Trading Basics

Convertible Stocks

A loan that the owner can convert to ordinary shares in that company, given a set of conditions defined in the original loan.

Where the buying and selling of securities is automated and driven by algorithms.

The amount of credit given to a trader by a broker. Hardly done anymore.

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.

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