Trading Basics
Buyback
When companies purchase their own shares.
This reduces the amount of shares issued.
Other Trading Basics
After-Hours Dealing
After-hours trading involves buying or selling securities outside of specified trading hours.
However, trading after hours may offer less liquidity, as fewer traders are operating at these times and spread betting firms may offer wider spreads as fluctuations can occur during these times.
Call
An option that gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to buy a security at a certain price.
Cut and Reverse
When a position is fully reversed and an opposing position taken in a single trade.
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