Trading Basics

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.

A future is an agreement to buy or sell something at future point in time. A currency future is when that agreement is on an FX market.

The ask price is the level at which a seller is willing to accept a bid on a security.

The ask price is always higher than the bid price.

Also known as the offer price.

The first currency quoted in a forex pair.

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