Trading Basics
Down Bet
A trade or bet where the trader believes the price will fall.
Other Trading Basics
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.
Bid-Ask Spread
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.
Automated Trading
Where the buying and selling of securities is automated and driven by algorithms.
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