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Dow theoryThe Dow theory is a financial markets theory developed by Charles H. Dow that rests on six basic tenets that were a precursor to modern-day technical analysis.

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Esports stocks to watchEsports, otherwise known as electronic sports, is where players compete in sports games or competitions by using video games.

4 minutes

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How does the Chinese renminbi Work?If you’ve been paying any attention at all to financial markets in recent years you’ll know China’s currency – the renminbi or yuan – is often in the spotlight.

8 minutes

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Futures tradingFutures trading is the trading of financial instruments as contracts via a futures exchange. This is often through the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).

5 minutes

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Gap tradingOccasionally, there comes a point when the stock market closes for the night and re-opens in the morning and there has been no trading activity in-between for a particular share.

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Stock market trading hoursThere is a large number of stock exchanges throughout the world, most of which operate throughout the weekdays, although the timetable of trading hours varies greatly depending on each country or region.

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The relationship between demand and price in commodity marketsMarkets are largely guided by uncontrolled forces – the so-called invisible hand – and nowhere is this more readily apart than in the commodities trade, where fluctuations in supply and demand leave prices in a constant state of flux.

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Share investing

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Buying and selling shares on the stock exchange

CFDs

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Leveraged trading on the open and close price of a trade