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
Close to the Money
In options trading when the underlying price of the security is close to the strike price of the option.
Close A Position
When a trader places a trade to reduce their position to zero.
They are closing their position.
Counterparty
You need at least two parties in a financial transaction, they are counterparties.
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