Trading Basics

Buy Stop

An order type where the trader wishes to go long above the current market price.

An approach to trading where traders take the opposite view and therefore the position of the retail participants in a market.

Asset-backed securities.

These are securities backed by assets, like mortgages, which are claimable if the creditor defaults.

The date a contract expires, if applicable.

Learn the skills needed to trade the markets on our Trading for Beginners course.