Broker Definition

A broker is a firm or individual that facilitates the buying and selling of financial instruments on behalf of clients.

What is a Broker?

Brokers provide access to trading platforms, market data, and execution services in exchange for spreads, commissions, or fees.

Choosing a broker involves considering regulation, trading conditions, platform features, and available markets.

A trader opening an account with a regulated CFD broker to access currency and index markets is using a broker's services.

A balance sheet is a financial statement showing a company's assets, liabilities, and equity at a specific point in time.

A bar chart is a price chart that shows the open, high, low, and close for a security over a set period using vertical bars.

The base currency is the first currency listed in a currency pair, against which the second currency is quoted.