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Currencies

To start trading forex, you’ll need to get to know a few key concepts and terms. Let’s take a look at each in turn.
When trading currencies, you are trading currency pairs. That means when you buy one currency, you do so by selling another. And when you sell one currency, you do so by buying another.
When you buy EUR/USD, for example, you're buying the euro while selling the US dollar.
The two currencies in a pair are known as the base and the quote.

  • The base is the first currency. In EUR/USD, it is the euro.
  • The quote is the second currency. In EUR/USD, it is the dollar.

The first step to opening a forex trade is to decide which currency pair you wish to trade. There are over 99 to choose from with RubyFinance.
Then you have to decide, whether to go long or short, in other words, to sell or to buy.

a currency pair if you believe that the base currency will strengthen against the quote currency, or the quote currency will weaken against the base currency.
This is a long position, so your profits will rise if the currency pair’s value rises.
However, for every point the pair falls below your open level, you will incur a loss.
a currency pair if you believe that the value of the currency pair will decrease – meaning the base currency will weaken in value against the quote currency, or the quote currency will strengthen against the base currency.
This is a short position, so your profits will rise if the pair’s price falls.
However, for every point the pair rises above your open level, you will incur a loss.

Trading Currencies with RubyFinance means

24 hours a day, five days a week access to the market

Large profits by speculating on price movements in either direction

A wide range of currency pairs

Hedge technique to reduce the risk of unwanted moves in the market

Stocks

Owning shares means that you own a piece of that company and as such, you are entitled to your share of the company’s earnings as well as any voting rights attached to the stock.
If you believe that a share such as Netflix will rise in price, you can place a buy trade. If the prices rise, you will make a profit for every point that Netflix moves up. If the market falls, then you will make a loss for every point the share price moves against you. Our trading platform tells you in real-time how much profit or loss you are making.
You can also trade on a falling share price. If you think Netflix will fall in price, you sell to open the trade. Your position will stay open as long as you want it to, providing you have enough money in your account to cover the margin required to keep your trade open.
With RubyFinance you can trade global shares as a Spread Bet or CFD.
Shares can be bought or sold on a stock exchange, via a broker. Well known stock exchanges include the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), London Stock Exchange (LSE) and NASDAQ.

Trading stocks with RubyFinance means

  • full exposure for just a small initial deposit with our competitive margins
  • lower commission
  • a wide range of popular Asia, US and international stocks

The most traded indices:

  • DJIA (Wall Street)
  • DAX (Germany 30)
  • NASDAQ 100 (US Tech 100)
  • FTSE 100
  • S&P 500 (US 500)

Indices

Indices are a measurement of the performance of a group of shares that are listed on an exchange. Because there is no underlying physical asset to exchange when trading indices, most indices trading is done with financial derivatives like CFDs.
For example, the FTSE 100 tracks the 100 largest companies on the London Stock Exchange. Trading indices enables you to get exposure to an entire economy or sector at once, while only having to open a single position.
You can speculate on the price of indices rising or falling without taking ownership of the underlying asset with CFDs. Indices are a highly liquid market to trade, and with more trading hours than most other markets, you can receive longer exposure to potential opportunities.
Hedge against increasing volatility in your share portfolio or on your existing leveraged stock positions.

Trading indices with RubyFinance means

Unique deep liquidity – increasing the chance of your larger trades being accepted

Exposure to an entire sector or economy at once

A wide range of currency pairs

Commodities

Commodities are naturally occurring materials or goods that are collected and processed for use in human activity – such as oil, sugar and precious metals. They form the basis of our economy, because the raw materials are needed for the production of food, energy and clothing. You can choose from 22 commodities with RubyFinance.

These are natural resources that are mined or extracted from the earth – such as gold, oil, copper and natural gas
These commodities are grown and harvested – such as coffee, wheat and lumber – or reared, such as hogs and cattle

You may also see commodities divided into more specific categories to account for their different purposes or the processes that are involved in their production. These categories include:

  • Energies: traditional energy sources such as crude oil, gasoline and heating oil
  • Metals: mined commodities including gold, copper, silver and palladium
  • Agricultural: commodities grown for human consumption – such as sugar and coffee – or clothing and building materials

Trading commodities with RubyFinance means

Choosing from 22 commodities or a range of commodity stocks and ETFs

Taking a position on commodity spot prices with our exclusive updated market offering

Live market updates with our in-platform newsfeed