Welcome to the TradeMine. Let's get started at the very beginning – what financial markets are, and a few key concepts you need to know.
Financial markets are how people and companies buy and sell assets: currencies, commodities, stocks, indices, cryptos, and more.
People have traded financial markets for hundreds of years. They grew out of a practical need: to help people buy and sell things more efficiently, and to help companies that need money to raise it quickly.
Over the years, markets have grown bigger and faster, and more people than ever before are now able to get access to them. Once, they were the preserve of big banks, finance houses, and very wealthy individuals. But not anymore.