Trading Basics
FCA
Financial Conduct Authority, the UK’s financial services regulator.
Other Trading Basics
Cyclical Shares
Equities that follow the economic cycle. For example banking shares typically rise and fall with a cycle.
Black Box Trading
Also referred to as automatic or algorithmic trading.
The trader does not need to see the system in operation, in effect its a black box.
Cost of Carry
The cost to a trader of maintaining a position. This might be in form of overnight financing on simple CFD trades but can also include the costs to insure, transport or finance on more complex trades.
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