Last price
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The last price at which a security traded.
Last roll-over date
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The last possible date and time at which a trade or order on a particular forward may be subject to a manual roll-over, de-selected or re-selected for an auto roll-over, as specified in the Product Library.
Last trade opening date
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The last possible date and time at which you can enter into or extend a trade, or modify an existing order (including a pending order) on a particular forward market.
Leverage
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Leverage allows traders to gain a large exposure with a relatively small outlay. This has the effect of amplifying profit or loss. A leverage of 1:20 means that in order to open and maintain a position the necessary margin is twenty times less than the transaction size.
Libor (London InterBank Offered Rate)
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The interest rate charged between banks in London for short-term loans and a key benchmark that influences many other interest rate charges/products. Individual currency denominations have an associated Libor. It is produced for ten currencies with 15 maturities quoted for each, ranging from overnight to 12 months, producing 150 rates each business day.
Limit order
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A limit order is an order to buy or sell a product at a specific price. A limit order to buy at a target price with CMC Markets is executed at the target price or lower, when the buy price is equal to or lower than the target price. A limit order to sell at a target price with CMC Markets is executed at the target price or higher, when the sell price is equal to or higher than the target price.
Limited risk
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A trade which has a strictly limited maximum loss. Also see Controlled risk.
Line charts
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Line charts are created by connecting a series of data points, usually past price closes, with a line. They are the most basic type of charts used in financial markets.
Linked orders
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Linked orders allow you to use stop loss and take profit orders to help improve your risk management by applying entry and exit strategies. With it also comes an improved order ticket and simplified conditional orders.
Liquid market
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A liquid market has sufficient volume of two-way business for a large transaction to occur with little or no impact on price. Such a market will normally exhibit tight bid-offer spreads.
Liquidity
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The level of continual buy and sell activity making up market demand and indicating the ease with which investors can undertake transactions.
Listed Investment Companies (LICs)
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Company which has agreed to abide by ASX Listing Rules so that its securities can be bought and sold on ASX. LICs are a subset of what the ASX calls listed managed investments. They enable an investor to invest in a diverse and professionally managed portfolio of assets which can include shares, property and interest bearing deposits.
Log file
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An ongoing journal of your trading activity.
Long position
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A position taken in anticipation of a rising market. To go long means to open a ‘buy’ position.
Long-term trading
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In the context of CFDs or spread betting, longer-term trading refers to strategies where the average duration of open positions would be between a week and several months.
Loonie
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A slang term for the Canadian dollar.
Lot size
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It is the standardised quantity of a financial instrument, such as base currency, underlying asset or shares, per contract.
