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Glossary of terms
| Forex Glossary - A |
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view all letter A terminology Abandon Accommodation Trading Account Statement Accrued Interest Action Type Actuals Add-on Method Adjudication Adjudication Committee Adjusted Futures Price Administrative Hearing Administrative Law Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Affidavit Affirm Against Actuals Aggregation Agricultural Trade-Option Merchant (ATM) Aid and Abet Allowances Answer Appeal Appeals Committee Appellant Appellate Appellee Appreciation Approved Delivery Facility Arbitrage Arbitration Arbitration Panel Arbitrator Around Asian Option Ask Asset Allocation Assign Assignable Contract Associate Membership Associate Responsibility Action (ARA) Associated Person (AP) At the Market At-the-Money Option Audit Trail Award view all letter A terminology |
| Forex Glossary - B |
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view all letter B terminology Back Months Back Office Back to Back Backwardation Bad Faith Balance of Forex market trading Balance of Payments Balance of Trade Band Bank Line Bank Notese Bank Rate Banker's Acceptance Bar Chart Barrier Option Base Currency Base Rate Basis Basis Convergence Basis Grade Basis Point Basis Price Basis Quote Basis Risk Basis Trading Basket Bear Bear Market Bear Spread Bear Vertical Spread Beta Bid Bid Forex rate Bid/Ask Spread Big Figure Bilateral Clearing Binary Options Black Scholes Model Block Order Board of Trade Board of Trade Clearing Corporation (BOTCC) Board Order Boiler Room Book Book Entry Securities Booked Booking the basis Boris Box Transaction Branch Office Branch Office Manager Break Break Even Point Breakout Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944 Brief Broker Broker Association Brokerage Brokerage Fee Brokerage House Broker-Dealer BUBA Bucket Shop Bucketing Bull Bull Market Bull Spread Bull Vertical Spread Bulldogs Bundesbank Business Conduct Committee Butterfly Spread Buy on Close Buy on Opening Buyer Buyer's Market Buying Hedge view all letter B terminology |
| Forex Glossary - C |
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view all letter C terminology Cabinet Trade Cable Cable Transfer CACE Calendar Spread Call Call Option Call Rule Canceling Order Candlestick Chart Capital Account Capital Gain Capping Carry Carrying Broker Carrying Charge Carryover Carry-Over Charge Cash Cash and Carry Cash Commodity Cash Contract Cash Forward Sale Cash Market Cash Price Cash Settlement CBOE CBOT CD CEI Central Bank Central Rate Certificate of Deposit (CD) CFFE CFTC CFTC Administrative Action CFTC Injunctive Action CHAPS Chart Charting Chartist Cheap Cheapest to Deliver CHIPS Chooser Option Churning CIBOR Circuit Breaker Civil Action Civil Monetary Penalty Claim Claimant Clear Clearing Clearing Corporation Clearing House Clearing Margin Clearing Member Clearing Procedures Action Type Close Closed Position Closing Price Closing Purchase Transaction Closing Range CME Co Respondent Coincident Indicator Collateral COM Membership Comex Commission Commission Fee Commission House Commitments Commodity Commodity Credit Corporation Commodity Exchange Act Commodity Exchange Authority Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commodity Option Commodity Pool Commodity Pool Operator (CPO) Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) Compensatory Damages Complaint Compound Option Computerized Trading Reconstruction System Concurrent Indicators Confirmation Confirmation Statement Congestion Consent Order Consolidation Consumer Price Index (CPI) Contagion Contango Contract Contract Expiration Date Contract Grades Contract Market Contract Month Contract Unit Contributor Controlled Account Convergence Conversion Factor Corner Correspondent Bank Cost of Carry Cost of Living Index Counterclaim Counterparty Counterparty Risks Country Risk Coupon Coupon Value Cover Covered Interest Rate Arbitrage Covered Option CPI CPO CPSS Crawling Peg (Adjustable Peg) Credit Risk Creditor Crop Reports Crop Year Cross Claim Cross Deal Cross Forex rate Cross Hedge Cross Margining Cross Trading Crush Spread CSCE CTA Curb Trading Currency Currency Basket Currency Risk Currency Swap Current Account Current Asset Current Balance Current Delivery Month Current Yield Customer Margin Customer Segregated Accounts Cycle view all letter C terminology |
