Online Trading is a very easy way to invest in the stocks & shares markets directly from your mobile phone or laptop via a website. There is a vast range of financial products that you can trade with, it doesn’t matter which ones you choose. The idea is that you can either buy or sell a product through an online trading platform provided by a broker. The main financial instruments you can trade online are Forex & CFDs (Contract for Difference), Cryptocurrencies, Indexes plus Options and Stocks (if you’re interested in stocks, you can find more info about it at stocktrader.com or tradimo.com).

Forex stands for foreign exchange market and it’s open to everyone. CFDs (Contract for Difference) means a contract between a trader and a broker. A trader decides to invest in CFDs because of the chance to trade in a selection of different types of assets. Assets include things like:

• Currencies
• Indexes
• Commodities
• Shares
• Cryptocurrencies

In the last few years, the big topic that investors and traders have been talking about is cryptocurrencies, also known as crypto. A cryptocurrency is a digital currency used to trade or buy goods through an encrypted system which keeps the transactions secure. There are a lot of digital currencies available such as Litecoin, Ethereum and Ripple. However, the most famous and globally recognised one is Bitcoin. For a detailed explanation about Cryptocurrency and how to trade them, just follow this link to our cryptocurrency trading section.