Active Trading FAQs
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What is a GTEM order?
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How is margin interest calculated?
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Who is Mr. Copper?
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Margin accounts are established to allow investors the ability to use leverage with their investments.
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Where did the bull and bear market get their names?
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What's the difference between a regular option and an exotic option?
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How are moving averages used in trading?
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How is spread calculated when trading in the forex market?
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I want to try short selling, but how can I sell something that I don't own?
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What is a virtual trailing stop order (VTSO)?
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How do I calculate forex pivot points?
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How are the interest charges calculated on my margin account?
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Can a stop-loss order be used to protect a short sale transaction?
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What are the components of the risk premium for investments?
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Do stop or limit orders protect you against gaps in a stock's price?
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What methods can be used to fund a forex account?
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Does a strong trend (ADX > = 40) cause an increase in volatility?
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What are the advantages of using a mini forex account for trading?
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If everyone is selling in a bear market, does your broker have to buy your shares from you? If so, won't he be losing his shirt?
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Why do you need a margin account to short sell stocks?
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What is the difference between a simple moving average and an exponential moving average?
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Why won't my broker allow me to sell one stock and buy another on the same day?
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Why do some stock quotes appear in bold print in the newspaper?
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Why do people say that September is the worst month for investing?
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What is the best method of analysis for forex trading?
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How does pyramiding work?
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Are we in a bull market or a bear market?
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Does the party loaning shares in a short sale transaction benefit in any way other than from the interest earned on the loan?
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Should I buy options that are in the money or out of the money?
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Is tracking error a significant measure for determining ex-post risk?
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What are the risks of having both high operating leverage and high financial leverage?
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How is the Parabolic SAR used in trading?
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Is scalping a viable forex trading strategy?
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What is a Bermuda swaption?
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What does "buy and hold" mean?
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What are the minimum margin requirements for a short sale account?
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Is finance an art or a science?
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I keep hearing about the 50-day, 100-day and 200-day moving averages. What do they mean, how do they differ from each other, and what causes them to act as support or resistance?
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Can an option have a negative strike price?
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What happens to my call options if the underlying company is bought out?
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What are managed futures?
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My broker just sold securities out of my account without my permission. Is this legal?
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In the forex market, how is the closing price of a currency pair determined?
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How do I measure option liquidity?
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Where can I find information about pre- and after-hours trading on the NYSE and the Nasdaq?
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How do speculators profit from options?
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How can I use market breadth to my advantage?
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What is the homo economicus?
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What does it mean to book the basis?
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Which statements about fill-or-kill orders are FALSE?
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