Trading Basics
Blue Chip
Well established, big companies.
A blue chip is an expensive chip on the poker table
Other Trading Basics
BoE Rate Decision
The Bank of England’s interest rate decision is announced following the meeting of its monetary policy committee, which meets eight times a year.
Balance
A summarised financial result of all funds deposited in, and withdrawn from the customer’s account, and of all closed positions in that account.
Alpha
This is a measure of price performance vs a benchmark.
If a trader makes 10% per annum and the index makes 7% the trader has an alpha of 3%.
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