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A volatility indicator that measures the average range between high and low prices over a look-back period, used to set stop distances and gauge market activity.
The different trading account structures brokers offer, each with distinct minimum deposits, spreads, commissions, leverage, and features.
A free distribution of tokens to wallet addresses, typically used by crypto projects to bootstrap adoption, reward early users, or distribute governance rights.
Executing trades automatically via computer programs that apply pre-defined rules to price, volume, or other market data.
Any cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin - ranging from major layer-1 blockchains like Ethereum and Solana to speculative meme coins with no utility.
A buy, hold, or sell recommendation issued by a financial analyst at a brokerage or research firm, typically accompanied by a price target based on valuation models.
The process of running a trading strategy against historical price data to evaluate how it would have performed.
The first currency in a pair (e.g. EUR in EUR/USD), representing one unit against which the quote currency is priced.
The bid is the price at which the broker buys; the ask is the price at which the broker sells.
The difference between the highest price a buyer will pay (bid) and the lowest price a seller will accept (ask) for a share - the primary implicit transaction cost in equity markets.
A distributed, append-only ledger that records transactions in cryptographically linked blocks, providing an immutable and transparent record without a central authority.
A large, well-established company with a long record of stable earnings, strong balance sheet, and often a history of dividend payments - considered a lower-risk equity investment.
A volatility indicator consisting of a moving average flanked by two standard-deviation bands that expand during high volatility and contract during low volatility.
A company's total assets minus total liabilities as reported on the balance sheet - the accounting value of shareholders' equity per share.
When price moves decisively through a defined support or resistance level, often accompanied by increased volume and volatility.
Contract for Difference - a derivative that lets you speculate on price movements without owning the underlying asset.
Consumer Price Index - the primary measure of inflation used by central banks to set interest-rate policy.
A chart element that shows a trading period's open, high, low, and close as a body and wicks, enabling rapid visual pattern recognition.
Holding a long position in a high-yielding currency funded by a short in a low-yielding one to earn the rate differential.
The government institution responsible for monetary policy, interest rates, and currency stability in a country.
A recurring price formation on a chart that signals a potential continuation or reversal of the prevailing trend.
A regulatory mechanism that temporarily halts trading when a market or individual stock moves beyond a defined threshold, preventing panic-driven crashes from accelerating.
A fixed per-lot or per-trade fee charged by the broker in addition to the spread, common on ECN and raw-spread accounts.
A raw material or primary agricultural product traded on global markets - including gold, silver, oil, and agricultural goods - often accessible as a CFD through forex brokers.
A service that automatically replicates another trader's positions into your account in proportion to your balance.
Digital assets secured by cryptography that operate on decentralised blockchains - covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, and thousands of altcoins traded on centralised exchanges, DEXes, and via CFDs at multi-asset brokers.
The quotation of one currency's value relative to another, expressed as a ratio such as EUR/USD.
An ecosystem of blockchain-based financial protocols that replicate lending, trading, and yield-generating services without banks or intermediaries.
A cryptocurrency exchange that operates through smart contracts on a blockchain, allowing peer-to-peer trading without a central intermediary holding funds.
A practice account that simulates live trading conditions using virtual funds, with no real money at risk.
A portion of a company's profits distributed to shareholders, typically quarterly, as cash payments or additional shares.
The peak-to-trough decline in account equity over a trading period, expressed in percent.
Electronic Communications Network - an order routing model that aggregates liquidity from multiple sources without broker dealing-desk intervention.
A company's net profit divided by its total shares outstanding - the per-share profitability metric that drives P/E valuations and quarterly earnings surprises.
A fund that holds a basket of assets and trades on a stock exchange like a single share, offering diversification, low costs, and intraday liquidity.
A quarterly financial disclosure in which a publicly listed company reports revenue, profit, and forward guidance - the most market-moving event for individual stocks.
A schedule of upcoming macroeconomic data releases and central bank events that traders monitor for their potential market-moving impact.
How a broker fills your trade - the speed, slippage, and reliability with which orders are routed.
Pairs involving an emerging-market currency, e.g. USD/TRY, USD/ZAR, USD/MXN.
An automated trading program built in MQL4 or MQL5 that runs on MetaTrader and executes trades according to coded rules without manual input.
