The act of buying or selling financial instruments using an online platform, such as CMC Markets' Next Generation platform.
A long or short position that has been opened and has not yet been closed out by an equal and opposite trade, which represents current exposure to the particular market.
The most commonly traded security in Australia. Holders of ordinary shares are part-owners of a company and may receive payments in cash, called dividends, if the company trades profitably. They have no preferential rights as to either dividends out of profits or capital on a winding up.