Trading Basics
Actuals
The physical assets behind traded commodity securities.
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.
Broker
Provides access to the financial markets for traders.
Brokers come in all shapes and sizes.
Chartist
A market participant or commentator that uses charts to analyse the price of a security.
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