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A broker is a financial intermediary that matches counterparties to a transaction without being a party to it.
In forex, a broker is an agent or company that executes orders to buy and sell currencies for their clients.
They act as intermediaries between banks bringing buyers and sellers together for a commission paid by the initiator or by both parties.
Brokers are agents working on commission and not principals acting on their own account.
A binary option is a type of options contract in which the payout will depend entirely on the outcome of a “Yes or No?” or “True or False” proposition. Don’t be intimidated! Its name may sound complicated, but binary options are arguably a simpler way to trade than traditional options or currencies. Just like traditional […]
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is a US-based agency responsible for regulating the derivatives markets, which includes options, swaps, and futures contracts. CFTC plays an important...
Forex brokers will quote you two different prices for a currency pair: the bid and ask price. The “bid” is the price at which you can SELL the base currency. The “ask” is the price at which you can...
An agency model is a method for executing client orders without taking inventory risks.
Slippage occurs when an order is filled at a price that is different from the requested price. The difference between the expected fill price and the actual fill price is the “slippage”. Whenever you are filled at a price different from the price requested, it’s called slippage. Slippage isn’t necessarily something that’s negative because any […]
You can believe you know where the market is going, but you really don’t have a clue.Peter L. Brandt