For those attempting to navigate the financial sector, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) serves as a standard for market power and company strategy. Knowing JPM’s history of stock splits along with its governance structure provides meaningful insight for traders looking to time their trades in financials. This article provides a review of JPM’s stock…

To set yourself up for successful trading, there is no substitute for understanding what are futures and CFDs — the cornerstones of our modern financial markets. Both its derivatives facilitate a trader’s exposure to price movements of an underlying asset, but have their own structural, mechanic and trading differences. Futures contracts and CFD trading are two…

When trading gold, you will quickly discover that there is a language all its own, with numerous words and phrases that hematite traders will become familiar with over time. One of the first and most important terms all traders will need to know is the pip. If you are trading the XAU/USD pair, knowing how…

Commodities are raw materials — energy, metals, agricultural goods — that fuel international trade. They are the basic physical inputs that feed industry, consumers and the financial markets. Traders and investors tend to pay attention to commodities because their price fluctuations can reflect shifts in supply/demand, weather, geopolitics, and macro trends. For many market participants,…

Buying and selling are the everyday actions that make markets work: they match buyers and sellers, set the market price, and create opportunities for profit and risk. For traders and investors, learning how to balance long and short positions is essential — whether you trade shares, forex, indices, commodities or CFDs. This article explains core…