Instruments: Forex, CFDs and stock market products
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Understanding trading
Understanding trading
Terms, instruments and the mechanics of a trading decision.
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Glossary
Terms, English names and typical confusion – with direct links and occupied depressions.
OpenUnderstanding leverage, margin & stop-out
What makes a big position with a small account: understanding account value, security performance, and intervention thresholds together.
OpenOrder types and execution
Understand market, limit, stop and stop limit: which price counts, what triggers an order and why triggering is not yet execution.
OpenLong & Short: Direction, Result and Risk
What a position does when prices rise or fall – and why leverage, margin and profit are different sizes.
OpenHedging portfolios: impact, limits and costs
Partial and full hedging – with index short, beta, basis risk and a look at alternatives.
OpenUnderstanding futures: symbols, term structure and rollover
Decipher contract identifiers, understand tick values and understand maturity changes – without confusing price spacing and fee.
Substantive structure
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Order, Deal and Position
When does an order become a business?
Bid, Ask and Spread
At what price do I buy or sell?
Slippage and Requotes
Why does the execution price deviate?
Margin Call and Stop-out
When does the broker intervene in open positions?
Liquidity, trading hours and price gaps
When do execution conditions change?
Demo and live account
What experiences are transferable?
Pricing and reference markets
Where do courses come from in the surface?
Read Billing and Account History
How do I check the result of my transactions?
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