https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/ Recent content in Foundations on BareChart Hugo en-us https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/history-of-trading/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/history-of-trading/ How trading evolved from open-outcry pits and paper tickets to today's markets. https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/evolution-to-digital-trading/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/evolution-to-digital-trading/ How electronic execution, retail platforms, and the internet reshaped who can trade and how. https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/what-are-markets/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/what-are-markets/ What a market actually is, and how buyers and sellers set a price. https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/who-controls-markets/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/who-controls-markets/ Central banks, regulators, institutions, and retail traders — who actually moves price. https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/types-of-markets/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/types-of-markets/ Forex, indices, commodities, stocks, and crypto — how the major market types differ. https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/trading-instruments-and-cfds/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/trading-instruments-and-cfds/ What a CFD is, how it differs from owning the underlying asset, and why most retail traders use them. https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/market-opens-and-closes/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/market-opens-and-closes/ Why markets have open and close times, and what happens at the edges of the trading day. https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/trading-sessions/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/trading-sessions/ Asian, London, and New York sessions — when they overlap and why it matters. https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/pips-and-points/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/pips-and-points/ What a pip and a point actually measure, and how to read price movement in either unit. https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/brokers-and-spreads/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/brokers-and-spreads/ How brokers make money, what a spread is, and what to look for when choosing one. https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/leverage/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/leverage/ How leverage changes position size, risk, and margin — and why it cuts both ways. https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/demo-vs-live-trading/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://barechart.com/learn/foundations/demo-vs-live-trading/ What a demo account can and can't prepare you for before trading live.