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What is a Pip?
A pip is an acronym for Percentage In Point or Price Interest Point. It is the smallest whole unit price move that an exchange rate can make, based on forex market convention.
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Pip Value & Margin
One of the first decisions you’ll need to make as a trader when initiating your investment process is choosing a trading volume you can apply to your positions. The choice of trading volume will depend on many psychological factors such as emotional comfort and risk aversion, but the choice of trading volume will also be highly connected with the risk management that you plan to apply.
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Short Position
Being short on the market means that you are selling some marketable assets, expecting the financial instruments to lose value. The reverse of a short position is a long position.
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Spread
The spread is the difference between the buy (ask) and the sell (bid) price of an instrument.
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Swaps and Charges
Trades placed on a Standard account are free from commission. The cost of trading is already built into the spread.
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What is the Swiss National Bank (SNB)?
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is the central bank of Switzerland, established in 1907 with headquarters in Bern and Zurich.
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The Biggest Football Stock Price Rallies
Discover which clubs have experienced the most significant stock rallies and crashes over the last five years, and which football transfers were the triggers.
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The Gender Investment Divide
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The Race to 5 Trillion
Do you know how many companies are worth over a trillion in market cap? Find out who the biggest companies around the world are and just how fast they’re growing.
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The Two Faces of a High Frequency Trade
High Frequency Trading (HFT) is present in different financial activities and is used by investment funds (hedge funds), private investors, investment banks, brokers, etc. An appropriate definition could be: the execution of investment strategies based on computer programs or opportunity capture algorithms that may be small or exist for a very short period of time.
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