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When you trade, you’ll use a platform like ours to access these markets and take a
position on whether you think a market’s price will rise or fall. If your prediction is
correct, you’ll make a profit. If incorrect, you’ll incur a loss.

The financial instruments you’ll use to trade on an asset’s price movements are
known as ‘derivatives’. This simply means that the instrument’s price is ‘derived’ from
the price of the underlying, like a company share or an ounce of gold. As the price of
the underlying asset changes, so does the value of the derivative.

To understand this, let’s look at an example of speculating on shares. If the price of a

share goes up from $100 to $105, the value of the derivative will increase by the
same amount. If you bought the derivative at $100, you could now sell it at $105.
Although you never own the share itself, your profit or loss will mirror its price
movements.

So, why use a derivative?

With derivatives trading, you can go long or short – meaning you can make a profit if
that market’s price rises or falls, as long as you predict it correctly. Contrarily, if the
market moved against your speculation, you’d incur a loss. This is because trading
isn’t owning the actual financial asset. With owning something outright, such as gold
for example, you’ll only make a profit if the gold price climbs.

Leverage can be another reason to trade with derivatives.

Trading with leverage means that, instead of paying the total value of your trade
upfront, you’ll put down a fraction of its value as a deposit. This is called ‘margin’.
This means leverage can stretch your capital much further as you can open large
positions for a smaller initial amount.

With leverage, your total profits or losses are calculated based on the full position’s
value, not how much you paid to open that position. You can make far more than the
initial margin amount you paid to trade – and you can also lose far more. This means
leverage has built-in risk.

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All of this new terminology can be a lot to digest. So, we’ve created a table below
with five key trading terms every beginner should know.