Trading Basics
Gearing
Another name for leverage. Debt to equity proportions on a trade or portfolio.
Other Trading Basics
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.
Book Building
When a new share is issued book building is the process institutions go through to gauge demand and therefore price.
This goes on before the share is available to trade on the exchange.
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Learn the skills needed to trade the markets on our Trading for Beginners course.
