Trading Basics

Dealer

Normally a company or person traders go to buy or sell securities from.

A commodity is a basic good where the quality of the product won’t differ depending on where it’s sourced.

The physical assets behind traded commodity securities.

A basis point is 0.01% and is typically used when quoting interest rate changes.

A move of 0.25% is described as 25 basis points.

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