Trading Basics

Ask Price

The ask price is the level at which a seller is willing to accept a bid on a security.

The ask price is always higher than the bid price.

Also known as the offer price.

An order type where the trader wishes to go long at the limit price or lower.

An approach to trading where traders take the opposite view and therefore the position of the retail participants in a market.

An option that can get exercised at any time during its life.

European options can only be exercised at the end.

Learn the skills needed to trade the markets on our Trading for Beginners course.