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Glossary 

A 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

A

• Application Progamming Interface (API) Trading
  
• Ascending Trend Channel
• Ascending Trend Line
• Ascending Triangle
  
• Ask Price
• Asset
• Aussie
• Average Directional Index (ADX)
• Average True Range (ATR)
  

B

• Balance/Account Balance
• Bar Chart
  
• Bank of Japan (BOJ)
  
• Bank Rate
• Base Currency
  
• Bear Investor
  
• Bear Market
• Beige Book
  
• Bid
• Bollinger Band
• Broker
• Bull Investor
  
• Bull Market
  

C

• Cable
• Candlestick Charts
• Carry Trade
• Central Bank
• CFTC
  
• Channel
• Commission
• Commodity Pool Operator (CPO)
• Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA)
• Consumer Price Index (CPI)
  
• Counterparty
  
• Cross Currency
• Currency Account
• Currency Conversion Rate
  
• Currency Intervention
• Currency Pair
• Currenex
  

D

• Day Trading
• Doji
• Durable Goods Orders
  

E

• Electronic Communication Network (ECN)
  
• Euro
• Exponential Moving Average
  

F

• Fat Finger Error
• Fibonacci Retracement
• FIFO Rule
• Fill Price
• Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
  
• Foreign Exchange (Forex)
• Forex Contract
• Forex Daily Charts
  
• Fundamental Analysis
  

G

• Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
  

H

• Hanging Man Candlestick
  
• Harami
• Head and Shoulders
  
• Hedge/Hedging
• High-Beta Currency
  

K

• Kill of Fill
• Kiwi
  

L

• Lagging Indicator
• Leading Indicator
• Leonardo Fibonacci
• Leverage
  
• Limit order
  
• Liquidity
• London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)
• Loonie
• Lot
  

M

• Margin
• Market Depth
  
• Market Order
• Micro Lot
• Monetary Policy
• Money Manager
  

N

• National Futures Association (NFA)
• Non-farm Payroll (NFP)
  

O

• Offer
• Option
  
• Order
• Overbought
• Over-the-counter Market
  

P

• Pattern Recognition
• Pegging
  
• Pip (Points)
• Pivot Point
• Position
• Producer Price Index (PPI)
  

Q

• Quantitative Easing
• Quote Currency
  

R

• Relative Strength Index (RSI)
• Requote
• Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
• Resistance
• Retail Sales
• Risk Appetite
• Risk Capital
  
• Rollover
  

S

• Scalping (Forex Trading)
• Slippage
  
• Spot Price
• Spread
• Stop Order
• Support
  
• Swap
• Swiss National Bank (SNB)
  

T

• Technical Analysis
• Tick
• Trading Lot
• Trading the News
  
• Transaction Costs
• Transaction Date
• Trend Lines
  

V

• Valuation
• Virtual Private Server (VPS)
  
• Volatility
  

Y

• YEN
  

Z

• ZEW
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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