The allotting of premiums and bonuses on forward exchange transactions that are directly related to deposit swap orders, over the session of every deal.

This is an authorized activity usually warranted by an alteration in the internal economic procedure to fix a payment imbalance or in the sanctioned forex rate,

Investors and or price are behaving with conviction.

A financial expert who is experienced in assessing investments and lays down buy, sell, close and hold advice for clients.

A financial instrument is said to appreciate when it steps up in price in view of the prevailing demand in the market.

The concurrent buying or selling of a financial asset in a view to make profit of marginal price differentials between.

This is the apex banks in Asia or the region’s monetary bodies. They have continued to enhance their activities in the major currencies and as such aided in their rapid control of the pools of forex reserves emanating from Handel excesses.

23:00 – 08:00 (GM+2).

The charge at which an asset will sell in the market and can be quoted in two — ways, namely: Bid/Ask. The Offer can also be used in place of the Ask price.In the forex market, the Ask depicts the price an investor is willing to buy the base currency, which is place on the left in a forex pair. If we have a quote EUR/USD 1.3066/68, the base currency here is the Euro, and the Ask price is 1.3068, which implies that one can buy one Euro for 1.3068 United States dollars.

The AUS 200 is what investors call the index of the top 200 firms by market Cap on the Australian Stock Exchange.

This is the order passed on to a dealer to buy or sell at the most suitable rate that can be gotten.

A term used to describe the AUD/USD pair, it can also be referred to as the ‘Oz’ or ‘Ozzie’.

This is the value of a country’s imports taken away from exports.

This is a chart type that is made up of four important points: the high and low prices, which constitutes the vertical bar, the opening and closing price, which form a little horizontal line to the left and a little horizontal line to the right of the bar respectively.

The Base currency is the first currency in a forex pair. It depicts how much the base currency is worth when compared to the second currency in the pair. For instance, the EUR/USD rate is 1.3066, this suggest that one Euro is equal 1.3066 USD.

A given country’s lending rate as prescribed by its apex bank.

A procedure employed in technical analysis, that involves displaying a chart pattern that shows a period when demand and supply of a product are almost the same. This pattern is characterized by a narrow trading range and the fusing of the levels of support and resistance.

Measurement unit employed in defining the minimum alteration in the price of an asset.

This is indicative of a negative price action. For instance, if we go bearish on the EUR/USD pair, this is a bet on Euro weakness as compared to the US dollar.

Bears are investors who anticipate declining prices and may also be taking sell orders in the market.

The price the market finds suitable when buying a product.

The difference between the Bid and Ask prices.

These are the first three digits of a forex quote, such as the 1.30 in the EUR/USD. If we say price has moved by 1.2 big figures, it actually means price has moved 120 pips.

This is an acronym for the Bank for International Settlement situated in Basel, Switzerland, and it is the apex bank for apex banks. The Bank for International Settlement usually acts as a middleman in the market, connecting the apex banks and the market. The BIS has gained more prominence in the market as apex banks have increased their currency reserve management.

These are words used in defining systemic, model — based or technical Handelrs..

An acronym for the Bank of Canada, the apex bank in Canada.

The apex bank of the UK, i.e. Bank of England.

Bank of Japan, Japan’s apex bank.

This is what Handelrs call debt that is issued over a specified period of time.

In the financial world, a ‘book’ is a complete overview of an investor’s or desk’s entire positions.

A fundamental tool that measures British inflation rate based on varying surveyed retailers. The index singles out price changes in the number of goods purchased from retail outlets.

A person or firm that plays middleman, with the sole responsibility of bringing buyers and sellers together for a commission. In comparison, a ‘dealer’ invests cash and takes one side of a position, hoping to make cash off spread by exiting the position in an ensuing Handel with another body.

Slang in the market that connotes a million units of US dollar.

This is a rising market that’s characterized by rising prices. For instance, a bullish EUR/USD signifies a strengthening Euro against the US dollar.

These are investors who anticipate rising prices and may also hold long positions.

German’s apex bank.

Holding a long position on an asset.

This is when a Handelr holds a buy position of 20 – 30 pip pullbacks in the direction of an intra — day trend.

This is a slang that is used in describing the GBP/USD pair. The term dates back in the mid — 1800 when rates were conveyed through transatlantic cable.

