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What Are Futures?
Standardised contracts to buy or sell an asset at a defined price on a defined future date.
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Common Trading Mistakes
The recurring habits that quietly ruin retail traders' results.
Long
A position that profits if the price of the underlying rises. Long positions are opened by buying.
VIX
The CBOE Volatility Index measures the market's 30-day expectation of volatility on the S&P 500 based on options prices. Often called the 'f
Trading Discipline
The unspectacular habit that separates consistent traders from the rest.
Ask (Offer)
The price at which the market is willing to sell an instrument to you. It is always higher than the bid. The difference between ask and bid
Volume
The number of contracts or units traded during a given period. High volume confirms conviction behind a move; low volume suggests hesitation
Balance
The realised cash value of a trading account, excluding open positions. Balance changes only when a position is closed or funds are deposite
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Candlestick
A chart representation of price for a given period, showing open, high, low and close in a single visual body and wicks.
Technical Analysis
The study of past price and volume data to identify patterns and probabilities in future market behaviour.
Multiple Timeframe Analysis
Aligning higher-timeframe bias with lower-timeframe execution for cleaner, higher-quality trades.
Leverage
The use of borrowed capital to control a position larger than the initial deposit. It amplifies both gains and losses.
Bear Market
An extended period of falling prices — often defined as a decline of 20% or more from a recent peak.
Keeping a Trading Journal
The single highest-return habit in a trader's career: write everything down.
Hedging with Futures
How producers, consumers and portfolio managers use futures to reduce risk.
Fundamental Analysis Path
Six articles to understand what really moves markets.
Market Capitalisation
The total market value of a company's outstanding shares, calculated as share price × number of shares. A key measure of company size.
Volatility
A measure of how much and how fast a market's price moves. Higher volatility means larger swings — and larger risk per unit of size.
Revenge Trading
The emotional loop that turns one small loss into a catastrophic day.
Resistance
A price zone where selling interest has historically been strong enough to stop rallies. Often a target for short entries in a downtrend.
Basis Point
One-hundredth of a percentage point (0.01%). Widely used in fixed income and central bank communication (e.g., a 25 bp rate cut).
Building a Trading Routine
Consistency in inputs creates consistency in outputs. Design your day.
GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
The total monetary value of all goods and services produced by a country during a specific period. A key measure of economic health.
MACD
The Moving Average Convergence Divergence indicator measures the relationship between two exponential moving averages and includes a signal
Fibonacci Retracement
A technical tool that uses mathematical ratios (23.6%, 38.2%, 50%, 61.8%, 78.6%) to identify potential pullback zones inside a trend.
Fibonacci Retracement
Using key mathematical ratios to identify high-probability pullback zones inside a trend.
Building a Risk Management Plan
The single document that determines whether you survive long enough to become skilled.
Market Order
An order to buy or sell immediately at the best available price. Guarantees execution but not price.
FOMO and Overtrading
How the fear of missing out fuels the most expensive habit in trading.
How to Read a Market
The mental model that turns a chart from noise into a story of order flow.
Managing Losses and Losing Streaks
Every trader loses. What separates professionals is what they do next.
Bollinger Bands
A volatility indicator plotting two standard deviations above and below a moving average, forming an expanding and contracting envelope arou
Building Confidence as a Trader
Real confidence comes from evidence, not affirmations.
Fear and Greed
The two dominant forces in every market — and every trader's account.
What Are Futures?
Standardised contracts to buy or sell an asset at a defined price on a defined future date.
Position Size
The number of units, lots or contracts of an instrument held in a single trade. Determined by risk per trade divided by stop distance.
Spread
The difference between the bid and ask prices of an instrument. It is the immediate cost paid by a trader to enter and exit a position.
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Drawdown
The peak-to-trough decline in an account's equity. Often expressed as a percentage. Small controlled drawdowns are normal; large drawdowns a
Index
A basket of instruments representing a market or sector, such as the S&P 500 or FTSE 100. Indices are used as benchmarks and as tradable ins
Liquidity
A market's ability to absorb large orders without significant price impact. High-liquidity markets have tight spreads and reliable execution
Earnings
The net profit of a company, typically reported quarterly. Earnings and their trajectory are the most-watched fundamental input for single-s
Support
A price zone where buying interest has historically been strong enough to halt declines. Often a target for pullback entries in an uptrend.
Hedging
Taking a position specifically to offset the risk of another position. Common among producers, consumers and portfolio managers.
Futures Contract
A standardised, exchange-traded agreement to buy or sell an underlying asset at a specific price on a specific future date.
Dividend
A distribution of a portion of a company's earnings to its shareholders. Not all companies pay dividends.
Monetary Policy
The set of tools used by central banks to influence money supply, credit conditions and inflation, including interest rates and asset purcha
Fundamental Analysis
The study of economic, financial and geopolitical factors that influence an asset's value, including interest rates, inflation, earnings and
Bid
The price at which the market is willing to buy an instrument from you. It is always lower than the ask price. The bid represents the demand
Stop Loss
A resting order to close a position at a predefined loss level. It caps downside risk and enforces discipline.
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