How to diversify your portfolio for 2023

How to diversify your portfolio for 2023

Portfolio diversification is something all successful traders practice. Unsure where to start? Here’s a look at how you can diversify your stocks portfolio this year. Diversifying your portfolio What is portfolio diversification? Essentially, portfolio diversification is about protecting yourself against risk. The concept can also help you improve your risk adjusted returns. Those are how […]

Deliveroo

Deliveroo IPO date and how to trade shares

Deliveroo has set a price range for its shares of between £3.90 and £4.60 per share, implying an estimated market capitalisation of between £7.6 billion and £8.8 billion. The company will issue 384,615,384 shares (excluding any over-allotment shares) and expects to raise £1bn from its IPO. Even at the lowest end of the range, it […]

Trading oil: CFDs vs futures

Trading oil: CFDs vs futures

If you want to trade oil, you will have to understand the differences between CFDs and futures. Luckily, we’ve put together this handy guide to help you get started with crude oil trading.  How to trade oil: CFDs & futures  CFDs (contracts for difference) and futures contracts are two of the most popular ways to […]

Stocks

Stock trading strategy: How to buy and sell stocks?

How to buy and sell stocks, developing a solid stock trading strategy is essential for making informed decisions about when to buy and sell stocks.
day trading for beginners

Which trading is best for beginners: Is it worth it to do day trading?

Day trading is one of the most popular ways to trade in the UK. If you’re unsure what it is, or how to get started, here’s what you need to know.

cannabis trading

How to trade CFD cannabis stocks

The cannabis industry is fertile ground for investors, being relatively new. Legal medical and recreational consumption is gaining support globally. As such, cannabis stocks can create exciting opportunities for adventurous investors. Here’s how.  Investing in cannabis stocks  The industry and products  Cannabis is split mostly between recreational and medical marijuana. The industry itself is expanding quickly. […]

What is Ethereum

Explaining cryptocurrencies: What is Ethereum?

If you are looking into cryptocurrency trading and investing, you may have come across Ethereum. Ethereum is different from its competitors, like Bitcoin or Ripple, in the way it operates.  Ethereum is an open source blockchain computing platform and operating system. It has its own cryptocurrency called ether (ETH). In cryptocurrency trading, the currency is often referred to as Ethereum.   Since launching the Ethereum platform in 2015, its creators have […]

Should you be watching lithium stocks?

Electric vehicles are looking ever more like the 21st century’s de facto transport mode. As they get ever more popular, so too does demand for their batteries’ key ingredient: lithium.  Why invest in lithium?  Speculators and traders are starting to invest in lithium in greater numbers as the number of people buying EVs increases. More than one million plug-in hybrids and pure EVs were sold in Europe in 2020 […]

What are cyclical stocks?

What are cyclical stocks?

Whenever a macroeconomic event occurs, the prices of certain groups of stocks are affected. These are called cyclical stocks – something traders of all levels should be aware of. Here’s what they are, and how to trade them.  A guide to cyclical stocks  Cyclical stocks are shares in companies that operate in industries greatly affected by macroeconomics and business cycles. […]

How to open a free MT4 or MT5 account on markets.com

Here’s how to open an MT4 or MT5 account from within the markets.com online trading platform.
stock market gamma

What is stock market gamma?

Buried beneath the market lies a remarkable force. It lurks within the mathematical equations that govern derivatives. We’re talking about stock market gamma. It sounds geeky and boring but its impact is simple: when the market is positive gamma, it’s less volatile; when it’s short, things can get moving. It creates a feedback loop. Welcome […]

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How trading works

Trading is where you buy or sell a stock, currency pair, commodity, or other financial instrument, to try and make a profit from changes in its price. Read on to discover how trading works, from markets and brokers to the kinds of instruments you can trade and the ways to trade them. Trading: How it […]

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