How to Spot a Fake Crypto or Forex Broker Before You Deposit
A friend of mine once forwarded me a link with a single line: “Is this legit? They’re offering a Gold account.” The site looked…
Digital Currencies
Trading Guides
Plain-language guides to forex, crypto, stocks, indices and commodities — how the markets work and where the risks are.
Gold vs Bitcoin: Comparing Two Stores of Value
Bitcoin fans call it digital gold. Gold fans call that an insult. Both sides are arguing about the same idea: a store of value,…
Commodities
What Moves Oil Prices? Brent, WTI and the Forces Behind Them
Oil touches almost everything: the price of a flight, the cost of shipping a parcel, the inflation figure that central banks obsess over. Its…
Commodities
Ex-Dividend Date Explained: When You Actually Get the Dividend
A company announces a dividend of $0.50 per share. You buy the stock the day before the payment arrives, sit back, and… nothing. The…
Stocks
Price-Weighted vs Market-Cap Weighted: How Stock Indices Are Built
Here’s a puzzle. On a given day, a company with a $100 share price can move the Dow Jones Industrial Average more than a…
Indices
Dollar-Cost Averaging Into Crypto: How It Works and Where It Falls Short
Nobody knows where bitcoin will be next Tuesday. Dollar-cost averaging, usually shortened to DCA, is a way of admitting that and investing anyway: you…
Digital Currencies
Leverage, Margin Call and Stop Out: What Happens to Your Account
Leverage is the feature that makes forex and CFD trading accessible with a small account. It’s also the feature behind most blown accounts. The…
Forex
S&P 500 vs Nasdaq-100: What Is the Difference?
When a news anchor says “the market was up today”, they usually mean the S&P 500. When a tech stock rally makes headlines, the…
Indices
What Are Stablecoins and How Do They Hold Their Peg?
Bitcoin can move ten percent in a day. That’s exciting if you’re speculating and miserable if you’re trying to pay a supplier or park…
Digital Currencies