A pictorial representation that depicts trading ranges for various timeframes, along with open and close price. If the close price is lower than the open price, the rectangle is filled. If on the other hand the close price is higher than the open price, the rectangle is not filled.

A market that is built for medium – to long – investments, like Eurobonds and United States government bonds.

This is a government or organizational body that controls a regions monetary policy. For instance, in the United States, we have the Federal Reserve, the Eurozone has the ECB, BOE is for the United Kingdom.

This is a person who is able to make meaning off historical data in a bid to determine trends, forecast future price actions and employ them in technical analysis.

A means of settling a Handel.

A commission on a transaction, that’s charged by the broker.

A paper that participants exchange during a transaction confirming the terms of the stated transaction.

The possibility that an economic crisis could diffuse within markets. For instance, Asia witnessed a contagion in 1997 when Thailand’s high volatility in its local currency spread across the region and other emerging East Asian currencies were affected. It even got as far as Latin America.

This is the basic unit employed in trading on set exchanges.

A currency with the potential of free exchange amongst other currencies at rates offered by the market, or gold.

This is simply the charge linked with obtaining money in a bid to manage a position. This is dependent on interest parity, which defines the forward price.

The counter party in any given transaction is the opposite party. For instance, the buyer is a counter party to the seller or vis — à — vis.

Excluding intervention from the country’s apex bank, this is the risk a forex Handelr faces in view of a possible government intervention in the market. This can be as a result of war or civil unrest.

This is a routine validation carried put to ascertain if both parties have the credit to cover for the Handel they wish to initiate.

The forex rate between two currencies. We refer to this as non — standard in the region or country where the forex pair is quotes.

This is a country’s legal exchange unit that is issued by the apex bank or the government, with its value forming the basis for Handel.

The danger of drawing loss as a result of severe change in exchange rates.

This is a speculator who initiates positions in commodities/forex and then exits these positions just before the close of the very trading day.

Involves initiating and exit Handels within one day.

A deal defines Handel carried out at the most recent market price. It is a Handel that is live in the market against an order.

A person or firm that fronts as a lead or counterpart to a transaction. Usually, leads assume one side of a position, with the hope of making a spread (gains) by exiting the position in an ensuing Handel with another party.

It defines the difference between the buying and selling price in a prevailing contract.

Move carried out by an investor, or group of investors, to avoid an asset from trading at a certain price or price range, normally as a result of the particular interest they hold, as seen in barrier option.

This is a minus Handel balance of payments.

Taking off a stock’s listing on an exchange.

This is the actual delivery of asset Handeld by both sides.

The ration between a product’s price alteration and the price alteration of its underlying market.

An asset decreases in value over a period.

A financial agreement whose worth is dependent on the asset’s underlying value. Some of the most popular underlying assets for derivative contracts include currencies, commodities, equities and indices.

When a fixed currency is made to weaken or depreciate in accordance to official deeds: the direct opposite of revaluation.

This is interest rate that a qualified depository body is commissioned to obtain short term funds straight from the Federal Reserve Bank.

This is a technical analysis term that describes a situation in which price and momentum go in opposite directions. Handelrs consider divergence as either positive (bullish) or negative (bearish), with both kinds alerting big moves in price movement. We experience bullish/positive divergence when the price of a security delivers a fresh low while the momentum indicator signals an upward push. The bearish/negative divergence occurs when a security’s price delivers a fresh high, while the momentum indicator signals a downward push.

A technical examination that depicts moving averages of varying timeframes going away from each other, which basically predicts price trend.

The earnings of a firm that’s shared to its shareholders.

An acronym for the Dow Jones Industrial Average or US30.

This term is used in describing monetary policy that is easing or simply the lowering of interest rates. It is the direct opposite of hawkish.

This is price movement that is made up of lower — lows as well as lower — highs.

An acronym for the US Dollar Index.

Stands for the European Central Bank, the apex bank for countries using the Euro currency.

A statistic issued by government that describes the most recent economic stability and growth. Some of the indicators are employment rates, retail sales figures, inflation numbers, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), etc.

An order to purchase or sell at a defined price that stays open until the trading day’s end, which is at 5pm/17:00 New York.

This is an acronym for United States Eastern Standard Time/Eastern Daylight time, which is the time zone for New York City.

An acronym for Euronext 50 Index.

Eurozone’s currency.

This is an encompassing name for a league of policies that is geared towards organizing economic and fiscal policies across EU Member States.

07:00 – 16:00 (GMT).

