What is a central bank

Trading Basics

What is a central bank?

A central bank or monetary authority is a monopolised and often nationalized institution given control over the distribution of money and credit.

Other Trading Basics

ADR

American Depositary Receipts or ADRs. These are shares of foreign companies listed on exchanges in the USA in dollars.

They allow US investors to get access to overseas shares without the hassle of having to exchange currency, open brokerage accounts overseas and so on.

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Closing Trade

A trade to close a position. Most trading requires the trader to place the opposite trade to that done when opening their position.

This will crystallise the profit or loss.

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