Trading Basics

CPI

Consumer price index, a measure of inflation excluding housing costs.

A term used in options trading where the strike price of the option is similar to the current underlying spot price of the instrument.

A graphical representation of the price of a financial instrument.

The difference between the price the trader and buy at and the price they can sell at.

Also bid-offer spread. The wider the spread, the more the trader pays, reactively.

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