a code will be sent to an e-mail. Enter the code from each message in the appropriate fields.
If you select Google Authentication , also enter the code from Google Authenticator (the application must be downloaded to your phone).
Important: “ Secret key ” is displayed only once, during creation. Copy it to enter into CScalp. If you lose ” Secret key “, you can always create a new keychain. “ API Key ” and “ Secret Key ” are analogues of login and password. They are needed to connect to Binance.
4.
Check “API Restrictions”
After confirming the security check, you will see your “ API Key ” and “ API Secret “. Copy the Secret Key to enter it into CScalp.
When setting trading permissions, there are two options: with IP address binding and without IP address binding. To set trading permissions without binding an IP address, you need to uncheck the activation of security controls.
A window will appear to confirm the exchange’s disclaimer when using API keys without being tied to an IP address.
Check the box and click ” Confirm ”
After that, once again click the button ” Confirm ” in the “Risk Warning” window
To trade futures, ” turn on ” special parameter on the exchange website. The setting is named ” Enable Futures “. It can be controlled from your account.
Press “ Edit restrictions “. Add a parameter to the key that is responsible for trading on Binance. Check the box “ Enable futures ” and click “ Save “.
Be sure to check the box “ Enable spot and margin trading “.
Don’t forget to fund your USDS-M futures wallet for trading. wallet you can use the wallet “ Fiat and Spot ” or “ Funding Wallet ”. You can find instructions for depositing funds on Binance here . Connecting CScalp to Binance Futures
Note: “ Enable futures ” setting is active 90 days if you don’t have a trusted IP address. After the specified period, you must re-enable the setting.
To edit key permissions with an IP address binding, you first need to know the IP. This can be done through specialized sites, such as 2ip.ru.
After on the Binance website, when editing restrictions, check the box “Allow access to only trusted addresses”. Enter in the IP field and save it.
Note: If you have a dynamic IP address, it will change when you reboot the router. You will need to re-change the address in the key permissions. To avoid this, you need to connect a static IP. This service is provided by your ISP.
Connect CScalp to Binance Perpetual Futures
1. Open the Connections tab in CScalp
Launch CScalp. Click “ Settings “, then open the “9” tab0005 Connections “. Select “ Binance: Perpetual Funds “.
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API” and “Secret Key”
Click the gear icon next to “ Binance: Perpetual F. “. The connection settings will open. In the field “ ApiKey ” enter your “ API Key “, in the field “ ApiSecret “your” Secret key “.
Please note: CScalp also supports connecting to the Binance exchange via RSA keys. Read more about RSA keys and how to create and connect them, read here .
3. Connect to Binance Perpetual Futures
Click on the Binance logo next to the connection you want.0003
Done! You have connected CScalp to Binance’s USDS-M futures market. Don’t forget to turn off the parameter “ View only ” in your connection settings to start trading.
Note: you can connect multiple Binance trading accounts in CScalp. Read more about this here .
4. Add glass and select tool
After setting up CScalp , add a new glass by clicking on the corresponding icon in the center or in the lower right corner.
Then click on “ Tool selection ” at the top of the glass.
In the side menu of the window that opens, specify the connection for which you want to select an instrument.
Then select the tool from the list or via search. Done, trading instrument for Binance selected!
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Connecting to Binance / Knowledge Base / ATAS Support Center
This manual serves as a guide for connecting the Binance exchange to the ATAS v5 platform.
You can view a brief description and download the platform at the following link:
https://atas.net/ru/atas-crypto/
Also added the ability to trade on demo accounts.
If you don’t have an account yet, you can register on the exchange using the following link:
https://www.binance.com/en/
add your local IP to the whitelist and turn off the hedging mode in your account on the exchange website.
Instruction:
https://www.binance.com/ru/support/faq/360041819691
Video how to connect a Binance account:
Go to the menu of the main window of the ATAS platform and to left-click on the item Connections /Connections in the main platform window.
Next, the connections window will open:
To add a new connection, click the Add button.
Next, a window will open with a list of available accounts and quote providers:
In this window, you need to select the connection type Binance and click the button Next / Next.
Next, a window for signing the agreement will open:
* OCO (one cancels other) orders for Binance connection are emulated locally on your computer. This means that the platform must be connected to your broker for OCO orders to function properly. If you are disconnected and one of the OCO orders gets filled, the rest of the orders in that group WILL NOT be cancelled!
If you are satisfied, press I Accept, Please continue .
Next, another window will open for signing the agreement:
This connection does not support placing Stop and Stop Limit orders on the exchange server. These types of orders are locally emulated on a computer. This means that in order to execute these orders, the platform must be constantly turned on and connected to the exchange. If you disable it, orders WILL NOT be executed.
If you are satisfied, press I Accept, Please continue / I accept, please continue .
1) In the connection window, enter the keys you generated in your account on the Binance website.
2) Press the Finish button.
*After setting up the connection, it will appear as a separate line in the list of connections:
1. Type / Type – Connection source.
2. State / Connection status – After adding a new connection, its default status is Disconnected / Disconnected . To connect, press the button Connect / Connect .
3. Is market data/Quote provider – Option to select a quote provider.