Trading Basics
Credit Account
For those with excellent credit some brokers will provide a credit account. This means the trader puts up less margin.
Other Trading Basics
Alerts
Where the broker or a third party sends a notification to a trader that a securities price has hit a certain preset condition.
A useful tool that allows traders to go make a cup of tea.
Averaging Down
Once an initial long trade is place this is the practice of opening additional positions at a lower price with the view of bringing the average opening price of the position down.
Currency Futures
A future is an agreement to buy or sell something at future point in time. A currency future is when that agreement is on an FX market.
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