Trading Basics
Bonds
Tradable debt issued by governments and companies.
Other Trading Basics
Bid
Traders can go short at the bid price.
The terminology is from the broker point of view, they are bidding to buy from you.
Cost of Carry
The cost to a trader of maintaining a position. This might be in form of overnight financing on simple CFD trades but can also include the costs to insure, transport or finance on more complex trades.
Capital
The economic resource used to buy assets, normally with the view to provide a product or service.
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