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Trading Forex with CFDs
CFD stands for “Contract for Difference”. A CFD is a tradable financial tool that reflects movements of the asset underlying it.
Kindergarten 2022-01-21
What Are You Actually Trading In Forex?
New forex traders might be puzzled how it’s possible to trade currencies they don’t physically own. They’re also often confused about how it’s possible to sell something before buying it.
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Is the Forex Broker Licensed and Regulated?
Is the forex broker licensed and regulated? Is the company licensed, regulated, and authorized to operate as a forex broker where you live?
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Is the Forex Broker an legitimate Organization?
With whom are you trading? Is the forex broker a reputable business? Can you put your faith in it?
Kindergarten 2022-01-21
What Are the Functions of Forex Brokers?
What is the order execution quality of your FX broker?
Kindergarten 2022-01-19
What to Look for When Choosing a Forex Broker
As a beginner trader, the first and most important decision you'll make is which forex broker to use. This is why you should always do your due diligence ("do yo DD") and DYOR (do your own research).
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How to Avoid a Margin Call
If you fail to understand the concept of margin or not knowing what to do when faced with a margin call from your broker, you will definitely experience the shock of your trading account blow up.
Kindergarten 2022-01-19
Margin Jargon Cheat Sheet
As you move into the world of margin trading, it may sounds like you have to learn an entirely new language to truly identify what’s goin any peculiarities, also margin trading comes with its own nomenclature and jargon. In this lesson we will discuss some handy cheat sheet you may come along in any trading platform.
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The Relationship Between Margin and Leverage
You use margin offered by your broker to create leverage. Therefore Leverage is the increased “trading power” that is available when using a margin account.
Kindergarten 2022-01-19
Caution: Different brokers in Forex tender different Margin Call and Stop Out Levels
As margin and Stop Out Levels are key to consider always while opening trade, Out of the thousands of Broker around the world, Each retail forex broker or CFD provider sets their own Margin Call Level and Stop Out Level.
Kindergarten 2022-01-19
Trading Scenario: What Happens If You Trade With Just $100?
Can you imagine What happens if you have account and wants to set trade with just $100?
Kindergarten 2022-01-19
Trading Scenario: Margin Call Level at 100% and Stop Out Level at 50%
Among the thousands of forex brokers available, each handle a Margin Call in different ways. Some brokers consider a Margin Call and Stop Out as just one and the same, meaning they will not send you a warning message, they will only just start closing your trades along with a message notifying you of the action just.
Kindergarten 2022-01-18
Trading Scenario: Margin Call Level at 100% and No Separate Stop Out Level
Series of forex brokers handle a Margin Call in different ways. Some brokers consider a Margin Call and Stop Out as just one and the same, meaning they will not send you a warning message, they will only just start closing your trades along with a message notifying you of the action just.
Kindergarten 2022-01-17
What is a Stop Out Level?
A Forex stop out is when all of a trader's active positions in the foreign exchange market are automatically closed by their broker.
Kindergarten 2022-01-17
What is a Margin Call?
The Margin Call level is the agreed minimum amount to which the Margin Level can fall before it triggers a Margin call.
Kindergarten 2022-01-17
What is Margin Level?
Margin Level is simply the relationship between the Equity and the used Margin of the trading account. Expressed as a percentage, the formula used to calculate the margin level is: (Equity/Margin) x 100.
Kindergarten 2022-01-17
What is Free Margin?
There are two types of margin: "used" and "free." In one of our last sessions, we looked at the Used Margin, which is the sum of all the Required Margin from all open positions. The gap between Equity and Used Margin is called Free Margin.
Kindergarten 2022-01-14
What is Equity?
Account equity also called equity by some people represent the current worth of your trading account.
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What is Used Margin?
To understand what is used margin, it is also useful to understand what Required Margin is. Required Margin is the portion or part of margin needed to open your trade.
Kindergarten 2022-01-14
What is Margin?
As a Forex trader, the amount of capital is necessary to open or maintain a new position in a trade is called margin. Margin trading refers to the practice of using borrowed funds from a broker to trade a financial asset.
Kindergarten 2022-01-14