Trading Basics
AIM
Alternative Investment Market. A small cap stock market in the UK.
Lighter listing rules reduce the costs for the companies listing and seeking external equity finance.
A good starting point for growth companies not quite ready for the main LSE.
Other Trading Basics
Cut and Reverse
When a position is fully reversed and an opposing position taken in a single trade.
Bear Raid
When bears team up to push the price of a security down, normally by short selling and/or rumours.
This is illegal.
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