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Forex Glossary
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A
Account : Record of all transactions.
Account Balance : Same as balance.
ADX : See Average Directional Index.
AFN : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Afghanistan, called Afghan...
Agent : An individual employed to act on behalf of another (the principal...
AOA : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Angola, called Kwanza.
ARS : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Argentina, called Pesos.
Ask : The price at which the currency or instrument is offered.
At Best : An instruction given to a dealer to buy or sell at the best rat...
AZN : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Azerbaijan, called New Man...
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B
Bear Put Spread : A spread designed to exploit falling exchange rates by ...
Bid Rate : See Bid Price.
Black closing bozu : A bearish candlestick formation that consists of a l...
BND : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Brunei Darussalam, called ...
BOJ : See Bank of Japan.
Bullion : A term for gold bars, not coin.
Bullish engulfing line : This structure appears when a white, real body t...
Bullish Harami : A two day pattern that has a small body day completely c...
Bundesbank : Abbreviated BUBA. Central Bank of Germany.
Butterfly Spread : (1) A futures butterfly spread is a spread trade in wh...
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C
Certificate of Deposit : Abbreviated CD. A negotiable certificate in bear...
Chartist : An individual who studies graphs and charts of historic data t...
CME : See Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Commodity Channel Index : Abbreviated CCI. An oscillator that consists of...
Council of Ministers : The legislative body of the European Economic Comm...
Country sovereign risk : A trading risk emerging from a government´...
Cours Libre : French terms for Free exchange rate.
Cours Officiel : French terms for Official exchange rate.
Credit Risk : The risk that a debtor will not repay; more specifically th...
Currency Swaps : See swaps.
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D
Day Trade : A trade opened and closed on the same trading day.
Daylight position limit : The maximum amount of a certain currency a trad...
Deal Ticket : The primary method of recording the basic information relat...
Delivery Date : The date of maturity of the contract, when the exchange o...
Depo : Deposit
Deport : French term for discount.
Derivative : A contract that changes in value in relation to the price mo...
Descending triple bottom : Bearish point-and-figure chart formation that ...
Discretionary Account : An account in which the customer permits a tradin...
Dragongly : See Dragon fly doji.
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E
Elliott Wave Principle : A system of empirically derived rules for interp...
End Of Day Order : Abbreviated EOD. An order to buy or sell at a specifie...
Eurofranc : Swiss Franc or Belgian Francs traded on the Eurocurrency mark...
European Commission : The executive body of the European Economic Communi...
Exercise strike price : The price at which the underlying currency will b...
Exercise Value : For a CALL option, this is the amount by which the strik...
Exotic : A less broadly traded currency.
Expanding broadening triangle : A triangle continuation formation that lo...
Expiration Month : The month in which an option expires.
Extrinsic value : See Time value.
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F
Factory Orders : Economical indicator, The dollar level of new orders for...
Falling Three Methods : A bearish continuation pattern. A long black body...
Fibonacci percentage retracements : Price retracements of 0.382 and 0.618...
First In First Out : Open positions are closed according to the FIFO acco...
Flat : Term describing a trading book with no market exposure.
Floating Rate Interest : As opposed to a fixed rate, the interest rate on...
Foreign exchange exposure : The potential effect of currency fluctuations...
Forward Deal : A deal with a value date greater than the spot value date.
Forward Rate : Forward rates are quoted in terms of forward points, which...
FRA : See Forward Rate Agreements.
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G
G10 : G7 plus Belgium, Netherlands and Sweden, a group associated with IM...
G7 : The seven leading industrial countries, being US , Germany, Japan, F...
Gamma : The rate at which a delta changes over time or for one unit chang...
Gann percentage retracements : The Gann theory focuses mostly on the eigh...
Gap : A mismatch between maturities and cash flows in a bank or individua...
GHC : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Ghana, called Cedis.
GHS : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Ghana, called Cedis.
GNP Deflator : Removes inflation from the GNP figure. Usually expressed a...
Golden cross : An intersection of two consecutive moving averages that mo...
Gross National Product : Gross domestic product plus "factor income from ...
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H
Hammer : A candlestick with a long lower shadow and small real body. The ...
Harami bar : A "wait-and-see" two-day candlestick combination. ...
HIBOR : See Hong Kong Inter-bank Offered Rate.
High-Low : Usually the highest traded price and the lowest traded price f...
High-low band : A band created by two winding parallel lines above and be...
Historical Volatility : The annualized standard deviation of percentage c...
HNL : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Honduras, called Lempiras.
Hoshi : See Hoshi star.
HRK : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Croatia, called Kuna.
HUF : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Hungary, called Forint.
