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A

ADR Average Daily Range
APY Annual Percentage Yield
ATR Average True Range
AUD Australian Dollar (Currency)

B

BID Buyer's Price
BPS Basis Points

C

CAD Canadian Dollar
CFD Contract for Difference
CHF Swiss Franc
CPI Consumer Price Index

D

DXY US Dollar Index

E

ECN Electronic Communications Network
EMA Exponential Moving Average
EOD End of Day
EUR Euro

F

FIFO First In, First Out (a trading rule applied in certain jurisdictions).
FOMC Federal Open Market Committee
FX Foreign Exchange


G

GDP Gross Domestic Product
GPD British Pound Sterling
GMT Greenwich Mean Time (used for timestamps in the forex market).

H

HKD

I

IB Introducing Broker
IMF International Monetary Fund
IPO Initial Public Offering

J

JPY Japanese Yen (Currency Code)

K

KPI Key Performance Indicator

L

LIFO Last In, First Out
LOI Limit on Investment

M

MACD Moving Average Convergence Divergence
MM Market Maker
MT4 MetaTrader 4
MT5 MetaTrader 5

N

NFP Non-Farm Payrolls
NZD New Zealand Dollar

O

OCO One Cancels the Other
OTC Over The Counter

P

P&L Profit and Loss
PIP Percentage in Point (the smallest price movement in a currency pair).
PMI Purchasing Managers’ Index

Q


R

RBA Reserve Bank of Australia
RBNZ Reserve Bank of New Zealand
RISK Risk Tolerance

S

SMA Simple Moving Average
SL Stop Loss (an order to close a trade to limit losses).
SNB Swiss National Bank

T

TP Take Profit (an order to close a trade at a set profit level).
TWR Time-Weighted Return

U

USD United States Dollar
UPL Unrealized Profit and Loss

V

VIX Volatility Index

W

WMA Weighted Moving Average

Y

YOY Year Over Year

Z

ZAR South African Rand (Currency Code)