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Short, plain-language guides to markets, charts and risk. Educational only — not financial advice.
Markets
- What is cryptocurrency?Digital assets recorded on a blockchain, and why their prices move so much.4 min read
- What is forex?The foreign-exchange market, where currencies are traded in pairs such as EUR/USD.4 min read
- What are stocks?Shares of ownership in a company, traded on stock exchanges.3 min read
- What are commodities?Raw materials such as gold, oil and wheat, and how they are traded.3 min read
- What are market indices?Baskets of assets, such as the S&P 500, that summarise how a market is doing.3 min read
Charts and indicators
- What is a candlestick?How to read the open, high, low and close of a period at a glance.3 min read
- What is RSI?The Relative Strength Index, a 0–100 measure of recent momentum.3 min read
- What is MACD?Moving Average Convergence Divergence: a trend-and-momentum indicator.3 min read
- What are support and resistance?Price levels where buying or selling has repeatedly shown up before.3 min read
- What is volatility?How much and how quickly a price moves, and why it matters for risk.3 min read