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Asian Session
The Asian session refers to the period of time when the Asian markets are open. It is the first trading session of a given trading day and the first to open after the weekend.
The term is often interchangeably used with the Tokyo session; however many countries including China, Australia, New-Zealand and Russia are also present during these hours.
Therefore, the Asian session is longer than the Tokyo session, running between 11pm and 8am GMT. These hours change when daylight savings time is observed.
Ask price
The lowest price at which a seller accepts a security. Also known as the “offer price”, it will always be higher than the bid price.
Ask Rate
The minimum price at which a seller is willing to sell an investment or asset at a given moment. Also known as the offer price.
The ask rate can be fixed, which means that the seller is never going to change it no matter what. It also can be negotiable, which means that the seller might be ready to lower it a bit depending on the context.
Let us say that you are checking the EUR/USD value. You found that its current ask rate is 1.1050. 1.1050 is the rate that sellers are willing to sell the Euro against the U.S. dollar for now.
Asset
We refer to things that have value as assets whether they are possessed by a company or individually. Such assets usually hold a promise of providing future benefit.
In the trading world, an asset is the underlying instrument essentia of a contract. It is essential for determining the contract value.
Some examples of assets include precious metals such as gold and silver, stocks, currency pairs, commodity, crypto or bond.
Asset Allocation
Asset allocation is an investment strategy in which investors divide their capital across different assets for the aim of potentially optimizing returns.
One investor can place orders across different asset classes such as gold, silver, oil, among others. Since each asset will perform differently from the other, the returns from one can offset the losses from the other.
The goals and strategies investors follow are different. Therefore, there is not a single magic formula that works for all.
Asset class
A collection of assets that share a common financial structure.
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