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

Chart Patterns

Technical analysts use repeatable chart patterns to try to spot changes or continuations in participant sentiment.

BoE Rate Decision

The Bank of England’s interest rate decision is announced following the meeting of its monetary policy committee, which meets eight times a year.

Circuit Breaker

When exchanges stop the trading in a security that has fallen significantly.

This is done to stop an uncontrollable panic.

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