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What is a day trade?

Day, or ‘spot’, trading is when you open and close a trade within the same trading day, usually by 10pm GMT. Its one of the most popular ways to trade online as it allows you to benefit fr... read more

21-Feb-2019

What is Forex?

Forex trading is essentially the buying of one currency while simultaneously selling another. In other words, you are dealing in pairs of currencies that are traded against each other.For instance, on... read more

16-Jul-2020

What is Leverage?

Currencies fluctuate daily depending on a variety of factors like economic indicator announcements, news and geopolitical events. Some pairs are more volatile than others and the more stable a country... read more

18-Nov-2019

Currency Trading Explained

When you go on holiday to an exotic country one of the things you need to do is change your home currency for the currency of where you are going. When you make that exchange, usually through a bank, ... read more

16-Jul-2020

How do I Use Trading Charts?

The charts featured on the easyMarkets platform are highly flexible and easy to use. They help you understand how a market or instrument has performed over a set time period. Charts can also help you ... read more

18-Mar-2019

Different Trading Types

It is often said that no two traders are the same. Each possesses his or her own personality traits that factor in their trading preferences, not to mention lifestyle differences that can also influen... read more

28-Dec-2018

Currency Acronyms and Abbreviations

Countries around the world have their own currency and traders learn to quickly recognize those currencies by their three-letter acronym or abbreviation. The two letters at the start refer to the nam... read more