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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 APPRECIATION:
A currency appreciates when it strengthens in price.
ASK RATE:
The rate at which traders can currently buy a particular currency.
ASSET ALLOCATION:
Investment practice that divides funds among different markets to achieve diversification for risk management purposes. 
BALANCE OF TRADE:
The value of a country's exports minus its imports.
BAR CHART:
A type of trading chart consisting of four significant points: the high (1) and the low (2) prices, which form the vertical bar; the opening (3) price, which is marked with a little horizontal line to the left of the bar; and the closing (4) price, which is marked with a little horizontal line to the right of the bar.
BASE CURRENCY:
The currency in which an investor keeps his book of accounts. In the Forex market, the US dollar is normally considered the base currency for quotes. Exceptions are British Pound, Euro, and Australian Dollar.
BEAR:
A person who thinks that market prices will decline
BERAR MARKET:
A market that is characterized by declining prices.
BID RATE:
The rate at which traders can currently sell a particular currency.
BID/ASK SPREAD:
The difference between the Bid and the Ask price, and the most widely used measure of market liquidity. Narrow spreads usually signify high liquidity.
BROKER:
An individual or a company that handles investors' orders to buy and sell currencies. Some brokers charge commission for this service.
BULL:
A person who thinks that market prices will rise.
BULL MARKET:
A market that is characterized by rising prices.
CABLE:
A slang used among traders to indicate GBP/USD exchange rate.
CALL RATE:
Overnight inter-bank interest rate.
CANDLESTICK CHART:
A type of trading chart that consists of four major prices: high, low, open and close. The body of the candlestick bar is formed by the opening and closing prices. To indicate that the opening is higher than closing, the body of the bar is left blank. If thee instrument closes below its opening, the body is filled.
CENTRAL BANK:
A government or quasi-governmental organization that manages a country's monetary policy. An example is the Federal Reserve, which is the US Central Bank.
CFD (Contract for Difference):
An agreement between two parties to exchange, at the close of the contract, the difference between the opening price and the closing price of the contract, multiplied by the number of (shares) specified in the contract.
CLOSING PRICE:
The last price of a contract at the end of a trading session.
COMMODITY:
Any commodity approved and designated by the Board for trading in the Exchange hall under the rules of the Exchange.
CONTRACT:
An agreement to buy or sell a specified amount of a particular commodity as specified by the Exchange. The contract specifications detail the amount and grade of the product and the date on which the contract will mature and become deliverable if it is not liquidated earlier. Also, a term of reference describing a unit of trade for a commodity future. Unit of trading for a financial or commodity future. Also, actual bilateral agreement between the parties (buyer and seller) of a futures or options on futures transaction as defined by an exchange.
CONTRACT MONTH:
typically identifies the month and year in which a futures contract expires. Also called the delivery month.
CONVERTIBLE CURRENCY:
A currency that can be freely exchanged for another or for gold without special authorization from the appropriate authority.
COMMISSION:
A transaction fee charged by a broker.
CONFIRMATION:
we provide our customer with a unique service which is immediate transactions confirmation within one second on the screen. In addition, ShareQ provides all the details required for any deal on the screen, involving date, time, rate, estimated amount bought and sold, USD value, and reference number."
CORRECTIONS:
Counter-trend price movements that are largely the result of profit-taking. These are technical moves that must occur, and their correction distance can often be measured prior to occurrence by Fibonacci correction ratios.
COUNTER-PARTY:
A party or bank with whom a deal is made.
CREDIT CHECKING:
Credit is an important consideration when making trades. As large sums of money change hands it is important to check that the counter-party is capable of making the trade. Once the price has been agreed then the credit is checked. If the credit is not good then no trade takes place.
CROSS-RATE:
An exchange rate between two currencies. It is usually made up from the individual exchange rates of the two currencies, measured against the US$.
CURRENCY:
Any form of money issued by a government or central bank and used as legal tender as a basis for trade.
CYCLES:
Variation where a point of observation returns to its origin. Certain price movement patterns are believed and observed to have recurrence according to Fibonacci sequential numbers, and thus can be predicted accordingly. It is most often used to provide an estimate of timing of a suspected turn of market movements, or a trend reversal.
DAY TRADING:
It is a term that refers to opening and closing the same position/positions within one day’s trading.
DEALER:
An individual who acts as a principal or counterpart to a transaction. Principals take one side of a position, hoping to earn a spread (profit) by closing out the position in a subsequent trade with another party. In contrast, a broker is an individual or firm that acts as an intermediary, putting together buyers and sellers for a fee or commission.
