Trading Basics
Account History
This refers to a traders account with their broker.
It is a register of their completed transactions, balances and orders.
Other Trading Basics
Contrary Opinion
An approach to trading where traders take the opposite view and therefore the position of the retail participants in a market.
Bearer Stocks
Ownership of shares is typically held on a register.
The owner of bearer shares do not get registered, instead they must possess the certificate the prove ownership.
Keep them safe.
Call
An option that gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to buy a security at a certain price.
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