Trading Basics

Circuit Breakers

When exchanges stop the trading in a security that has fallen significantly.

This is done to stop an uncontrollable panic.

The first currency quoted in a forex pair.

An option that gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to buy a security at a certain price.

An order type where the trader wishes to go long at the limit price or lower.

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