• Automated Trading → ATS - Automated Trading System is a program, software or system that operates inside a computer and creates automatically buy or sell orders to a brokerage house, market or exchange.
• Asynchronous execution → An Asynchronous execution is when a request was send to the server and without waiting for the response from the server is sending the next request.
• Aussie dollar Index Line Chart → Its a line chart of AUD value against 7 currencies: USD, EUR, JPY, CHF, CAD, GBP and NZD

• Hedge → Hedging is one of the best trading strategies where no Stop Loss is used
• High Frequency Trading → High Frequency Trading or HFT is a high speed and high volume trading executed by robots.

I

• IFTA → The International Federation of Technical Analysts ( IFTA ) is a global organization of market analysis societies and Technical Analysis associations.
  
• Index → Index / Indices measures the performance of an asset class, such as equity, commodity or currency
• Indicators → In Technical Analysis an Indicator is a mathematical calculation on price and volume on a historical data.
• Interest Rate → The amount of money measured in percentages per annum (PA) of an amount of money lent, deposited or borrowed.
  

J

• Japanese Yen Index Line Chart → Its a line chart of JPY value against 7 currencies: USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CHF, CAD and NZD

K

• Kagi chart → A Kagi chart is a chart used to measure the price movements and does not have a time axis.
  

L

• Leverage → The Leverage ratio is the minimum margin required by your Broker

• Lot (Lots) → 1 Lot is equal to 100,000 units or 100k of the base currency in the exchange rate of a currency

• Line Chart →  Its a line connecting a series of points that represents a past closing price of a specific period ( day, hour, 10 min)

M

• Maximum Balance Drawdown → The maximum difference between highest peak and lowest trough of a account Balance chart.

• Maximum Equity  Drawdown → The maximum difference between highest peak and lowest trough of a account Equity chart.

• Minute Data → The recorded minute price change collection of a per currency, stock, commodity, bonds and other financial instruments.

• MiniLot → 1 MiniLot is equal to 10,000 units or 10k of the base currency in the exchange rate of a currency, 1 MiniLot = 0.1 Lot
• MicroLot → 1 MicroLot is equal to 1,000 units or 1k of the base currency in the exchange rate of a currency, 1 MiicroLot = 0.1 MiniLot = 0.01 Lot
• Momentum Indicators → Is a group of technical indicators that measures the speed at which prices move over a given time period.

N

• Net Profit → The Net Profit is the difference between the Gross Profit and the cost of trading transactions and Broker Commissions.

• New Zealand dollar Index Line Chart → Its a line chart of NZD value against 7 currencies: USD, EUR, JPY, CHF, GBP, AUD and CAD

O

• OHLC → Open, High, Low and Close of a period

• Option → An Option is a contract which gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an instrument at a specific price on a predefined date. Options are derivatives of financial securities, commodities, bonds or currencies.
• Oscillator Indicators → A group of indicators designed to measure the direction and speed of changing prices.

P

• Peak / Peaks → A peak is a high turning point, usually it refers to a chart. The opposite of a peak is the trough.

• Pip (Pips) → A pip is a unit in the per currency quote. 1 pip in the all JPY(Japanese Yen) per currencies is 0.01. 1 pip in all the other per currencies is 0.0001

• Pipette (Pipettes) → A pipette is a unit in the per currency quote. 1 pipette in the all JPY(Japanese Yen) per currencies is 0.001 and 1 pipette in all the other per currencies is 0.00001

Q

• Quantitative analysis → Uses mathematical measurements, calculations and statistical modeling in order to predict markets behavior.

R

• RSI → The RSI (relative strength index) is a momentum oscillator and is measured on a scale from 0 to 100.

S

• Spread → Ask - Bid = Spread. The Spread is mostly used in Currency Trading

• STP → Straight Through Processing. When you are trading through a STP platform, you are direct connected with the liquidity provider.

• Swap → The exchange of the interest rate between two currencies.
• Swiss franc Index Line Chart → Its a line chart of CHF value against 7 currencies: USD, EUR, JPY, CAD, GBP, AUD and NZD
• Synchronous execution → A Synchronous execution is when a request was send to the server and wait for the server response before is sending the next request.

T

• Take Profit → The exact rate where to close out an existing open position or a pending order

• Thin market → A Thin market is a market with low liquidity or low number of market participants, usually characterized by larger spread.
• Tick → The minimum change in price over an executed trade(trades) of a per currency

• Tick Data → The recorded Tick movements price change collection of a per currency

• Trailing Stop → Trailing Stop is a variable Stop Order or Stop Loss Order.

• Trader → A trader is an individual who buys and sells stocks, commodities, bonds, currency and derivatives.
• Trend following indicators → Group of indicators designed to define trends objectively.
• Trough / Troughs → A trough is a low turning point, usually it refers to a chart. The opposite of a trough is the peak.
• Technical analysis → Technical analysis study the behavior of market participants reflected in price and volume

U

• US dollar Index Line Chart → Its a line chart of USD value against 7 currencies: EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, CAD, AUD and NZD

V

• Volatility → Is a statistical measure of variation in the price movement.
  
• Volatility Indicators → The Volatility indicators  helps you identify when the market price movements are increasing.
• Volume indicators → Is a group of technical indicators used in Technical Analysis and is using volume in the calculation.

• Weighted Moving Average - WMA → A Weighted Moving Average (WMA) assigns a higher weighting to recent price data.