Trading Basics
CFD
Contract for difference.
An OTC financial derivative where the counterparties agree to exchange the change in a price.
No underlying assets are exchanged.
Other Trading Basics
Bear Trap
When a piece of analysis points to the market falling and the price instead goes up, trapping the bears.
Brexit
The process of the United Kingdom (UK) leaving the European Union (EU) – it is a combination of ‘British’ and ‘exit’.
Close A Position
When a trader places a trade to reduce their position to zero.
They are closing their position.
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