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Forex GlossaryA-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z AAccount : 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... See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter A. BBear 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... See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter B. CCertificate 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. See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter C. DDay 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. See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter D. EElliott 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. See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter E. FFactory 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. See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter F. GG10 : 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 ... See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter G. HHammer : 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. See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter H. IIDR : 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. See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter I. JJ-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. See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter J. KKenuki : 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... See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter K. LLast 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. See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter L. MMaintenance 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... See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter M. NNaked 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... See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter N. OOffer : 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. See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter O. PPetrodollars : 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... See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter P. QQAR : 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... See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter Q. RRabbitt 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 ... See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter R. SSEK : 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. See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter S. TTake 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... See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter T. UUAH : 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.) See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter U. VV-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. See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter V. WWarrant : 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. See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter W. XXAF : 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. See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter X. YYard : 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... See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter Y. ZZAR : 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 ... See all the definitions of the terms starting with the letter Z. |
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