Trading Basics
Call
An option that gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to buy a security at a certain price.
Other 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.
Chartist
A market participant or commentator that uses charts to analyse the price of a security.
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