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I
IDR : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Indonesia, called Rupiahs.
ILS : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Israel, called New Shekels...
IMF : See International Monetary Fund.
In-the-Money : A CALL option is In-the-money if the price of the underlyi...
Initial Margin Requirement : The minimum portion of a new security purcha...
Initiation margin : A margin paid by the trading party in order to trade ...
INR : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in India, called Rupees.
Island reversal : An isolated range or ranges that occur at the tip of a ...
ISO codes : Standardized currency codes developed by the International Or...
ITM : See In-the-money.
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J
J-Curve theory : Devaluation of a currency will trigger export gains in t...
JEP : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Jersey, called Pounds.
Jittai Body of the candlestick : (See Candlestick chart.)
JMD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Jamaica, called Dollars.
Jobber : A trader who trades for small, short-term profits during the cou...
Jobless Claims : Economical indicator, A weekly compilation of the number...
JOD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Jordan, called Dinars.
Journal of Commerce Index : Index that consists of the prices of 18 indus...
JPY : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Japan, called Yen.
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K
Kenuki : See Kenuki (tweezers).
KES : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Kenya, called Shillings.
Key Currency : Small countries, which are highly dependent on exports, or...
KHR : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Cambodia, called Riels.
Kirikomi : A bullish two-day candlestick combination. It consists of a bl...
Kiwi : Slang for the New Zealand dollar.
Knock In : A process where a barrier option (European) becomes active as ...
KRW : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Korea (South), called Won.
KWD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Kuwait, called Dinars.
KYD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Cayman Islands, called Dol...
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L
Last Trading Day : The day on which trading ceases for an expiring contra...
Leverage : In options terminology, this expresses the disproportionately ...
LIBID : See London Interbank Bid Rate.
Limit : (1)The maximum price fluctuation permitted by an exchange from th...
Line chart : The line connecting single prices for each of the time perio...
Lombard Rate : One of the key commercial interest rates normally referrin...
London Interbank Offered Rate : Abbreviated LIBOR. The rate charged by on...
Long black line : This is a bearish line. It occurs when prices open near...
Long straddle : A compound option that consists of a long CALL and a long...
LSL : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Lesotho, called Maloti.
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M
Maintenance Margin : The minimum margin which an investor must keep on de...
Maturity Date : (1) The last trading day of a futures contract. (2) Date ...
MDL : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Moldova, called Lei.
Mine : Expression used to indicate that the contacting party is willing t...
Mine and Yours : To announce that a trader wants to buy he/she may say or...
MM : Money Markets.
Momentum : An oscillator designed to measure the rate of price change, no...
Morning Doji star : This a doji star in a downtrend followed by a long, w...
Moving Average : A way of smoothing a set of data, widely used in price t...
Multiple Exchange Rates : Different exchange rates for different types of...
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N
Naked intervention : See Naked intervention (unsterilized intervention).
NAPM : See National Association of Purchasing Managers Index.
Net Position : The number of futures contracts bought or sold which have ...
Netting : A process that enables institutions to settle only their net po...
NGN : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Nigeria, called Nairas.
Nonfarm Payroll : Economical indicator, The employment situation is a set...
Nostro Account : A foreign currency current account maintained with anoth...
Note : A financial instrument consisting of a promise to pay rather than ...
NPR : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Nepal, called Nepal Rupees...
NZD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in New Zealand, called Dollar...
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O
Offer : The price at which a seller is willing to sell. The best offer is...
Offered Market : Temporary situation where offers exceed bid.
OMPC : See Open Market Policy Conference.
One Cancels the Other : Abbreviated OCO. A combination of two orders in w...
Open Market Investment Committee : Abbreviated OMIC. Committee establishe...
Open Market Policy Conference : Abbreviated OMPC. Committee established i...
Option Class : All options of the same type - calls or puts - listed on t...
Order : A customer´s instructions to buy or sell currencies.
Out-of-the-Money : A PUT option is Out-of-the-money if the exercise/strik...
Overnight position limit : A position kept overnight by traders.
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P
Petrodollars : Foreign exchange reserves of oil producing nations arising...
PHLX : See Philadelphia Stock Exchange.
PIBOR : See Paris Inter-bank Offered Rate.
Position : The netted total commitments in a given currency. A position c...
Position Squaring : See Close a Position.
Premium forward spread : Forward price that is added to a spot price to c...
Price Channels : Technical overlays that form boundaries above and below ...
Price Relative : Technical indicator that compares the performance of two...
Producer Price Indices : See Wholesale Price Indices.
Purchasing power parity : Abbreviated PPP. Model of exchange rate determi...
