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General trading questions

  • What is volatility?
  • What is a CFD?
  • What is an uptick?
  • What is slippage?
  • What is the support level?
  • What is a short position?
  • What is stochastic?
  • What is rollover?
  • What is a long position?
  • What is a Fibonacci retracement?
  • What is a down tick?
  • What does bearish mean?
  • What does bullish mean?
  • What is the bid price?
  • What is the ask price?
  • What is arbitrage?
  • What is a pivot point?
  • What is a currency pair?
  • What is a PIP and how is its value calculated?
  • What is a spread?
  • What is a lot?
  • What are stop and limit orders?
  • What is leverage?
  • What is margin?
  • What is a trend line?

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