When you first start trading, the ability to turn a few thousand dollars into a few million can seem like it’s reserved for geniuses, cheaters or the luckiest people on the planet. Years ago, I ...

Imagine being able to trade the financial markets without risking your own money. That’s exactly what a funded trading account offers. It allows traders to use someone else’s capital—typically ...

Wash trading accounts for 70% of trades on some crypto exchanges, a study found. The practice of firms trading with themselves to boost prices artificially may lure inexperienced investors. Three ...

Mirror trading, also commonly known as copy trading, is an innovative strategy generally implemented via online brokers or trading platforms, Traders replicate the transactions of experienced traders ...

If you’re reading this, you are probably convinced that options can be a great asset in the battle for investment returns. But before you can trade options, you have to open an options trading account ...

Every investor looks for ways to grow their capital, but some investors are willing to incur a greater level of risk than others. While high-yield savings accounts cater to people with a low risk ...

Funded trading allows skilled traders to trade with a firm’s capital instead of their own money. In this setup, a prop trading firm provides access to a funded account once a trader proves their ...

The direct exchange of cryptocurrencies between two parties outside established exchanges is known as over-the-counter (OTC) crypto trading. OTC cryptocurrency trading is carried out through ...

Alana Benson is an investing writer who joined NerdWallet in 2019. She covers a wide variety of investing topics including stocks, socially responsible investing, cryptocurrency, mutual funds, HSAs ...