| Forex Glossary - D |
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view all letter D terminology Daily Price Limit Daily Trading Limit Day Order Day Trader Day Trading Dealer Dealer Option Decision Deck Decorum and Attire Action Type Default Deferred Delivery Deferred Futures Deficit Deliverable Grades Deliverable Stocks Delivery Delivery Date Delivery Instrument Delivery Month Delivery Notice Delivery Option Delivery Points Delivery Price Delta Delta Margining Delta Value Demand Deposit Deposition Depreciation Derivative Designated Self Regulatory Organization (DSRO) Devaluation Diagonal Spread Differentials Direct Quote Directly Crossing Orders Directly Taking the Other Side Disclosure Document Discount Discount Basis Discount Forex rate Discount Method Discretionary Account Dismiss Dismissal Dismissal With Prejudice Dismissal Without Prejudice Divergence Diversification Double Bottom Double Hedging Double Top Dow Jones Average Downtick Dual Trading view all letter D terminology |
| Forex Glossary - E |
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view all letter E terminology Econometrics Economic Indicator Efficient Market Electronic Order Electronic Trading System Elliot Wave Theory Enjoin Equilibrium Price Equity Escrow Account Estoppel EURO Eurocurrency Eurodollars European Central Bank (ECB) European Currency Unit European Monetary Union (EMU) European Terms Even Lot Ex Parte Ex Pit Transaction Exchange Exchange for Physicals Exchange of Futures for Cash Exchange Rate Exchange Risk Facto Exempt Foreign Firm Exercise Exercise Price Expanded Traded Hours Expiration Date Extrinsic Value view all letter E terminology |
| Forex Glossary - F |
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view all letter F terminology Face Value False Breakout Fast Market FCM Fed Fund Rate Fed Funds FEDAI Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Federal Funds Rate Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Federal National Mortgage Association Federal Reserve (Fed) Federal Reserve Board Feed Ratio Felony Fibonacci Sequence Fictitious Trading Fiduciary Duty Fill or Kill Order Final Decision Final Injunction Final Order Financial Action Type Financial Analysis Auditing Compliance Tracking System (FACTS) Financial and Position Reporting Action Type Financial Instrument First Notice Day Fiscal Policy Fix or Fixing Fixed Exchange Rate Fixed Income Security Flat/Square Float Floating Exchange Rate Floor Floor Broker (FB) Floor Committee Floor Recordkeeping Action Type Floor Trader (FT) FOB FOMC Forced Liquidation Foreign currency Foreign Exchange Foreign Futures or Foreign Options Secured Amount Foreign Position Foreign Terminal Forex Forex Deal Forex trader Forward Forward Contract Forward Cover Taking Forward Deal Forward Market Forward Points Forward Purchase or Sale Forward Rate Forwardation Free Reserves Front Office Frontrunning FT Full Carrying Charge, Full Carry Full Membership (CBOT) Fully Disclosed Account Fund of Funds Fundamental Analysis Fundamentals Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) Futures Contract Futures Exchange Futures Exchange-Traded Contracts Futures Industry Association (FIA) Futures Price FX view all letter F terminology |
| Forex Glossary - G |
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view all letter G terminology Gamma Gap General Conduct Action Type GIM Membership (CBOT) Ginzy Trading Give Up Gold Silver Ratio Good This Week Order Good 'Til Cancelled Order (GTC) Grades Grain Terminal Grantor Gross Domestic Product Gross National Product Gross Processing Margin Guaranteed Introducing Broker Guarantor view all letter G terminology |
| Forex Glossary - H |
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view all letter H terminology Haircut Hand Held Terminal Hard Currency Head and Shoulders Hearing Hearing Committee Hedge Hedge Ratio Hedger Hedging High Hog Corn Ratio Holder Horizontal Spread Hypothetical Disclaimer view all letter H terminology |
| Forex Glossary - I |
