Trading Basics
Other Trading Basics
Closing Trade
A trade to close a position. Most trading requires the trader to place the opposite trade to that done when opening their position.
This will crystallise the profit or loss.
Bear Trap
When a piece of analysis points to the market falling and the price instead goes up, trapping the bears.
Carry Trade
A forex trading strategy of borrowing funds in a low-interest rate currency and buying assets in higher yielding currency.
For years this was selling Yen to buy Dollars.
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