Trading Basics
Close to the Money
In options trading when the underlying price of the security is close to the strike price of the option.
Other Trading Basics
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
This is where shareholders meet each year to vote on the various decisions a company needs to make.
Contango
This is when the futures price of a security is above the cash price at maturity. The opposite is backwardation.
CFD
Contract for difference.
An OTC financial derivative where the counterparties agree to exchange the change in a price.
No underlying assets are exchanged.
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