Financial Information eXchange protocol - an institutional messaging standard for order entry and market data.
Horizontal price levels derived from Fibonacci ratios (23.6%, 38.2%, 50%, 61.8%, 78.6%) that traders use to identify potential support or resistance after a trending move.
The number of shares available for public trading after excluding shares held by insiders, major shareholders, and company buyback programs.
The overlap of major financial centre trading hours: Sydney, Tokyo, London, and New York, each bringing distinct liquidity and volatility profiles.
Evaluating currencies by examining economic data, monetary policy, and geopolitical factors that drive long-term value.
The total monetary value of all goods and services produced within a country in a given period - the broadest single measure of economic activity.
The fee paid to validators for processing a transaction on a blockchain - denominated in the native currency and variable based on network congestion.
A programmatic reduction in Bitcoin's new supply issuance by 50%, occurring approximately every four years, reducing the rate at which new coins enter circulation.
The total computational power being applied to a proof-of-work blockchain network, measured in hashes per second - a key indicator of network security and miner confidence.
Opening a position that partially or fully offsets the risk of an existing trade or portfolio.
The first sale of a company's shares to the public on a stock exchange, allowing the company to raise capital and giving investors access to previously private equity.
A passively managed fund that replicates the composition of a market index - such as the S&P 500 or FTSE 100 - by holding the same securities in the same proportions.
Baskets of stocks that measure the aggregate performance of a market segment, traded as CFDs or futures through forex and multi-asset brokers.
The sustained rise in the general price level of goods and services, measured by indices such as CPI and PCE, and the primary driver of central bank interest rate policy.
Buying or selling a company's securities based on material non-public information - illegal in most jurisdictions, but also used to describe the legal monitoring of insider transactions filed with regulators.
The global network of banks and large financial institutions that trade currencies directly with each other, forming the primary FX market.
The rate set by a central bank at which commercial banks borrow overnight, the primary driver of currency valuation over the medium term.
A scaling solution built on top of a base blockchain (Layer 1) that processes transactions off-chain and settles them in batches, reducing fees and increasing throughput.
The ratio between a position's notional value and the margin required to open it.
An instruction to buy below or sell above the current market price, guaranteeing price but not execution.
The ease with which a currency pair can be bought or sold without significantly moving the price.
A smart-contract-locked reserve of two or more tokens that enables automated market-making on a DEX, providing liquidity for traders in exchange for a share of trading fees.
Going long means buying a currency pair expecting it to rise; going short means selling it expecting it to fall.
A standard contract size: 100,000 units of the base currency in a standard lot.
A trend-following momentum indicator built from the difference between two exponential moving averages, with a signal line and histogram to show momentum shifts.
The most actively traded forex pairs, all involving the US dollar (EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, AUD/USD, USD/CAD, NZD/USD).
The deposit a broker requires to open and maintain a leveraged position.
A broker notification that account equity has fallen below the required margin level, prompting deposit or trade closure.
The total market value of a company's outstanding shares, calculated as share price multiplied by total shares outstanding.
A broker that takes the opposite side of a client's trade, quoting its own bid and ask.
An instruction to buy or sell immediately at the best available current price.
The 'waiting room' of unconfirmed transactions on a blockchain network - transactions broadcast to the network but not yet included in a block.
The industry-standard retail forex trading platform, available in MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) versions, known for its charting, automated trading support, and near-universal broker availability.
Pairs that do not include the US dollar, such as EUR/GBP, EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY.
A line on a price chart that smooths historical prices over a defined period to show the prevailing trend direction.
No Dealing Desk - a broad category covering STP and ECN brokers that do not pass orders through an internal dealing desk.
The US monthly employment report, released on the first Friday of each month, one of the most market-moving economic events in forex.
A blockchain-based token representing unique ownership of a digital or physical asset - each NFT is distinguishable from every other and cannot be exchanged on a one-for-one basis.
A regulatory protection that prevents a retail client account from going below zero after a large adverse move.
A cash credit given by a broker to a new client without requiring an initial deposit, used to trade live markets risk-free.
A stock's market price divided by its earnings per share - the primary valuation multiple used to compare whether a stock is cheap or expensive relative to its profits.
