What is commission?Commission
The fee you pay your broker each time you buy or sell, which comes straight out of your profit.
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- Stock BasicsWhat Is Buying?
Buying means swapping cash for shares. Your cash goes down and your shares go up, but at the moment you buy, your total assets don't change.
- Stock BasicsWhat Is Profit?
Sale proceeds minus purchase cost, minus fees: what's left is the profit that actually lands in your pocket.
- Stock BasicsWhat Is a Broker?
Ordinary people can't walk into an exchange and buy stocks. A broker is the middleman that opens your account, sends your orders and holds your shares.
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Test your rules against historical data: return, win rate and maximum drawdown, and you can't skip any of them.
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