This gauges the annualized rate of inflation in the reparation and profits paid to secular workers and is seen as a main propeller of overall inflation.

This is the exact date and time an option is billed to expire. There are two very important options expiry time, which is at 10:00am ET (also known as 10:00 NY time or NY cut) and 3:00pm Tokyo time (also known as 15:00 Tokyo time or Tokyo cut). The market experiences a spike in activity during these time periods.

Firms that sells goods internationally, turning them into sellers of foreign currency and buyers of domestic currency. Firms like Sony, Samsung and Toyota, fit into this category.

Situation in which it the market is believed to have surged too far, too fast.

The regulatory agency that owns the right to administer bank depository insurance in the United States.

The apex bank in the United States.

An approved exchange rate fix by financial authorities for a currency or more.

An unchanged interest rate during the term of the deal, as regards bonds or fixed — rate mortgages.

A condition where one is neither short nor long.

An interest rate that changes in accordance to the market or benchmark rates, as seen in standard mortgage.

The concurrent buying of a currency and selling of another in the currency market.

This usually means Foreign Exchange, where ‘FOR’ stands for foreign and ‘EX’ stands for exchange.

An individual or a firm that deals in the buying and selling of currencies, in a bid to make gains.

A deal that will kick off at a harmonized date in the future. Forward trading is quite flexible and can be arranged in line with the requirements of the two parties. It sure does not have a centralized exchange.

This is the number of pips subtracted from or added to the most recent forex rate to compute a forward price.

Personnel in charge of sales and corporate finance at a financial body.

A trading style designed for financial instruments, forex or commodities for a specified price at a specified date in the future. Futures can be employed in speculating and safeguarding against an underlying assets future price.

This is the group of seven nations, comprising of The United States, Germany, France, Canada, United Kingdom and Italy.

This is the group of eight nations. They comprise of the G7 plus Russia.

A fast market action in which prices leaps a couple of levels without Handels arising. Gaps are seen in the market after major economic data or news announcements.

This is an index of 30 top firms (in line with their market capitalization) as listed in the German Stock Exchange.

Greenwich Mean Time – This is the most familiar time zone in the currency market.

A market term that entails the purchase of currencies, stocks or commodities for the purpose of investment or speculation – with an expectation of price spikes.

A market term that entails the selling of currencies, stocks or commodities for the purpose of investment or speculation – with an expectation of price dips.

Gold is a commonly Handeld commodity and it is commonly accepted that its price moves in opposite to the price direction of the US dollar.

This is an order that will expire at the day’s end if not filled

An instruction to buy or sell at a defined price that stays open until entered or until the customer deletes it.

An order type that is billed to expire on a chosen date, in case it is not entered beforehand.

Another name for the United States Dollar.

This is the entire worth of a country’s output, income or expenditure created within its physical actual borders.

This is the GDP added to income gotten from investment or work overseas.

This is an order type that safeguards the investor from market gapping. It a stop — loss order that promises to exit your position at the level you decide, in case the market to the point or beyond it.

A monetary policy is said to be hawkish when it favors higher interest rates, in a bid to manage inflation or curb rapid economic growth.

It is a position or set of positions that minimizes the danger of your main position.

The process of selling at the current market bid.

It is a symbol used for describing the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index.

A condition in the market that is represented by little volume or lack of liquidity, often creating choppiness.

An acronym for International Monetary Market: a part of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

INDU is a short form for the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The industrial production index is a monthly economic indicator measuring real output in the manufacturing, mining, electric and gas industries, relative to a base year.

This is an economic syndrome that’s characterized by rising prices of consumer goods, whilst wearing down purchasing power.

The incipient deposit of collateral that’s needed to initiate an order.

This is short for Initial Public Offer – a private firm’s initial stock offerings to the public.

These are large forex rates that are quoted between large international banks.

The apex bank’s action to affect the currency value when it enters the market.

An individual l or corporate firm which presents an account o broker for a commission.

A symbol representing the S&P 500 Index.

An economic indicator that measures the state of the US manufacturing sector by scanning executives on forecast for future production, inventories, employment, new orders and deliveries. ISM figures above 50 depict expansion, while figures below 50 show contraction.

An economic indicator that measures the services sector for their outlook, defining the remaining 80% of the American economy not detailed by the ISM Manufacturing Report. Generally, figures above 50 depicts an expansion, while those below 50 show contraction.