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Q
QAR : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Qatar, called Rials.
Quota : (1) A limit on imports or exports. (2) A country´s subscrip...
Quote : An indicative price. The price quoted for information purposes bu...
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R
Rabbitt Q-Rank : A proprietary techincal indicator that combines technica...
Range : The difference between the highest and lowest price of a future r...
Repo Rate : See Repurchase Agreement.
Roll-Over : The process of extending the settlement value date on an open...
Ross pricing model : See Rubinstein pricing model.
Rounded bottom : A bullish reversal pattern that consists of a very slow ...
RSI : See Relative Strength Index.
RUB : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Russia, called Rubles.
Runaway or measurement gap : A price gap that occurs within solid trends....
Running a Position : Keeping open positions in the hope of a speculative ...
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S
SEK : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Sweden, called Kronor.
Selling Rate : Rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency.
SGD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Singapore, called Dollars.
Shooting star : The inverted hammer and shooting star look exactly alike,...
Short Contracts : Contracts with up to six months to delivery.
Spot : (1) The most common foreign exchange transaction. (2) Spot or Spot...
Spot Price-Rate : The price at which the currency is currently trading in...
Stocky : Market slang for Swedish Krona.
SVC : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in El Salvador, called Colone...
Switch : See Deposit Swap.
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T
Take Profit Order : A customer´s instructions to buy or sell a curr...
Terme : French term for period.
Three parallel bars : See Sanpei (three parallel bars).
Three rivers : See Sansen (three rivers).
Time decal : See Theta.
Trade Deficit-Surplus : The difference between the value of imports and e...
Treasury Bills : Short-term obligations of a Government issued for period...
Triple top : A bearish reversal pattern that consists of three tops of ap...
Turnover : The total money value of currency contracts traded is calculat...
Two-Way Quotation : When a dealer quotes both buying and selling rates fo...
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U
UAH : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Ukraine, called Hryvnia.
UGX : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Uganda, called Shillings.
Ultimate Oscillator : A technical indicator that combines three moving av...
Undo : A colloquial term for reversing a transaction. e.g. a spot sale by...
Unemployment Rate : Economical indicator, The employment situation is a s...
Unit of Account : A device designed to provide a consistent value with va...
Upside gap tasuki : Bullish two-day candlestick combination. It consists ...
Uptick Rule : In the U.S., a regulation whereby a security may not be sol...
Upward breakout from a consolidation formation : Bullish point-and-figure char...
Uwakage : Upper shadow of the candlestick. (See Candlestick chart.)
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V
V-formation : See V-formation (spike).
Valeur Compensee : Payments are said to be " valeur compensee" when payme...
Value at risk : The expected loss from an adverse market movement, with a...
Value Spot : Normally settlement for two working days from today. See Val...
Variation Margin : Profits or losses on open positions in futures and opt...
Vertical bear PUT spread : A compound option strategy of buying two optio...
Virtual Pnl : The theoretical gain or loss on Open Positions valued at cu...
VOL : See Volatility.
Volatility : A measure of the amount by which an asset price is expected ...
VUV : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Vanuatu, called Vatu.
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W
Warrant : Warrants are a form of traded option. They are the right to pur...
Wedge : A continuation formation that resembles the outline of a pennant,...
Whipsaw : Slang for a condition of a highly volatile market where a sharp...
Wholesale Price Index : It measures changes in prices in the manufacturin...
Williams %R : A popular technical indicator that uses Stochastics to deter...
Working Balance : Discretionary element in the monetary reserves of a cen...
Working Day : A day on which the banks in a currency´s principal fi...
World Bank : A bank made up of members of the IMF whose aim is to assist ...
WST : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Samoa, called Tala.
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X
XAF : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Communauté Financiè...
XAG : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Silver, called Ounces.
XAU : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Gold, called Ounces.
XCD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in East Caribbean Dollars.
XDR : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in International Monetary Fun...
XOF : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Communauté Financiè...
XPD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Palladium Ounces.
XPF : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Comptoirs Français ...
XPT : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Platinum, called Ounces.
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Y
Yard : Slang for milliard, one thousand million.
YEN : See JPY.
YER : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Yemen, called Rials.
Yield Curve : The graph showing changes in yield on instruments depending...
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Z
ZAR : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in South Africa, called Rand.
Zero Coupon Bond : A bond that pays no interest. The bond is initially of...
ZEW : Economical indicator, The ZEW works in the field of user-related em...
ZigZag : A price overlay that shows filtered price movements that are gre...
ZMK : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Zambia, called Kwacha.
ZWD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Zimbabwe, called Zimbabwe ...
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