Articles
Investing in gold and silver: the complete guide
by Nicolas Domnesques
Bars, ETFs, mining stocks, tax, ideal portfolio share: how to invest in gold and silver and avoid the pitfalls.
- Investing
- blog-tag-personal-finance
Leverage: how does it actually work? The complete guide
by Nicolas Domnesques
Margin, margin calls, liquidation and borrowing costs: how leverage works in trading and how to use it without getting burned.
- Trading
- Investing
Short selling: how does it actually work? The complete guide
by Nicolas Domnesques
How short selling works, what it costs, the risks involved and how investors use it to hedge or profit from falling prices.
- Trading
- Investing
Lombard loan: how to borrow without selling your shares?
by Nicolas Domnesques
Borrow without selling your holdings: how Lombard loans work, when they trigger margin calls and how to use them safely.
- Trading
- Investing
Prediction markets: how they really work, the complete guide
by Nicolas Domnesques
How a contract is created, how its price forms, how it settles, and what sets a prediction market apart from a betting site. With worked examples.
- Crypto
- Investing
The MiFID licence: what it allows and why it changes everything
by Nicolas Domnesques
What a MiFID II licence allows, what it takes to get one, how it differs from MiCA, and why holding both is rare. The complete guide, with a comparison.
- Investing
- Crypto
Scalping in trading: how it works and under what conditions it pays off
by Nicolas Domnesques
Definition, techniques, costs and risk management: the complete guide to scalping.
- Trading
- Investing
Options trading: how does it work? The complete guide
by Nicolas Domnesques
Calls, puts, premium, Greeks and volatility: everything you need to understand, with worked examples.
- Investing
- Trading
24/5 and 24/7 stock trading: how can you trade when the market is closed?
by Nicolas Domnesques
Nights, weekends, perpetual contracts: what really happens when you trade a stock at 3 a.m.
- Trading
- Investing
Cross margin vs isolated margin: which one should you choose?
by Nicolas Domnesques
Cross margin or isolated margin? Learn how each one works, what you risk and how to pick the right margin mode for crypto trading, with worked examples.
- Trading
- Crypto