Markets and Trading

About the markets

Interested about how the markets work, whether you should get into share trading, and how other people have done it? Then take a look at our Market Insight demo.

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Questions about Funds?

What are funds?                           What are the advantages of investing in Funds?                     What are the disadvantages of investing in Funds?
Why should you invest in them?
What's the difference between Investment Trusts and Unit Trusts?
What do Unit Trusts invest in?

Find the answers to these questions and many more in our Funds FAQs

 
Trading Questions

Thinking about trading but want to know more first? Find the answers to these questions and many more in our Trading FAQ section

What markets can I deal on?
What is a settlement period?
What is a residual stock?
What is a CREST settlement?

Order types made clear

Find out what order types are, and how you can use them to control the way your trades work while you're not at your desk.

Introduction to order types
Order type FAQs

Technical Analysis

Technical analysis is no longer exclusive to the professional investment analyst. Find out how you can add it to your investment armoury with our Flash demo.

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Investing in Property

Understand the opportunities, find out how you can analyse the property sector, and find out if investing in property is as safe as houses with our guide to the commercial property opportunity.

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