Trading Basics

Cost of Carry

The cost to a trader of maintaining a position. This might be in form of overnight financing on simple CFD trades but can also include the costs to insure, transport or finance on more complex trades.

Other Trading Basics

Actuals

The physical assets behind traded commodity securities.

Crystallisation

When a position is closed the trader crystalises the profit or loss.

Brexit

The process of the United Kingdom (UK) leaving the European Union (EU) – it is a combination of ‘British’ and ‘exit’.

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