Trading Essentials

Bretton Woods

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Bretton Woods’ significance lies in the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference held in the region in 1944. The officials in attendance formulated an agreement that facilitated economic reconstruction after…

International Monetary Fund

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Origin of the IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was founded in 1944 during a UN conference in Bretton Woods. The 44 countries that attended the conference focused on formulating…

World Bank

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What is the World Bank? World Bank is an international financial organization under the United Nations (UN) system. It has 189 member countries, playing a crucial part in its decision-making…

Leveraged ETF

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What is a leveraged ETF? An ETF (exchange-traded fund) is a group of securities traded under one ticker symbol like typical equity. The included assets are part of the index…

Shooting Star Candlestick

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  • Post last modified:January 27, 2021

What is a shooting star candlestick? A shooting star candlestick is a bearish reversal pattern that forms when an asset’s price is on an upward trend. It occurs when the…

Margin

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What is margin? Margin is the amount of money that a broker requires you to deposit into your trading account for you to open a position. It is not a…

Leverage

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  • Post last modified:January 22, 2021

What is leverage You have probably utilized the leverage concept in your daily life. You want to buy a car that costs $30,000. However, you cannot raise the entire amount…

G10

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What is G10 The Group of Ten (G10) is an alliance of 11 top industrial countries that agreed to the General Arrangements to Borrow (GAB). Its member states are: the…

Margin call

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What is a margin call? A margin call is a demand by your broker for you to deposit additional funds into your trading account to meet the set minimum requirement.…

Quantitative Easing

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  • Post last modified:January 18, 2021

What is quantitative easing? Quantitative easing (QE) is a monetary policy enacted by a central bank to increase the circulation of money in the country, thus stimulating economic growth. The…