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What does it mean to be a bear? Being a bear on the financial markets means selling shares that you don’t have and buying them back later at a lower price. This technique is also called short selling or shorting. This imagery is used because when bears attack the movement is from a high position […]

What is a quantitative analyst? Quants or quantitative analysts are math addicts who do « tough math » to develop new pricing models, risk measures and hedging systems. These models are then used by traders to assess the value of their financial assets more accurately, and more generally to mathematically manage their operations. Quantitative analysis is the […]

 What is a trader? Firstly, before wanting to become a TRADER, it is good to know the daily activities of this profession. A trader is « a wholesaler » whose role is to provide liquidity on the markets, they are therefore  market makers. Specifically, when a customer calls a bank to buy or sell securities, he is […]

History of the DAX 30 index The DAX 30 or Deutscher Aktieninde is the main German stock market. It brings together the 30 most important German companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. It is the main European stock index on the world market. It was established at the beginning of the 1980s but it […]

What is rational choice? In all areas of a person’s life, they act rationally when it is a question of decision making. For example, during an investment decision, an investor makes his choice according to the utility which ensues from it. The possible benefit obtainable from each decision is considered. It is this level of […]

Trading on your own account, a difficult freedom to acquire Trading on your own account, a dream of freedom For a few years I have wanted to become a trader on my own account, a desire and also a fantasy, the idea is to acquire a form of freedom, to really be the master of […]

Tick size is an anti-scalping weapon for brokers and a handicap imposed on traders  Definition of tick size A tick size is the minimum gap between 2 consecutive prices. It is the gap between the bid and offer price, imposed by regulators of regulated products, such as futures or CFD brokers who choose their tick […]