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.

A trade where the maximum downside is predefined, usually with a guaranteed stop-loss order.

Person, or organisation that uses arbitrage as a strategy.

A loan that the owner can convert to ordinary shares in that company, given a set of conditions defined in the original loan.

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