Trading Basics
American Option
An option that can get exercised at any time during its life.
European options can only be exercised at the end.
Other Trading Basics
Corporate Action
An event that requires approval or notification of the shareholders of a business.
Cable
Another name for the GBP – USD exchange.
Around half a trillion dollars is traded between the two currencies everyday, making it the third most popular currency pair to trade in behind EUR – USD and USD – JPY.
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