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- The Complete Guide to Choosing an Online BrokerChoosing a broker is the one decision that touches every later trade. It decides which regulator protects your money, what each position costs, which markets you can reach and how painful it is to withdraw. Most people …
- Yield curveA line showing the interest rates on government bonds of different lengths, from a few months to thirty years. It normally slopes upward; when short-term rates rise above long-term ones the curve is called inverted, whi…
- Wire transferA direct bank-to-bank money transfer, commonly used for larger deposits and withdrawals. It can take one to several working days and may involve fees from your bank, the broker or an intermediary bank.
- VolatilityHow much and how quickly a price moves. Higher volatility raises both opportunity and risk.
- VaR (value at risk)An estimate of the largest loss a portfolio is likely to suffer over a set period at a given confidence level, such as 95% over one day. It says nothing about how bad the losses can be in the remaining few percent of ca…
- Two-factor authenticationA second proof of identity, such as an app code, required in addition to your password.
- Trailing stopA stop-loss that follows the price at a fixed distance as the trade moves in your favour, and stays put when price reverses. If price falls back by that distance, the position is closed.
- Tracking differenceHow far a fund's return falls short of, or exceeds, the index it follows over a period.
- Tier-1 regulatorAn informal label for a financial regulator seen as having strict rules, active enforcement and strong client protections. There is no official list, so different websites may group regulators differently.
- Tick valueThe money gained or lost when a futures contract moves by its smallest price increment.
- Take-profit orderAn order that closes a position when it reaches a chosen profit target.
- Swap-free accountAn account that does not charge or pay overnight interest on positions held past the daily cut-off. It was developed for clients whose religious beliefs forbid interest, and some brokers charge a flat administration fee…