Trading Basics
Market Gap
A market gap is when the price of a stock quickly increases or decreases.
Other Trading Basics
Buyback
When companies purchase their own shares.
This reduces the amount of shares issued.
Currency Futures
A future is an agreement to buy or sell something at future point in time. A currency future is when that agreement is on an FX market.
Alerts
Where the broker or a third party sends a notification to a trader that a securities price has hit a certain preset condition.
A useful tool that allows traders to go make a cup of tea.
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