Trading Basics
Capital Gains Tax
Also, CGT.
A tax on the profits obtained from a capital investment or transaction.
Other Trading Basics
Acquisition
When the majority of shares changes hands in a company.
This is typically when one company buys another.
Contrary Opinion
An approach to trading where traders take the opposite view and therefore the position of the retail participants in a market.
Circuit Breaker
When exchanges stop the trading in a security that has fallen significantly.
This is done to stop an uncontrollable panic.
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