Trading Basics
Close A Position
When a trader places a trade to reduce their position to zero.
They are closing their position.
Other Trading Basics
Commodities
A commodity is a basic good where the quality of the product won’t differ depending on where it’s sourced.
Circuit Breaker
When exchanges stop the trading in a security that has fallen significantly.
This is done to stop an uncontrollable panic.
Black Box Trading
Also referred to as automatic or algorithmic trading.
The trader does not need to see the system in operation, in effect its a black box.
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