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Articles by Brokeli Education Desk
- The Complete Guide to Leverage, Margin, Margin Calls and Stop-OutsLeverage lets you control a position much larger than the money you put up. It is the feature that makes forex and contracts for difference attractive to small accounts and the feature that ends most of them. The mechan…
- Spread, Commission, Swap: The Real Cost of a TradeA broker that advertises 'zero commission' can still be expensive, and one with a visible commission can be cheap. Costs hide in different places depending on the product. To compare fairly you need to price the same tr…
- The Complete Guide to Risk Management: Position Sizing, Drawdowns and ExpectancyMost traders spend their time looking for better entries and almost none designing what happens when they are wrong. Risk management is that design. It decides how big each position is, how much you can lose in a day or…
- Leverage, Margin and Margin Calls: What Actually HappensLeverage lets you control a position much larger than your deposit. That is the attraction and the danger: gains and losses are both calculated on the full position, not on your deposit.
- The Complete Guide to Trading Platforms and Order TypesA trading platform is where every decision becomes an order, and where most expensive mistakes happen: a wrong lot size, a stop in the wrong place, an order that never fills. Choosing a platform is therefore not a matte…
- Stocks vs CFDs: What You Actually OwnA share is a small piece of a company. A CFD is a contract with your broker that pays the difference in price between opening and closing. They can look identical on a screen, but legally and financially they are differ…
- The Complete Guide to Forex Trading for BeginnersForex, short for foreign exchange, is the market where one currency is exchanged for another. It is open around the clock on weekdays, accessible with small amounts of money and heavily marketed, which is exactly why be…
- ETFs for Beginners: Structure, Costs and How to ChooseAn exchange-traded fund is a basket of assets that trades on an exchange like a single share. One purchase can give you exposure to hundreds of companies, which is why ETFs are a common starting point for long-term inve…
- The Complete Guide to CFD Trading: Costs, Risks and RulesA contract for difference, or CFD, is an agreement with a broker to exchange the difference between a price at the start and at the end of a trade. You never own the share, index, commodity or currency: you hold a contr…
- Options Basics: Calls, Puts and Why Breakevens MatterAn option gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an asset at a set price before a set date. The price paid for that right is the premium. The seller takes on the obligation in exchange for the…
- The Complete Guide to Investing in Stocks and ETFs Through a BrokerInvesting in shares and exchange-traded funds is the most common way ordinary savers build long-term wealth, and the one where small, boring decisions compound the most. The broker you use, the funds you choose, the fee…
- Futures Contracts Explained: Tick Value, Margin and RolloverA futures contract is a standardised agreement to buy or sell an asset at a fixed price on a future date. They trade on regulated exchanges, which gives them transparent prices and central clearing.