DEFICIT:
A negative balance of trade or payments.
DERIVATIVES:
Derivatives are trades that are derived from some other existing products, such as shares, bonds, currencies and commodities. Derivatives can be traded through an exchange or out of Exchange (Over The Counter or OTC). OTC derivatives carry more credit risk as they are traded direct with the counter-party rather than through an Exchange. Examples of derivative instruments include Options, Interest Rate Swaps, Caps, and floors.
DIVERGENCE:
When two or more indicators fail to pattern after price trends, they are often observed to be an omen of major market corrections or trend reversals. It shows up nearly without a fail on all formations of double-tops/bottoms, much more so in case of triple-tops/bottoms.
ECONOMIC INDICATOR:
A government issued statistic that indicates current economic growth and stability. Common indicators include employment rates, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), inflation, retail sales, etc.
EURO:
The currency of the European Monetary Union (EMU). A replacement for the European Currency Unit (ECU).
EURODOLLARS:
US dollars on deposit with a bank outside the United States, even if this bank is a subsidiary of a U.S. bank. Consequently this deposit is outside the jurisdiction of the United States.
EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK (ECB):
The Central Bank for the new European Monetary Union.
EXPIRATION DATE:
The last day of trading for a futures contract.
FEDERAL RESERVE (Fed):
The Central Bank for the United States.
FILL OR KILL:
A client order that is a price limit order that must be filled immediately or cancelled.
FLAT/SQUARE:
To be flat or square is to be neither long nor short, or to have no positions, or if all the positions held cancel each other out.
FLOATING INTEREST RATE:
An interest rate that fluctuates as market rates move.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET (Fx/Forex):
the buying and selling of foreign currency. Most FX is quoted against US$. If other currencies are traded (e.g. CHF) then it is known as a cross rate.
FOREX (see Foreign Exchange Market)
An abbreviation of Foreign Exchange Market.
FORWARD:
A deal that will commence at an agreed date in the future i.e. a 3 month GBP/$ will commence 3 months from the deal date.
FRONT AND BACK OFFICE:
The `front office` usually means the trading room, while the `back office` is where settlement of trades takes place.
FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS:
A cause-and-effect study of market behavior based on factors of news, events, economy and politics.
FUTURES:
Futures is a way of trading financial instruments, currencies or commodities for forward value dates or delivery.
FUTURES CONTRACT:
A futures contract is a legally binding standardized agreement made to buy or sell a commodity or financial instrument sometime in the future.
Fx (see Foreign Exchange Market)
GTC (Good Till Cancelled):
An order left with a Dealer to buy or sell at a fixed price. The order remains standing until it is cancelled by the client.
HEDGING:
The practice of undertaking an investment activity in order to protect against loss in another. An example of this is selling short to nullify a previous purchase, or buying long to offset a previous short sale.
HIGH/LOW:
High/Low is the highest traded price and the lowest traded price for an underlying instrument for a current trading day.
HEDGE:
A position or a combination of positions that reduces the risk of the trader's primary position.
INDICATED AND FIRM PRICES:
An "indicated price " is one that is not a "firm price". An "indicated price" is for information purposes and would need to be `firmed up` in order to transact a deal.
INFLATION:
An economic condition whereby prices for consumer goods rise, eroding purchasing power
INITIAL MARGIN:
It is the deposit required before a client can transact any deal.
INSTRUMENT:
Contract to be traded.
INTEREST RATE SWAPS (IRS):
It is a transaction whereby two counter-parties exchange fixed and floating interest with each other. This transaction can be regarded as two parallel loans, one fixed and one floating. The floating is set against LIBOR, and the difference between the two rates is paid in the appropriate direction on each rollover. In a single currency Interest Rate Swaps, no principal changes hands, only Interest.
INTRODUCING BROKER (IB):
A person or organization that solicits or accepts orders to buy or sell futures contracts or forex but does not accept money or other assets from the customers to support such orders.
LEVERAGE:
The ability to control large amounts of currency/commodity with a comparatively small amount of capital.
LIBOR:
LIBOR stands for London Inter-Bank Offer Rate. It is a reference point used in IRS transactions for setting the floating side of derivative deals. It is used as the reference point for most trades around the globe.
LIMIT ORDER:
It is an order given to sell at an agreed price sometime in the future.
LIQUID/ILLIQUID MARKET:
A Liquid Market is a situation when a "close" spread is obtained between the bid and the offer price. It can also mean that the number of institutions trading in the market is high. An Illiquid Market is the opposite of a liquid market.
LIQUIDATION:
The closing of an existing position through the execution of an offsetting transaction.
