Trading Basics

Cash Price

Also spot price.

The price now to transact in the underlying asset.

Person, or organisation that uses arbitrage as a strategy.

Also referred to as automatic or algorithmic trading.

The trader does not need to see the system in operation, in effect its a black box.

Technical analysts use repeatable chart patterns to try to spot changes or continuations in participant sentiment.

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