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view all letter I terminology IB IBRD ICCH IDEM Membership (CBOT) IFEMA IMF IMM Immunity Implied Rates In the Money Option Independent Introducing Broker Index Arbitrage Indicative Quote Indictment Indirect Quote Indirectly Crossing Orders Indirectly Taking the Other Side Inelasticity Inflation Info Quote Initial Decision Initial Deposit Initial Determination Initial Margin Initial Performance Bond Injunction Interbank Rates Intercommodity Spread Interdelivery Spread Interest Rate Futures Interest Rate Risk Interest Rate Swaps Interim Order Intermarket Spread International Commodities Clearinghouse International Swaps and Derivatives Association Intervention Intra Day Limit Intra Day Position Intracommodity Spread Intrinsic Value Introducing Broker (IB) Inverse Head and Shoulder Inverted Market Invisible Supply IOM IPI ISDA (International Securities Dealers Association) view all letter I terminology |
| Forex Glossary - J |
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Joint Account Joint and Several Liability view all letter J terminology |
| Forex Glossary - K |
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KCBOT KCBT view all letter K terminology |
| Forex Glossary - L |
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view all letter L terminology Lagging Indicators Large Traders Last Notice Day Last Trading Day Leading Indicators Leaps Leverage LIBOR Licensed Warehouse Life of Contract Limit Down Limit Move Limit Only Limit Order Limit Position Limit Price Limit Up Limited Partnership Linkage Liquid Liquidate Liquidation Liquidity Loan Program Loan Rate Local Locked In Long Long Hedge Long Position Long the Basis Lookback Option Low view all letter L terminology |
| Forex Glossary - M |
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view all letter M terminology M0 M1 M2 M3 M4 MACE Maintenance Margin Maintenance Performance Bond Make a Market Managed Account Managed Float Managed Funds Association Managed Futures Margin Margin Account Margin Call Marginal Risk Market Correction Market If Touched (MIT) Market Information Data Inquiry System( MIDIS) Market Maker Market Order Market Price Reporting and Information Systems Market Profile Market Reporter Market Risk Market Value Mark-to-Market Material Fact Maturity Maximum Price Fluctuation Mechanical System Mediation Member Responsibility Action (MRA) Membership Committee Membership Denial Membership Denial Action Type MGE MIDAM Minimum Price Fluctuation Misdemeanor MIT MITI Mitigating Factors MM Monetary Policy Money Laundering Money Pass Money Supply Motion Motion for Summary Judgment Motion to Dismiss Moving Average MRA Municipal Bonds Mutual fund view all letter M terminology |
| Forex Glossary - N |
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view all letter N terminology Naked Call Naked Option Naked Put Narrow Market National Futures Association (NFA) National Introducing Brokers Association NAV Nearby (Delivery) Month Necessary Margin Negative Carry Negative Yield Curve Net Asset Value (NAV) Net Capital Net Performance Net Position NFA NFA Associate Member No-Action Floor Trader Nolo Contendere Nominal Price Non Member Panel Notice Day Notice of Appeal Notice of Intent Notional Amount NYBT or NYBOT NYCE NYFE NYME or NYMEX NYMEX view all letter N terminology |
| Forex Glossary - O |
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view all letter O terminology Offer Office Recordkeeping Action Type Offset Offsetting Transaction Omnibus Account One Cancels the Other Order (OCO) OPEC Open Interest Open Market Operation Open Order Open Outcry Open Position Open Trade Equity Opening (The) Opening Price (or Range) Opening Range Opinion Option Option Buyer Option Contract Option Grantor Option Premium Option Seller Option Spread Option Writer Oral Argument Order Original Margin Out of the Money Out Trade Over the Counter (OTC) Over the Counter Market Overbought Overnight Oversold view all letter O terminology |
| Forex Glossary - P |
