CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 76% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Trading strategies

There are a wide variety of financial instruments available to be traded on the world’s markets. Our in-depth guides will provide you some insights into their unique features and how to use them in your trading portfolio

Guides to the markets you can trade

Forex trading

Currency or foreign exchange trading – often known as forex, or simply FX – is the buying and selling of international currencies with the objective of making a profit.

Stocks trading

Buying and selling company shares listed on a stock exchange. They are one of the most popular financial instruments traded.

Indices trading

Index trading is the buying and selling of financial instruments that are linked to stock market indices that track the performance of groups of assets based on certain characteristics such as industry, sector, country or growth rate.

Commodities trading

Commodities are the oldest form of financial instruments. Today, trading in commodities like Agriculture, Energy, Metals and the Environment forms the basis of the global trade ecosystem.

Cryptocurrency trading

Learn about how the cryptocurrency market works and what drives the prices, to different types of instruments and trading strategies.

Guides on how you can trade

Margin trading

Margin trading is when you pay only a certain percentage, or margin, of your investment cost, while borrowing the rest of the money you need from your broker.

CFD trading

Contracts for difference (CFD) are a popular way of trading on the price of stocks and indices, commodities and forex without owning the underlying assets. Derivatives are time-limited contracts that ‘derive’ their value from the market performance of an asset.

EFT trading

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are baskets of stocks, commodities or other assets that pool investors’ money and track a benchmark to measure their performance. They are among the most popular financial instruments that investors add to their portfolios for exposure and diversification.

Trading Psychology guide

Trading psychology and discipline are among the most important skills that every trader must possess. Master the psychology of trading today with our guide.

Trading strategy guides

Traders have a wide variety of strategies at their disposal to try to interpret price movements and take advantageous trading positions. Some traders may use a particular approach almost exclusively.

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Trading Glossary

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That’s the number of terms in our glossary.

 

Do you know your CFDs from your IPOs or ETFs? Remove the mystery with our definitions glossary.

Term of the day

International Securities Identification Number (ISIN)

ISIN stands for International Securities Identification Number this is an alphanumeric code with 12 characters that can be issued for shares, bonds, options, derivatives and futures. For example, Apple’s ISIN is US0378331005….

The most common word

Illiquidity

In the investment world, illiquidity refers to assets which can’t be exchanged for cash easily. This might be because there aren’t enough investors willing to buy them. In business, the term can describe a company that doesn’t have…