Forex Trading

For share CFDs you trade at the underlying market price and pay a small commission. For all other CFDs and spread bets, you pay a spread around the market price. We earn commissions from some affiliate partners at no extra cost to users (partners are listed on our ‘About Us’ page in the ‘Partners’ section). […]

Once you click on the event that interests you, you’ll have access to more information as well as a price chart showing historical data to help you decide if and how to act. The Economic Calendar may also be subject to change without any previous notice. Since forex trading is the simultaneous buying of one […]

A pre-€STR time series was published after each reserve maintenance period from mid-2018 onwards to allow the public to familiarise itself with the forthcoming rate and to test internal operational procedures. Regarding the representativeness, the trimmed mean – like the arithmetic mean and the median – is a measure of the central tendency of the […]

Under level 1, panel bank contributions are based solely on eligible transactions for that particular tenor. Level 2 looks at contributions based on transactions across the maturity spectrum using a formulaic calculation technique provided by EMMI. Finally, under level 3, contributions are based on transactions and/or data from a range of markets closely related to […]

Vantage is a global, multi-asset broker offering clients access to a nimble and powerful service for trading CFDs on Forex, Commodities, Indices, Shares. It isn’t suitable for everyone and, in the case of Professional clients, you could lose substantially more than your initial investment. You don’t own or have rights in the underlying assets. Past […]

Vantage is a global, multi-asset broker offering clients access to a nimble and powerful service for trading CFDs on Forex, Commodities, Indices, Shares. It isn’t suitable for everyone and, in the case of Professional clients, you could lose substantially more than your initial investment. You don’t own or have rights in the underlying assets. Past […]

There are also commodity-linked stock indices that represent stocks in companies involved in the commodity sector, such as mining companies or oil and gas producers. Dividends paid on the company stocks in an index-tracking fund can be distributed to investors,  known as a distribution fund, or reinvested back into the fund, known as accumulation fund. […]

You can speculate on the price of indices rising or falling without taking ownership of the underlying asset with spread bets and CFDs. Indices are a highly liquid market to trade, and with more trading hours than most other markets, you can receive longer exposure to potential opportunities. Engaging in trading indices involves the allocation […]

Asian countries tend to use a mixture of Brent and WTI benchmark prices to value their crude oil. Brent crude’s price is the benchmark for African, European, and Middle Eastern crude oil. The pricing mechanism for Brent dictates the value of roughly two-thirds of the world’s crude oil production. For instance, it’s easier for refiners […]

Other reference oil types include Leona, Tijuana, Alaska North Slope, Zueitina or Urals. West Texas Intermediate, more generally represented by the initials WTI, is also sometimes called Texas Light Sweet by certain brokers. It is actually a type of crude oil used by the economists as a standard value to determine the crude oil price […]