Implied volatility for the stock is around 70% for options expiring in the trading week to 23 January. That level could ...

As well as spreads and margins, there are some other trading costs to consider. These depend on how long you hold positions open for, which products you trade and your approach to risk management.

A guaranteed stop-loss order (GSLO) is a type of risk management tool that works in the exact same way as a regular stop-loss, except for the fact that, for a premium charge, it guarantees to close ...

Backtesting is a manual or systematic method of determining whether a trading strategy or concept has been profitable in the past. A trader can manually backtest a strategy or use backtesting software ...

Holding costs are calculated as follows: Daily holding cost = (units x current trade mid-price x holding rate buy) / 365 x CMC Markets currency conversion rate. Daily holding cost = (units x –1 x ...

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Stock exchanges across the world open at different hours for stock trading. For example, UK stock market hours will not ...

A stop-loss order is a risk management tool that you should consider as part of your trading strategy. It is a market order ...

How does spread betting work? When spread betting on the financial markets, you don't buy or sell the underlying instrument (for example, a physical share or raw material). Instead, you place a bet on ...

US President Donald Trump earlier this week imposed a 25% tariff on select high-end semiconductors, including Nvidia’s [NVDA] H200 and Advanced Micro Devices’ [AMD] MI325X, following a probe that ...

Incorporated in 1971, Pennsylvania-based Coherent Corp [COHR] has regularly outperformed the market in its long history, thanks in part to broad-based demand for its optical components and laser ...

Analysts expect TSM to report that Q4 earnings grew 10.3% to $2.47 a share as revenue rose an estimated 21.2% to $32.6bn. The ...