Trading Basics

Currency Cross

The rate to exchange two currencies.

This is when the futures price of a security is above the cash price at maturity. The opposite is backwardation.

When a trader buys an asset cheaply at the bottom of its fall.

The amount of margin a trader has available to trade with.

This is account balance minus margin used on open positions.

Learn the skills needed to trade the markets on our Trading for Beginners course.