Whether you are a fundamental or technical analysis trader there is always room to learn. It may be that you need to improve where you place your stops or targets or that you need to narrow your focus to only a basket of companies. Regardless of what those improvements could be, we can help. Check out our Strategies for online stock trading to help you improve.

• With an ever-increasing amount of coins and exchanges/brokers available, the cryptocurrency market is becoming a crowded space, and it’s difficult to know where to get the best information. Whether you think Bitcoin will reach $20k or beyond in the future, or if you believe there be another coin that takes the crypto world by storm, check out our article about how to improve your crypto buying here.

• Buying stocks and shares can look like a daunting prospect. Which ones out of the thousands available do you choose? And in which sector? Do you go for a short-term rally or long-term value? These are all vital questions that need to be answered before you delve into the stock market, so check out our guide to picking the best stocks.

• Buying commodities (a commodity is a natural material or product) can be complicated and mistakes can be costly. Think back to when US oil’s contract prices went negative, there was a story of someone who bought US oil at an extremely low price not realising he may have to take delivery of the barrels. Our guide to getting started with commodities is the ideal place to learn more about investing in commodities safely and successfully.

• ‘Stocks & ETFs': ‘Stocks’ or ‘shares' are where parts of a company are divided among a number of ‘shareholders’, with shareholders risking the money they invest in order to share in the company profits
• ‘Crypto': ‘Crypto' or ‘cryptocurrencies' are digital currencies that operate independently of central banks, with encryption techniques being used to regulate the transfer of funds
• ‘Forex': ‘Forex’ stands for ‘foreign exchange’ and refers to the trading of currency which does not include cryptocurrency

• ‘Stocks & ETFs': ‘Stocks’ or ‘shares' are where parts of a company are divided among a number of ‘shareholders’, with shareholders risking the money they invest in order to share in the company profits
• ‘Crypto': ‘Crypto' or ‘cryptocurrencies' are digital currencies that operate independently of central banks, with encryption techniques being used to regulate the transfer of funds

• With an ever-increasing amount of coins and exchanges/brokers available, the cryptocurrency market is becoming a crowded space, and it’s difficult to know where to get the best information. Whether you think Bitcoin will reach $20k or beyond in the future, or if you believe there be another coin that takes the crypto world by storm, check out our article about how to improve your crypto buying here.

• ‘Trade something': Trading is making short term bets that the price of something will go up or down over the next few hours, days or weeks – traders look to identify market trends and use those to predict which way the price will go next – if you think the price will drop select ‘Sell' and if you think the price will increase select ‘Buy'
• ‘Invest in something': Investing is buying and holding for the long term – an investor (think of someone such as Warren Buffet) will buy and hold for a long period of time in the hope of selling for a higher price at a later date – if buying ‘stocks', an investor may be looking to make further money via dividends which would be given to you every 3-6 months, depending on the company