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Education and insights

We keep three categories strictly separate: factual news, opinion analysis and educational content.

News

Feeds from identified providers, with source, timestamp and related instruments.

Analysis

Market commentary explicitly labelled as opinion, never presented as fact.

Education

Learning material on instruments, risk, margin and how orders work.

Education

Core guides

Five minutes of reading to cover the essentials before your first order.

01

How an order works

A market order fills immediately at the best available price. A limit order only fills if the market reaches the price you set, and a stop order triggers once a level is crossed. The buy price (ask) always sits slightly above the sell price (bid): that gap is the spread.

02

Leverage and margin

Leverage lets you hold a position larger than your deposit. At 1:30, a 30,000 position ties up 1,000 in margin. Leverage magnifies gains and losses alike: if your margin level falls below 100%, positions can be closed automatically.

03

Managing risk

Set a maximum loss per trade (commonly 1–2% of capital), always attach a stop, and note your risk/reward ratio before entering. A position size worked out in advance beats a decision made under pressure.

04

What a position costs

Three costs apply: the spread paid on opening, any commission, and overnight financing on positions held past the close. Multi-day positions should factor that financing in.

05

Choosing your markets

Forex is the most liquid and trades 24/5, indices follow their exchange hours, gold and oil react to macro data and geopolitics, and crypto trades 24/7 with markedly higher volatility.

06

Practising risk-free

The demo account is funded with 10,000 in virtual money and mirrors the same prices, spreads and order handling as a live account. You can reset it at any time from the WebTrader.

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Glossary

Spread
The gap between the buy and sell price of an instrument.
Pip
The smallest usual price move on a currency pair.
Margin
The amount held on your account to keep a position open.
Equity
Account balance adjusted for unrealised profit or loss.
Stop loss
An order that closes a position automatically at a set loss.
Take profit
An order that closes a position automatically at a set gain.
Slippage
The difference between the expected price and the filled price.
Overnight
Financing cost applied to positions held from one day to the next.

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