An economic indicator that measures business mood that serves consumers directly and they include waiters, drivers, and beauticians. Readings that are above 50, show an improvement in the sentiment.

An economic indicator that measures the entire value of new orders placed with machine tool manufacturers. This is a measure of the demand for firms that manufacture machines, a leading indicator of industrial production going forward. A good data is a signal that there’s improvement in the manufacturing sector and also economic expansion.

A short form for the NIKKEI Index.

Limiting your Handels as a result of inclement trading conditions in the market. It is suitable to stay on the sideline until conditions are favorable, when the market is choppy or in an extremely narrow range.

Another name for the NZD/USD.

These are the options that cancel an option that was previously bought if the underlying product Handels a particular level. The underlying option ceases to exist upon trading a knock — out level and any hedging present may have to be unwound.

This is short form for "London Interbank Offer Rate," which represents the interest rate that the biggest international banks will lend among themselves.

This is short form for "London International Financial Futures Exchange," which comprises three of the largest UK futures markets.

This is an order requesting to buy at or below a specified price, or sell at or above a specified price.

A market is said to be liquid if the spread between the bid and offer is small. Another measure of liquidity is the volume of buyers and sellers, with more players creating tighter spreads.

These are assets that can be changed into cash. For instance: bank deposits, US Treasury Bills, etc.

Closing a position that’s open by initiating an offsetting transaction.

A market position characterized by buying an increasing worth of an asset than that being sold in anticipation of rising prices.

This is the longest — term investor that hinges his Handel on fundamental data. A ‘macro’ Handel can have its position holding period last from around 6 — months to a couple of years.

An economic indicator that measures the entire output of the manufacturing component of the Industrial Production figures. The data has the capacity to measure around 13 sub sectors that directly relates to manufacturing – which makes up around 80% of the entire Industrial Production.

The necessary collateral needed for an investor to deposit to allow them hold a position.

A call from a dealer or broker requesting more funds or other collateral that will enable a position stay afloat whilst it has gone against the Handelr.

This is the complete value of a listed firm.

This is a dealer that continually quotes in two ways (bid and ask) and is prepared to make a two — sided market on any financial asset.

A directive to buy or sell at the prevailing price.

Dangers associated to changes in market prices.

This involves the re — assessment of all open positions in view of current market prices. Such values then define the margin requirements.

The settlement date or expiry date of a financial asset.

The Medley report is issued by the Medley Global Advisors, a renowned market consultant that manages close contacts with apex banks and government bodies across the globe. Their reports have the tendency of moving the currency markets, due to their ability to get insider information from policy makers. The market gives attention to this report in the short term, amidst its fluctuating accuracy over time.

This is an abbreviation for month over month, which signals the change in a data series when compared to the previous month’s gauge.

A set of technical indicators that measures the rate of price change, for instance, RSI, MACD, Stochastic, etc.

Investors that position themselves to take 50 — 100 pips in the market, using intra — day trends.

An acronym for the NASDAQ 100 index.

This is the volume of currency bought or sold which has not yet been equalized by opposite transactions.

8:00am – 5:00pm (New York time).

An acronym for the NYSE Composite Index.

The price at which the market is ready to sell an asset and are usually seen as quoted in two — ways; Bid/Offer. The Offer is also known as Ask.

When we refer to a market as trading ‘offered’, this signifies that a forex pair is drawing big huge selling interest, or offers.

A position that cancels or offsets some or all of the risk associated with open orders in the market.

Making effort to sell at the most recent market order price.

The process of having two order whereby executing one of the orders, will mean an automatic cancelling of the other.

Paying a fixed amount to an option holder when the market touches the predefined Barrier Level.

An order that will be initiated when the market takes a turn to a specified price. The open order is usually linked to Good ‘till Cancelled Orders.

A live Handel with corresponding unaccounted profit and loss which has not been covered by an equal and opposite order.

An instruction to initiate a Handel.

His is employed in depicting any transaction that is not carried out via an exchange.

A position that stays open until the next business day.

This depicts the offer side of dealings in the market.

The standard forex quoting convention that matches a currency versus the other.

A huge round of selling.

The movement of the market over a huge distance within a short span, normally moving in an accelerating manner that looks like one half of a parabola, with such moves either in upward or downward direction.

The execution of only a part of an order.

Lining up for certain levels, or news event to strike the market before initiating an order.

