Trading Basics
Index
The aggregate performance of a group of individual equities. Examples include the FTSE100, DJIA and Dax indices.
Other Trading Basics
Cyclical Shares
Equities that follow the economic cycle. For example banking shares typically rise and fall with a cycle.
Bid
Traders can go short at the bid price.
The terminology is from the broker point of view, they are bidding to buy from you.
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