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CFDs and forex (FX) are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 64% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs, FX, or any of our other products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
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All about trading strategies

Whether you're just getting started or refining your approach, learning how trading strategies work can help you invest with confidence and stay on track toward your goals. Explore our guides below to get started.

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Start with the basics

Begin with the essentials and explore core strategies—from long- and short-term approaches to discovering stocks the markets has overlooked—and find what may fit your goals.

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Find your trading style

Discover techniques and timeframes that match your style, whether you prefer quick trades or a more measured pace.

Use the right tools 

Learn how indicators and fundamentals can help you read the markets and make smarter trading decisions. 

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Manage your risk and costs

Explore practical ways to manage risk, control costs, and strengthen your discipline as a trader.

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  • Market risk and how to hedge
    Before we explain the fundamentals of market risk, it’s worth defining what a financial market is. The simple definition of a financial market is a place where things are bought and sold.
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  • The best forex hedging strategies
    Forex trading carries a certain amount of risk. Even if you study the market, conduct your own technical analysis and enter the market at what you believe is the optimal time, nothing is guaranteed.
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  • How put spreads work
    Put spreads are an investing strategy that requires you to simultaneously take long and short positions on the same asset. We’ll cover this strategy’s benefits and drawbacks in more detail.
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  • What are gearing ratios and how do you use them in trading?
    Gearing ratios give you an idea of the financial structures underpinning a company and, more importantly, the amount of potential risk it carries.
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  • How to find the bid vs. ask price
    The ‘bid’ and ‘ask’ price are the available prices quoted to buy and sell assets on the financial markets. They show the best available price at that time, which a retail trader can go long (buy) or short (sell) on a security.
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  • How to keep costs low when trading internationally
    It’s useful to think of trade costs, particularly brokerage fees and currency conversion costs, in the same way we think of compounding returns.
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Focus on long-term growth

See how compounding, cost control, and understanding behaviour can help you grow and protect your investments over time.

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  • The power of compound interest
    Compound interest is a powerful financial concept that can help your money grow over time. Earning interest on both the initial amount invested and the interest accumulated in previous periods, compound interest may even get you closer to achieving your financial goals.
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  • How to maximise your compounding returns: A comprehensive guide
    Building wealth can depend not only on how much you invest, but also on how effectively your investments grow over time.
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  • The rule of 72: What is it and how does it work?
    Many investors want a simple way to estimate how much their money will potentially grow over time. The Rule of 72 provides an easy solution, allowing anyone to calculate how long it takes to double an investment based on its fixed annual return
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  • How Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) can help during market volatility
    Whether markets are reaching new highs or experiencing sharp declines, investors often face a tough decision—should you jump in now, wait for conditions to improve, or hold off for a potential pullback?
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  • How emotions can influence your investment decisions
    Whether you’re building a long-term portfolio, trading actively, or simply trying to stay composed during market volatility, your mindset plays a more significant role than you might realise. Investing isn’t purely a numbers game — it’s also an emotional experience.
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Options strategies

Dive deeper and explore some of the most popular strategies you can use when trading or investing in options.

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Trading strategies FAQs

Explore common questions about trading strategies, from selecting an approach and timeframe to using analysis tools and managing risk.

A trading strategy is a plan that guides how you buy and sell investments; it may help you stay disciplined, reduce emotional decisions, and keep your goals in focus.

Learn how emotions can impact trading

The right strategy depends on your goals, risk tolerance, and timeframe—whether you prefer short-term trading, long-term investing, or something in between. At Saxo we have prepared a set of questions you can ask yourself to determine your risk tolerance.

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Short-term strategies focus on quick market moves, while long-term aim to build wealth steadily over the years by holding investments. Whichever you choose, always diversify your assets so that no matter how the markets move, your portfolio will be prepared.

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Both can help—technical analysis looks at price patterns and charts, while fundamental analysis studies company or economic data; many traders use a mix. Our platform SaxoTrader offers 85+ technical indicators, plus annotation and drawing tools, Trade Signals, and live charts to help you with technical and fundamental analysis.

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You can manage risk in many ways such as setting stop-loss orders, diversifying your portfolio, and limiting leverage. You can learn more about how to manage risk in our education hub, where you’ll find 100+ guides we’ve created to help you make the best decisions for your goals.

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    Market insights

    Daily commentary from our in-house strategists.

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    Understand commonly-used terms related to investing and financial markets.

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    Get to know our products, pricing, platforms and tools at your own pace.

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    A quick way to get up to speed on market news and upcoming risks and opportunities.

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    Get market insights, investing guides, platform walkthroughs, and more in video format.

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