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A CFD stands for contract for difference. CFD trading allows you to take a position on the price of an instrument without actually owning the underlying asset. One of the most unique aspects of CFDs is that they enable you to profit from falling markets as well as rising ones.

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What is fundamental analysis?

Unlike technical analysis, which looks at price action and trends to help pinpoint where prices may head to next, fundamental analysts considers all available data to help them to determine the relative value of a market. They then look for discrepancies between the current market price and their own valuation to spot trading opportunities. For example, they may want to go long or buy Apple shares if their own valuation of Apple is higher than its current share price.

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What is fundamental analysis?

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What is market capitalisation?

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What is Support and Resistance?

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What is technical analysis?

A brief overview of technical analysis: There are three rules that form the foundation of the technicals. Firstly, the market discounts everything. Secondly, prices move in trends. And lastly, history repeats itself. Learn more about technical analysis with this brief introduction.

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What is the interest rate?

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What is the MT4 Strategy Tester?

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What kind of order types are available on MetaTrader 4 (MT4)?

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Where can I find additional technical analysis tools on MT4?

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Withdrawals

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World Bank - What is the World Bank?

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xStation 5: Basic layout

Learn the basic functions of xStation, where to start and how to place a trade.

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xStation 5: Calculator

The advantage of the trader’s calculator is that it instantly determines every aspect of your position, allowing you to make more informed decisions and take greater control of your trading, without any need for manual calculation.

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xStation 5: Calendar and News

xStation 5 is designed to be the complete trading platform with everything you need in one place, keeping you as close to the markets as possible.

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xStation 5: Charts and customisation

Innovative, intuitive, and fully customisable, xStation allows you to create a trading screen that’s suited to your trading style.

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xStation 5: Charts correlation

Correlations in financial markets essentially measures the degree to which two securities move in relation to each other. Traders find it very important to calculate correlations to reduce and diversify risk of their portfolios, as well as to identify additional trading opportunities.

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