LONG (Long Position/Going Long):
It is a market position where the client has bought a financial instrument he previously did not hold/own . If a trader is "long USD" that means that he owns USD. It is the opposite of "short".
LOT:
The term used to describe a designated number of contracts, e.g., a five lot purchase.
MANAGED ACCOUNT/ DISCRETIONARY ACCOUNT:
An arrangement by which the holder of the account gives written power of attorney to a person, often his broker, to make trading decisions.
MARGIN:
Margin is the deposit withdrawn from the client account as collateral to cover for losses if any that may result from trades that the client makes. It is returned to the client account when a trade is closed.
MARGIN CALL:
It is a demand for additional funds from the client to bring the client’s margin deposits to a required minimum level to cover for a possible adverse movement in price in the market.
MARK TO MARKET:
It is a method that values the client’s books at the end of each working day i.e. to debit or credit on a daily basis the client’s margin account based on the close of that day’s trading session. It protects against the possibility of contract default.
MARKET MAKER:
Market Maker is a "principal" that supplies prices to create a market by supplying an offer and a bid price, thereby running a trading book.
MARKET RISK:
Exposure to changes in market prices.
MINIMUM PRICE FLUCTUATION:
The smallest increment of price movement possible in trading a given contract, often referred to as a tick. The minimum unit by which the price of a commodity can fluctuate.
OFFER:
The price or rate that a trader is prepared to sell at.
OFFSET:
Taking a second futures position opposite to the initial or opening position.
ONE CANCELS OTHER ORDER:
Where the execution of one order automatically cancels a previous one.
OPEN POSITION:
A deal that has not been settled by being reversed by an opposite deal.
ORDER:
An order is an instruction to make a trade.
OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET (OTC):
A market where financial products such as foreign currencies, stocks and other items are bought and sold outside an exchange market, by telephone and other means of communication.
PIPS:
The term used in the currency market to characterize the smallest incremental move an exchange rate can make. The value of a pip depends on the currency pair. One pip/basis point equals for instance 0.0001 for EUR/USD, GBP/USD and USD/CHF, and 0.01 for USD/JPY.
POSITION:
A position is a market commitment expressed by buying or selling.
QUOTE:
An indicative market price, normally used for information purposes only.
RATE:
The price of one currency in terms of another, typically used for dealing purposes.
RESISTANCE (Resistance Level):
A price level at which you expect selling to take place.
RISK:
Exposure to uncertain change, most often used with a negative connotation of adverse change.
ROLL OVER:
It is a situation where a deal is rolled forward to another value date based on the differential of the interest rates of two currencies involved.
SETTLEMENT:
The process by which a trade is entered into the books and records of the counterparts to a transaction. The settlement of currency trades may or may not involve the actual physical exchange of one currency for another.
SHORT:
It is a market position where a client sells a currency that he does not already own. If a trader is `short $` then he sold at a certain price level expecting to buy later when the price level declines.
SPECULATOR:
A market participant who tries to profit from buying and selling futures contracts by anticipating future price movements.
SPOT:
It usually refers to a cash market price for a financial instrument/commodity.
SPREAD:
The difference in prices between bid and offer rates.
STERLING:
Slang for British Pound.
STOCK INDEX:
An indicator used to measure and report value changes in a selected group of stocks.
STOCK MARKET:
A market in which shares of stock are brought and sold.
STOP ORDER / STOP LOSS ORDER:
It is an order to sell or buy when the market reaches a particular price.
SUPPORT or SUPPORT LEVEL:
The bottoms representing the price level where selling decreases and buying increases. Downward price movements are expected to slow down when coming close to support levels. A strong support can turn the market tide either into upside correction or upward trend reversal.
SWAPS:
Swaps are used to exchange one currency for another and then back again for a fixed period of time. The swap rate calculation indicates the interest rate differential between two underlying currencies.
TICK:
The smallest allowable increment of price movement allowed for a product during a trading session.
TREND:
The general direction of a moving market, as shown by acceding to descending peaks and bottoms of price movements.
TICKER:
A ticker is a table and or a graph or both, showing a trade by trade history of a said instrument.
A ticker shows direction of a market movement. There are tickers for day trading showing a days movements and historic tickers showing long term movements.
Traders like to use graphs as they show direction of market movement in an easy to understand format.
TAKE PROFIT:
An order to close a position when a particular price is reached to ensure a profit.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
An effort to predict future market activity by analyzing the movements in a market through chart study, moving averages, price trends, and volume.
VOLUME:
The number of contracts made during a specified period of time.
YARD:
Slang for a billion.
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