Trading Basics
Gearing
Another name for leverage. Debt to equity proportions on a trade or portfolio.
Other Trading Basics
Call
An option that gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to buy a security at a certain price.
ASX 200
A term used for the index of the top 200 shares on the Australian Securities Exchange, also AUS 200.
Cash or Spot Market
Also known as a spot market, cash markets are different to futures contracts, as commodities are traded immediately for cash at the current market price.
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