Trading terms glossary

Explore hundreds of essential trading terms. Learn key concepts to trade with confidence.

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AAA Credit Rating

AAA Credit Rating

Algorithmic Trading

Algorithmic Trading — Meaning, Uses, And Benefits

Alpha

Alpha — meaning, uses, and benefits in forex trading

American Option

American option — meaning, uses, and benefits

American Stock Exchange (AMEX)

American stock exchange (AMEX): definition, history, current name

Amortizable Bond Premium

Amortizable bond premium — meaning, uses, and benefits

Amortization Schedule

Amortization schedule — meaning, uses, and benefits

Arbitrage

Arbitrage — meaning, uses, and benefits

Ascending Channel

Ascending channel — meaning, uses, and benefits

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Bitwallet

Bitwallet

Bonus

Bonus

c

CFD

Contract for Differences (CFD)

Collateralized Mortgage Obligation

Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO)

Compound Annual Growth Rate

Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)

d

DAX Index

DAX Index

Digital Wallet

Digital Wallet

Discretionary Trading

Discretionary Trading

e

ECN Broker

ECN Broker

Engulfing

Engulfing

f

Fill or Kill

Fill or Kill

Financial Institutions

What is a Financial Institution?

Futures Contract

Futures Contract

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HK50

HK50

Horizontal Line

Horizontal Line

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Income Tax

Income Tax

Indices

Indices

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Legal Tender

Legal Tender

Leverage

Leverage

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Margin Account

Margin Account

Margin Call

Margin Call

Market Order

Market Order

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NASDAQ

NASDAQ

Neteller

Neteller

Nikkei 225 Index

Nikkei 225 Index

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Option

Option

Oscillator Indicators

Oscillator Indicators

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Pending Order

Pending Order

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Quoted Price

Quoted Price

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Retracement

Retracement

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Seller

Seller

Skrill

Skrill

Spot Market

Spot Market

Spot Trading

Spot Trading

Spread

Spread

SPX

S&P 500

STICPAY

STICPAY

Support and Resistance Indicators

Support and Resistance Indicators

Swap Free

Swap Free

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Tick Size

Tick Size

Time Horizon

Time Horizon

Timeframe

Timeframe

Trailing Stop

Trailing Stop

Treasury Management

Treasury Management

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Underlying Asset

Underlying Asset

v

Value at Risk

Value at Risk (VaR)

VPS

VPS (Virtual Private Server)

x

XAUUSD

What Is XAUUSD?

y

Yield Spread

What is Yield Z/G-spread?