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Your comprehensive guide to support you on your trading journey. Whether you are relatively new to trading or a veteran looking to fine-tune your strategy, we have you covered.

The basics of trading in 7 short bites

Trading is no longer just for the 1%. Here are the basics of trading with Capital.com in 7 short bites.

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Introduction to Financial Markets 4 lessons

What is market liquidity?3 Minutes
Who are the main market players?3 Minutes
Stock market exchanges2 Minutes
Finance Quiz13 questions

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Liquidity

Financial instruments 5 lessons

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Foreign Exchange (Forex, FX)

The ABCs of Derivatives and CFDs 4 lessons

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Hedge

Derivatives and Understanding Risks of Trading 7 lessons

What are futures?2 Minutes
What are options?2 Minutes
What are credit default swaps?2 Minutes
What are asset-backed securities2 Minutes
What are forwards?1 Minutes
What are interest rate swaps (IRS)?1 Minutes
Risk and reward?2 Minutes

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Risk

What are leverage and margin? 5 lessons

What are leverage and margin?4 Minutes
Getting started with margin trading4 Minutes
Using margin for different asset classes4 Minutes
Benefits and risks of margin trading3 Minutes
Margin call3 Minutes

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How To Make A Basic Trade using the App

How To Make A Basic Trade using the App
How To Use: Buy When Price Is in the App
How to set up a stop loss in the app
How to manage your open positions
How to Add Funds and Set Leverage
How to Monitor Your Balance
How to use the chart
How To Add Funds, Find Markets, Place A Trade
How To Use: Leverage, Stop Loss, Take Profit
How To Manage Open Positions, Monitor Your Money
How To Use: Charts & Technical Analysis

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Market Guides

Learn how to trade a wide variety of financial instruments and asset classes. Take a look at our in-depth guides to learn about their unique features and how you could add them to your trading portfolio.

Shares trading Commodities trading Forex trading Indices trading

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Trading Strategies

Traders use a variety of strategies to interpret price movements and decide how to trade. These guides will help you understand the basics, from trading psychology to risk management, and the techniques experienced traders use to evaluate and execute positions.

Day trading explained: How to day trade Trend trading strategy Position trading strategy Swing trading strategy: An educational guide

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Investmate is our handy educational app to help you learn more about finance and increase your trading knowledge.

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Trading Glossary

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Do you know your CFDs from your IPOs or ETFs? Remove the mystery with our definitions glossary.

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Term of the day

Spot

Looking for a spot definition? Well, in trading terms, a spot price is the market’s current price – the price at which a particular commodity, currency or security can be sold or bought for prompt delivery. Spot prices are always unique to...

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After-Hours Trading (AHT)

After-hours trading ( AHT ), also known as extended hours trading, is the buying and selling of securities after the major markets have closed. This kind of trading around the clock has been made possible by electronic communication networks...