Trading Basics
Credit Limit
The amount of credit given to a trader by a broker. Hardly done anymore.
Other Trading Basics
Chartist
A market participant or commentator that uses charts to analyse the price of a security.
Controlled Risk Bet
A trade where the maximum downside is predefined, usually with a guaranteed stop-loss order.
Bottom Up Analysis
A form of fundamental analysis which starts with analysis of the individual parts.
Bottom up analysis of an index would involve the analysis of each company in that index.
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