Trading involves buying and selling financial instruments (like stocks, forex, cryptocurrencies, or commodities) to profit from price movements.
Types of Trading
- Day Trading: Buying and selling within the same day (no overnight positions).
- Swing Trading: Holding trades for days or weeks to capture medium-term trends.
- Position Trading: Long-term investing (months/years) based on fundamentals.
- Scalping: Extremely short-term trades (seconds/minutes) for small profits.
Markets
- Stocks: Shares of publicly traded companies (like, Apple, Tesla).
- Forex (FX): Currency pairs (e.g., EUR/USD, GBP/JPY).
- Cyptocurrencies: Digital assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum.
- Commodities: Gold, oil, silver, etc.
- Indices: S&P 500, NASDAQ, Dow Jones (traded via ETFs or futures).