Trading Basics
FTSE 250
An index of the medium-sized shares listed on the LSE’s main market. These are the 250 largest shares outside the top 100, so for shares with capitalizations ranked 101 to 350.
Other Trading Basics
ABS
Asset-backed securities.
These are securities backed by assets, like mortgages, which are claimable if the creditor defaults.
Cable
Another name for the GBP – USD exchange.
Around half a trillion dollars is traded between the two currencies everyday, making it the third most popular currency pair to trade in behind EUR – USD and USD – JPY.
Bullish and Bearish Markets
A bullish market means that the price is going up and higher.
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Learn the skills needed to trade the markets on our Trading for Beginners course.
