What exactly is a share of a company? How many shares can a company have? What do I get when I buy one? How many can I buy or sell? All these questions get clear answers from trading expert David Jones in this video. From the definition in the dictionary to the real world of markets and trading, we get a simple explanation of what shares are. We also delve deeper into their purpose, what companies do with them and what we can do with them when trading or investing for the long term. Trading 212 is the first company in the UK offering commission free stock trading – you […]
It might seem logical what a point or pip is in trading but some traders, especially new ones can get confused about the meaning of the term. This video sheds light on the exact definition of the terminology and what it represents. Different examples of currencies with two, four and five digits after the decimal are included so that you can see what represents a pip. Stocks are also discussed and presented, as they make up a sizeable portion of the trading world. Real examples on the chart are also shown, so that you can place them in context and see how they are used when talking about trades, targets […]
In our first video lesson about technical analysis our trading expert David Jones explains the very basics of analysing charts. He focuses our attention on the fundamentals of understanding what we see on a chart and the patterns that govern its movements. The three main patterns are price action, trends and history repeating itself at specific levels that have been seen before. David discusses all three and lays the foundations for the next video lessons that will dissect them in theory and in real examples from the most traded instruments. At Trading 212 we provide an execution only service. This video should not be construed as investment advice. Investments can […]
