Trading Basics
Capital
The economic resource used to buy assets, normally with the view to provide a product or service.
Other Trading Basics
CFD
Contract for difference.
An OTC financial derivative where the counterparties agree to exchange the change in a price.
No underlying assets are exchanged.
Available Margin
The amount of margin a trader has available to trade with.
This is account balance minus margin used on open positions.
Start learning
Learn the skills needed to trade the markets on our Trading for Beginners course.
