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To make money trading options you need to long calls when the market goes up, or long puts when the market goes down. Or you can be short calls when the market does down or short puts if the market goes up. It may sound complicated at first, but trading options is easier than you …
Forex brokers make money through commissions, spreads and other commission charges, and their hedging or B-book activities. Commissions Each time a client trades with a broker, they pay the bid-offer spread – the difference between the price that you can sell an instrument at and the price at which you can buy that instrument. You …
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City Index, one of the UK’s oldest margin trading and Spread Betting brokers has announced the introduction of extended trading hours in a range of US equities. How can City Index customers trade US equities pre and post-market? City Index clients will be able to trade US equities in the pre and post-markets through either …
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The best times of the day to trade forex are the points where the main sessions overlap and business moves from one region to another. This happens first thing in the morning GMT, as Asian markets wind down for the day as London opens for business, and then again mid-afternoon London time, as US markets …
In this guide to pairs trading, we explain how you can potentially profit from trading two stocks or markets against each other whilst remaining relatively protected from overall market movements. Pairs trading benefits from a simultaneous rise and fall in two instruments Convergence is betting on two securities moving closer; divergence is that two instruments …
Trading For Beginners Explained Keen to start trading but don’t know how? Confused about the lingo and don’t know where to start? In this guide, we’ll give you all the information you need to know to learn how to trade. In a rush? Here are your key takeaways on learning how to trade: 👉 Trading is …
Trading In Futures At A Glance 👉 Futures are a financial contract where a commodity or financial instrument is bought or sold for a fixed price at a certain date 👉 Futures can be futures on stock indexes, commodities, precious metals and US Treasury (e.g. bonds) 👉 Futures can be traded at a futures market …
Macroeconomic data is one of the main drivers of the financial markets and changes in this data influences investment decisions that affect billions, if not trillions of dollars daily. Yet with so much macro data available to us what items should the retail trader be aware of and pay attention too? In this guide we …
Trend trading is one of the simplest investing and trading strategies. In a nutshell, trend trading is about buying and selling securities in the direction of the trend. First, a trend is identified. Then, you ride the trend to profit from price changes. Trend trading can be applied to different time frames (daily/weekly or intraday). …
The DAX index (Deutscher Aktien Index or German stock exchange in English) is an equity index which tracks the performance of Germany’s leading stocks. Historically, the DAX index was known as the DAX30 because it comprised 30 major German stocks. Launched in 1988 with an initial 1,000 index points, the index has become a major barometer …
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