A measure of an individual’s total yearly gross earnings gotten from wages, business enterprises and other investments. Personal income has a direct like to personal spending, which amounts to around 2.3% of the GDP of advanced economies.

The minutest unit of price for any given currency is called pips.

Opening up to fluctuating policies by government, which may have a negative effect on Handelr’s positions.

An investment collection that an entity owns.

An assets total net holdings.

The number by which the price of futures or forward exceeds the spot price.

Explains quotes to which market participants has unparallel access.

The selling price minus the cost price, knowing that the selling price is higher than the cost price.

A pullback is a pause or moderate drop in a stock or commodities pricing chart from recent peaks that occurs within a continuing uptrend

This is an economic indicator that describes manufacturing firm’s performance within a country.

Price shown in the market employed for information purposes alone.

This is a process that entails injecting cash into an economy by the apex bank, with the goal of stimulating growth.

The price of a currency in relation to another.

Selling an instrument just to have it re — purchased at a given time and date.

The resultant profit or loss from shares being sold.

A widely used term in technical analysis to describe price level beyond which a currency is unable to pass. This pattern can be shaped into a straight line, when over time price fails to move beyond the point of resistance.

Exposure to unpredictable change.

The amount of cash that an investor can afford to put in, even when lost, will not hamper his/her lifestyle.

Employing financial analysis along with trading techniques to hedge risk

Variation in interest rate between two currencies during deal settlement that is rolled forward to another date.

The process of finalizing a transaction.

An investment order that originates from short selling.

Selling an asset without actually owning it in anticipation that there will be a decline in price, so that it can be bought back for future gains.

An instant transaction that depicts funds changing hands within two days after striking the deal.

The prevailing market price.

This is the difference between the bid and ask prices, and can be used in gauging the liquidity in the market. When we get narrow spreads, they are a signal for high liquidity.

Another used to describe the Great Britain Pound.

An agreeable price in which an order can be bought or sold.

A technical analysis studies that describes a specified price point below which a currency is unable to go pass. Successive failure for price to go beyond that level will yield a pattern that can be shown using an approximate straight line.

The temporal holding of an asset, which is then exchanged after a specified time span. To compute swap, derive the interest rate differential between both currencies. Such values can be employed in speculative purposes in a bid to forecast interest rates movements.

A form of market analysis that attempts to predict future price actions by analyzing market data like charts, volume and trends.

Minutest price action.

An instrument that is able to display historical and/or recent currency data in graph or table format.

The concurrent buying and selling of a currency for the following day delivery.

A designed tactics for trading the foreign exchange market.

The associated cost relating to buying and selling of a financial asset.

The date in which the Handel was carried out.

The volume executed over a defined period.

A combination of the quoted bid and offer rates for a currency transaction.

A way of depicting a market condition that is unforgiving, violent and quick.

Another name for the FTSE 100 index.

A measure that shows the number of individuals claiming unemployment benefits. The figure tends to be lower than the unemployment data, because not all the unemployed are eligible for benefits.

This is an economic indicator that measures the change in the number of individuals claiming unemployment benefits over the preceding month.

Another name for Brent Crude Oil.

The real Handeld market from where a product’s price is gotten.

This figure gauges the entire workforce that is unemployed and vigorously seeking employment. It is measured as a percentage of the work force.

A unique price quote at a price above the previous quote.

Another name for the Dow Jones Index.

Another name for WTI Crude Oil.

The interest rate issued by US banks to their prime corporate clients.

This is also referred to as the maturity date, which is the date in which counterparts to a financial transaction conform to sort — out their respective obligations, like payments exchanges.

Funds that is necessary for investors to hold in their account to have the necessary margin to subsist with fluctuations in the market.

These are active markets that usually offer Handel opportunities.

The value of securities exchanged during a definite period.

A kind of Handeld options; offering rights to buy shares or bonds issued by a firm at a definite price within a definite timeframe.

This is a word used in describing a highly volatile market where a sharp price action is immediately followed by a sharp reversal.

A situation where the limit order has been called but yet to be filled.

An abbreviation for The Wall Street Journal.

A symbol in the market for Silver Index.

A Symbol in the market for Gold Index.

A Symbol in the market for AMEX Composite Index.

Defines a billion units.

The return from an investment, expressed in percentage.

A symbol for Year over year.

The Chinese base unit currency. The currency is called the Renminbi, while the base unit is called the Yuan.