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How Currency Trading Works

The last salient point about pricing is that the spread, earnings and losses are measured in a unit called a pip. During normal market conditions, all open positions forex trading vs options trading will be closed immediately (during fast market conditions, your position could be closed beyond your stop loss level). Futures brokers charge commissions […]

Premarket Stock Trading Data: Dow, S&P, NASDAQ Futures

Market sentiment is fickle—if a company reports huge earnings, and the Dow Futures skyrocket, the odds are good that the stock market itself will rise as well. If an unexpected weather event shuts down major shipping lanes before the stock market opens, it could cause the Dow Futures to drop, because investors begin anticipating problems. […]