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view all letter P terminology Par Pardon Partnership Party Payment-In-Kind Program PBOT Pegged Price Pegging Performance Bond Performance Bond Call Performance Bond Margin Permanent Injunction Permanently Enjoin Petition Petition for Review Petition to Stay Pips Pit Pleadings Point Point and Figure Charts Point Balance Political Risk Pool Pool Operator Position Position Day Position Limit Position Trader Positive Carry Positive Yield Curve Power of Attorney Prearranged Trading Preliminary Hearing Preliminary Injunction Premium Premium Refers Price Discovery Price Limit Price Limit Order Price Transparency Primary Dealer Primary Market Prime Rate Principal Pro Se Producer Price Index (PPI) Profit Taking Program Trading Project A Promotional Material Proof of Service Pulpit Punitive Damages Purchase and Sell Statement Purchasing Hedge or Long Hedge Put Option Pyramiding view all letter P terminology |
| Forex Glossary - Q |
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Quick Order Quotation Quote view all letter Q terminology |
| Forex Glossary - R |
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view all letter R terminology Rally Random Walk Range Rate Ratio Hedge Ratio Spread Reaction Receiver Recession Reciprocal of European Terms Recovery Registrant Registration Action Type Regulatory Action Remand Reparations Reply Reportable Position Reporting Level Representative Repurchase Agreements or (Repo) Reserve Requirements Resistance Respondent Response to Notice of Intent Resting Order Restitution Restraining Order Resumption Retender Retracement Revaluation Reversal Reverse Conversion Reverse Crush Spread Revoke Riding the Yield Curve Ring Risk Risk Management Risk/Reward Ratio Roll-Over Round Lot Round Turn Runners view all letter R terminology |
| Forex Glossary - S |
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view all letter S terminology Sales Practice Action Type Satisfactorily Subordinated Liabilities Scalper Secondary Market Security Segregated Account Segregated Funds Self Regulatory Organization (SRO) Sell on Close Sell on Opening Seller's Market Seller's Option Selling Hedge Selling Rate Settlement Settlement Agreement Settlement Date Settlement Price Short Short Covering Short Hedge Short Position Short Selling Short Squeeze Short the Basis SITC Slippage SOFFEX Soft Soft currency Soft Market Sold Out Market Sole Proprietorship SPAN Specialist System Speculative Limit Speculative Position Limit Speculative Position Limit Action Type Speculator Spike Spot Spot Commodity Spot Date Spot Market Spot Month Spot Next Spot Price Spread Spreading Squeeze SRO Stable Market Stagflation Standard and Poors (S&P) Stay Steer/Corn Ratio Sterilization Sterling Stock Index Stock Market Stop Close Only Order Stop Limit Order Stop Loss Order Stop Out Price Straddle Strangle Strike Price Strip Structural Unemployment Summary Action Summary Judgment Summary Proceeding Support Support Levels Suspension Swap Swaption Swift Swissy Switch Systemic Risk view all letter S terminology |
| Forex Glossary - T |
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view all letter T terminology Technical Analysis Technical Indicators Telemarketing Temporary Injunction Temporary License Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) Tender Tenderable Grades Terminal Elevator Terminal Market Theta Third Party Claim Tick Time and Sales Ticker Time Limit Order Time of Day Order Time Spread Time Stamp Time Value To Arrive Contract Tomorrow Next (Tom/Next) Trade Balance Trade Option Trade Practice Action Type Traders Trading Advisor Trading Ahead Trading Limit Transaction Cost Transaction Date Transfer Notice Transfer Trades Transferable Option (or Contract) Treasury Bill Treasury Bond Treasury Note Treble Damages Trend Trendline TRO Turnover Two-Way Price view all letter T terminology |
| Forex Glossary - U |
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U.S. Treasury Bill U.S. Treasury Bond U.S. Treasury Note Uncovered Option Underlying Futures Contract Up Front Fees Uptick Uptick Rule US Prime Forex rate view all letter U terminology |
| Forex Glossary - V |
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Value Date Variable Price Limit Variation Margin Versus Cash Vertical Spread Volatility (Vol) Volume view all letter V terminology |
| Forex Glossary - W |
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Warehouse Receipt Wash Sale Wash Trading Whipsaw Wire House Writer view all letter W terminology |
| Forex Glossary - Y |
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Yard Yield Yield Curve Yield to Maturity view all letter Y terminology |