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Forex glossary
Plain-language definitions of the terms used in forex and CFD trading. Each definition is a recorded row written by us — if a term is not listed, we have not written it yet rather than guessing at one.
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Range Market
A range, or sideways market, is a period in which price oscillates between an upper and a lower boundary without making a sustained move in either direction. Ra…
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Resistance
Resistance is a price area where buying has previously been met by enough selling to stop or reverse a rise. Like support it is drawn as a zone, because the exa…
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Risk-Reward Ratio
The risk-reward ratio compares what a trade risks to what it targets, usually written as something like 1:2 where the take-profit distance is twice the stop-los…
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Rollover
Rollover is the daily carrying forward of an open position to the next value date, and the swap adjustment is applied at that moment. It happens automatically a…
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RSI
The Relative Strength Index measures how much of the recent price movement has been upward rather than downward, on a scale of nought to one hundred. Readings a…
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