Volatility, Market Gapping and Slippage Cryptocurrencies have a higher volatility than any other product available to trade at FXCM and market liquidity will fluctuate. As a result, jumps in price are common and negative slippage can occur frequently on Stop…
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Ether is the digital currency used by Ethereum, a decentralised platform that runs smart contracts. Ether is the fuel or “gas” used to pay for transactions made on the Ethereum platform. Ether gives participants a reason to contribute resources used…
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Bitcoin is a global form of digital currency. Unlike traditional currencies, which were frequently backed by gold and silver, bitcoin is based on distributed computing. While traditional currencies are printed by central banks, bitcoins are created or “mined” by distributed…
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