Percent Allocation Management Module - an account structure where a money manager trades a pooled fund and results are distributed proportionally across investor sub-accounts.
A monthly survey-based indicator measuring business activity in the manufacturing or services sector - above 50 signals expansion, below 50 signals contraction.
The smallest standard price change in a currency pair, normally the fourth decimal place (0.0001).
The monetary value of a single pip move for a given position size, denominated in the account currency.
Calculating how many lots to trade so that a stop-loss represents an acceptable fraction of account equity.
A consensus mechanism where validators are chosen to create blocks in proportion to the amount of cryptocurrency they lock as stake, replacing energy-intensive mining with economic commitment.
The consensus mechanism used by Bitcoin where miners compete to solve a computationally intensive puzzle, with the winner earning the right to add the next block and collect the block reward.
Net income divided by shareholders' equity - measures how efficiently a company generates profit from the money shareholders have invested.
A momentum oscillator that measures the speed and magnitude of recent price changes on a scale of 0 to 100, used to identify overbought or oversold conditions.
When a broker cannot fill a market order at the requested price and offers an alternative price instead.
The set of practices used to limit trading losses, including position sizing, stop-loss placement, and overall portfolio exposure controls.
The ratio of potential loss (to stop) versus potential gain (to target), used to evaluate whether a trade setup is worth taking.
The daily process of rolling an open position from the current settlement date to the next, triggering a swap credit or debit.
Straight Through Processing - a broker that routes client orders directly to liquidity providers without dealer intervention.
A trading style targeting very small price moves, typically holding positions for seconds to a few minutes.
A broad classification of stocks with similar business activities - the 11 GICS sectors (Technology, Healthcare, Financials, etc.) are used to organise market analysis and portfolio allocation.
Client funds held in bank accounts separate from the broker's own operating capital.
Borrowing shares and selling them with the intent to buy them back later at a lower price, profiting from a decline - the equity equivalent of a short position.
The difference between the price at which you sent an order and the price at which it was actually filled.
Self-executing code deployed on a blockchain that automatically enforces agreement terms when predefined conditions are met, without human intermediaries.
A trading model that incorporates social networking features, allowing users to observe, discuss, and replicate the activity of other traders.
The difference between the bid (sell) price and the ask (buy) price quoted by a broker.
Locking cryptocurrency in a proof-of-stake network to validate transactions, earning rewards in return - analogous to earning interest by contributing to network security.
A momentum indicator that compares a closing price to its price range over a look-back period to identify overbought and oversold conditions.
A corporate action that divides existing shares into multiple new shares, reducing the price per share proportionally while keeping total market value unchanged.
A pre-set order to close a position automatically if price moves against you by a defined amount.
An instruction to buy above or sell below the current market price, converting to a market order once the stop level is reached.
Price levels where buying (support) or selling (resistance) pressure has historically caused the market to reverse or pause.
Overnight financing charge or credit applied when a leveraged FX position is held past the daily rollover.
A pre-set order to close a position at a target price, locking in profit without manual action.
The study of historical price and volume data to forecast future price direction using charts, indicators, and patterns.
The economic design of a cryptocurrency token - including total supply, emission schedule, allocation among founders/investors/community, and mechanisms that affect supply and demand.
The difference between a country's total value of exports and imports - a surplus means exports exceed imports, a deficit means the reverse.
A defined, repeatable set of rules that specifies when to enter, manage, and exit a trade, based on technical, fundamental, or quantitative signals.
A stop-loss that automatically follows the market by a fixed distance, locking in gains as the trade moves in your favour.
The general direction in which a market is moving over a defined time frame, characterised by a series of higher highs and higher lows (uptrend) or lower highs and lower lows (downtrend).
A remote server on which a trading platform - usually MetaTrader - runs 24/7, ensuring uninterrupted trade execution and low-latency connectivity to the broker.
The degree of price fluctuation in a currency pair over a given period, reflecting market uncertainty.
Software or hardware that stores the private keys granting control over cryptocurrency - hot wallets are internet-connected; cold wallets are kept offline for maximum security.
An entity holding a large enough amount of cryptocurrency to significantly influence market prices through their buying or selling activity.
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