Trading Basics

Contango

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

This is where shareholders meet each year to vote on the various decisions a company needs to make.

An order type where the trader wishes to go long above the current market price.

The ask price is the level at which a seller is willing to accept a bid on a security.

The ask price is always higher than the bid price.

Also known as the offer price.

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