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Glossary
of terms at CFI
A glossary of technical words and trading definitions giving their meanings
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Glossary of Terms
annual return
Annual return in terms of trading terminology, is the return on trading funds that a trader or trad...
ask price
The ask price (also known as the offer), is the lowest price that a seller is willing to offer (sell...
assets
Assets are defined as resources with an economic value that a country, company or individual possess...
base currency
In the foreign exchange markets, currency prices are displayed or quoted as currency pairs such as G...
bearish
Bearish is a term used to describe how a trader feels about the direction of a certain financial mar...
bid price
The bid price is the highest price that a buyer (the bidder) is willing to pay for goods or services...
bonds
Bonds are fixed-income instruments, and in basic terms, represent a loan made by an investor to a bo...
breakouts
A breakout is when the price of a financial instrument or asset trades below a level of support or ...
bullish
Bullish is a term used to describe how a trader feels about the direction of a certain financial mar...
buy
Buying a financial instrument is the act of taking a [long position] on the instrument, speculating ...
capitalization-weighted
A capitalization-weighted index can also be referred to as a market-value-weighted index. This is a...
carry trade
This is a currency trading strategy that benefits from the differentials between a currency offerin...
commodity currency
Commodity currency refers to the types of currencies that move in parallel with the price of global ...
contracts for difference (cfd’s)
Contracts for difference, otherwise known as CFDs, commonly refer to an agreement between two parti...
counter currency
The counter currency, otherwise known as the quote currency, is the second currency listed within a ...
currency correlation coefficient
Currency correlation refers to the relationship between two different currency pairs. A positive cor...
day order
A day order is when a trader informs their broker to buy or sell a financial [instrument] at a prede...
day trading
Day trading refers to traders who focus on short-term trading, entering and exiting positions over a...
decentralized
A decentralized market utilizes a digital platform to allow traders to trade directly between themse...
direct market access (dma)
Direct market access or DMA is used when traders place trades directly in the electronic order book...
Downtrend
A downtrend refers to when the[price action] of a [financial instrument] moves to a lower price poin...
drawdown
Drawdown is used by traders to measure any decline in investments over a specific time period and is...
entry point
Entry point refers to the price at which a trader [sold] or [bought] a financial [instrument] and th...
equities
Equities, in the simplest terms, can be described as shares in the ownership of a company. Equit...
exchange-traded funds (etfs)
Exchange-traded funds or etfs are investment funds that trade onvarious stock exchanges. etfs trade ...
execution
Execution in financial trading terms refers to the finalisation of an order by a trader to either bu...
exit point
The exit point is the time that a trader decides to close their position. Knowing when to take or ba...
exotic currency pair
A currency pair is referred to as “exotic” when it consists of one major currency and one currency f...
filled
In trading terminology, the term ‘filled’ refers to when an order placed by a trader has been retur...
financial markets
Financial markets, broadly speaking, are any place where governments and organizations can go to obt...
forex
The term Forex is short for foreign exchange and refers to the buying and selling of currency on the...
fundamental analysis
Fundamental analysis is a market analysis technique for determining the [intrinsic value] of a [fin...
futures
Futures are financial contracts that obligate the buyer and seller of the contract to complete a tra...
good till canceled order
A good till canceled order, commonly referred to as a GTC order, is an open order used by traders to...
hedging
Hedging is a risk management strategy that mitigates the risk of loss due to price fluctuations by o...
high-frequency trading
High-frequency trading, often referred to as hft, refers to algorithmic trading undertaken by system...
illiquidity
Illiquidity describes when a trader is unable to trade an [instrument] in the market in a straightfo...
indices
The term “indices” is the plural of the word “index”, and in trading terms, an index is a way of tra...
inflation
Inflation is generally quoted in percentages and is the measure of the average price at which a sele...
instrument
Financial instruments are anything that can be used for trading, mainly for speculation or hedging p...
interest rates
Interest rates are the rate at which a lender is prepared to charge for the use of financial service...
intrinsic value
The worth of a [financial instrument] or asset is referred to as intrinsic value. Intrinsic value is...
Margin Call
At cfi you trade with what is called a margin account. margin is the term used when we refer to the ...
Margin Deposit
The margin deposit is also known as the initial margin, deposit margin or simply the deposit. if you...
market capitalisation
Market capitalization, also known as market cap, is the total value of a publicly traded company's s...
market depth
The market depth provides an indication of the liquidity for a trading product. It is presented in t...
market index
A market index, stock index, or stock market index is a method used to track the performance of a gr...
market maker
A market maker, sometimes abbreviated to mm, is a company or person who quotes two-sided markets for...
minor currency pair
A minor currency pair is a pair of currencies from large, strong economies that do not include the U...
moving averages
A moving average is a technical analysis indicator that blends specific price points of a financial ...
order
An order or trade order is a client’s instruction to their brokerage firm to buy or sell a financial...
over the counter (otc)
OTC trading, also known as over-the-counter trading or off exchange trading, describes a transaction...
paper trading
The term ‘paper trading’ originated from when traders on the stock market wanted to practice trading...
pip
The term pip stands for point in percentage and is the measurement of the smallest price move that a...