Market Guides
Product by product guides to trading currencies, indices, commodities, shares and fixed income.
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Stock CFDs vs Buying Shares
Buying a share makes you a part-owner of a company: you can vote, you receive dividends and you can hold it for decades with no ongoing charge beyond any custody...
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Stock Splits and Stock CFDs
A stock split divides each existing share into several new ones at a proportionally lower price. In a 4-for-1 split, one $400 share becomes four $100 shares. Nothing about the...
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CFDs vs Futures: Key Differences
Futures and CFDs both let you profit from rising or falling prices without owning the asset. The difference is where and how they trade. A futures contract is a standardised...
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CFDs vs Options: Key Differences
A CFD moves one-for-one with the underlying price: if the price rises by $1, a long position gains $1 per unit, and losses work the same way. An option is...
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EUR/USD: What Moves the Pair
EUR/USD is the price of one euro in US dollars. It is the most traded currency pair in the world, accounting for roughly a fifth of all foreign exchange turnover,...
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GBP/USD: What Moves the Pound
GBP/USD is the price of one British pound in US dollars. Traders call it “Cable”, after the transatlantic telegraph cable that once carried the quote between London and New York....
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USD/JPY: Why the Yen Tracks Rates
USD/JPY is the number of Japanese yen needed to buy one US dollar. It follows the gap between US and Japanese government bond yields more closely than any other major...
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AUD/USD: What Moves the Aussie
AUD/USD is the price of one Australian dollar in US dollars. Known as the “Aussie”, it behaves like a gauge of global growth: it tends to rise when commodity prices,...
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USD/CAD: How Oil Moves the Pair
USD/CAD is the number of Canadian dollars needed to buy one US dollar. Canada is a major crude oil exporter and sends most of its exports to the United States,...
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USD/CHF: The Swiss Franc Safe Haven
USD/CHF is the number of Swiss francs needed to buy one US dollar. The franc is treated as a safe haven because Switzerland combines low inflation, persistent trade surpluses and...
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NZD/USD: What Moves the Kiwi
NZD/USD is the price of one New Zealand dollar in US dollars. The “Kiwi” is the smallest of the major currencies and one of the most sensitive to global mood:...
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EUR/GBP: What Drives Euro vs Pound
EUR/GBP is the price of one euro in British pounds. It is a cross pair, meaning the US dollar is not involved, so it isolates the difference between the euro...