The foundations of advanced trading

While stock-trading meets the needs of most retail investors, there may be times when you want to put together more complicated trades. Here's what you need to know.

Most traders get started by dealing in stocks through their stockbroking account. For some people, this meets all their needs and they never have to consider other products. But some of us will get to a point where we want to put together a trade that can't easily or effectively be done using regular stocks.

We may want to employ leverage, meaning that we use borrowed money to boost our returns. We may want to go short, speculating on a fall in the price of an investment, rather than a rise. Or we may just want to access a wider range of assets than are available on the stock exchange.

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