Trading Basics
Available Margin
The amount of margin a trader has available to trade with.
This is account balance minus margin used on open positions.
Other Trading Basics
Analysts
Those that conduct analysis on markets, with the view of providing insights to market participants.
Contango
This is when the futures price of a security is above the cash price at maturity. The opposite is backwardation.
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