Introduction to Trading

If you've ever exchanged currency before, you've already participated in the forex market, even without realising it. At its core, forex is about the relative value of one currency against another, and...

Most people have heard the basics - it's big, it's liquid, it runs 24 hours. But the reasons experienced traders keep coming back to forex go much deeper than that.

The main benefit of CFD trading is being able to speculate on price movements in both directions. Profit from trading CFDs exclusively lies on the trader's ability to correctly predict future price changes....

Leverage is one of those words that gets thrown around in trading circles like everyone's supposed to just know what it means. But if you're new to forex, it can sound more complicated than it actually...

Open any forex platform and quote a currency pair, and you'll notice the price you can sell at is never quite the same as the price you can buy at. That tiny gap is the spread, and it's a part of the cost...

Margin trading is speculative buying and selling of assets using a brokerage firm's funds, which it lends against collateral.

If you've ever left a CFD position open overnight and noticed a small charge show up on your account the next morning, this is the swap rate in action. It's one of those small costs that doesn't get much...

Forex Trading terminology is an integral part and every beginner trader should learn it, if haven't by now.