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.

In trading, a ‘pip’ is a very small price movement. The term is short for ‘percentage in point’. Traditionally, a pip is essentially the smallest move that a currency could make in forex trading. It ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Referred to as “black gold” and “the mother of all commodities”, crude oil is used for manufacturing everything from plastics to petroleum, cosmetics to cars, and fabrics to pharmaceuticals.

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 ...

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 ...

Die CMC Markets Germany GmbH ist ein von der Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin) zugelassenes und reguliertes Unternehmen. CMC Markets erfüllt die Anforderungen des §84 ...

The US ISM manufacturing report is expected to show a modest improvement, with consensus forecasts calling for the index to ...

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