Trading Basics

Contango

This is when the futures price of a security is above the cash price at maturity. The opposite is backwardation.

Tradable debt issued by governments and companies.

The ‘Bet-per’ quantity is the minimum movement you can bet on within a market.

Well established, big companies.

A blue chip is an expensive chip on the poker table

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