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  • Account Limit
    The maximum amount of money that an account is allowed to have in it.
  • After Hours Trading
    Trading on a market after the underlying market has closed.
  • AML
    Anti Money Laundering. Refers to legal controls placed on companies to prevent and report money laundering.
  • Arbitrage
    Trading on a price differential between two or more markets.
  • Ask Price
    The price at which you can buy at or bet that a market will go up.
  • Back Office
    Administration software to monitor your account, trades, positions etc.
  • Base Currency
    The first currency in a currency pair. For example in GBP/USD, GBP is the base currency. It is this currency that the exchange rate refers to, so if the exchange rate was 1.6350 then 1 unit of the base currency equals 1.6350 units of the second currency.
  • Base Rate
    Refers to the official rate of interest set by the Bank of England.
  • Basis Points
    One hundredth of a percent. ie 0.01 %. So half a percent is 50 basis points.
  • Bear Market
    A market in which the prices are in general decline.
  • Bid Ask Spread
    The difference between the bid price and the offer price.
  • Bid Price
    The price at which you can sell at or bet that a market will go down.
  • Bull Market
    A market in which the prices are in generally rising.
  • Buy
    When you BUY when you believe a market will rise or when you want to close a position that you have previously SOLD.
  • Cable
    The global nickname give the currency pair GBP/USD. It derived from the cable laid under the sea from London to New York in 1850 which enabled currency prices to be sent telegraphically.
  • Cash Price
    The price of the underlying market which another market may be based on.
  • Central Bank
    The Government of a country’s banker who implements monetary policy.
  • CFD
    Contract for Difference. Margin trading on financial markets.
  • Charting
    A visual representation of the historic price movement of a market which can be used in an attempt to predict the future movement.
  • Closing Only
    When positions may only be closed and not opened.
  • Closing Price
    The last price that a market trades at. The ‘Official Close’ maybe a different to this.
  • Corporate action
    When a company structure changes or a dividend is issued etc.
  • Cost of Carry
    The actual cost to run a position from one day to the next. E.g. financing.
  • Counter currency
    The second currency in a currency pair, also known as the contra currency.
  • Cover
    To reduce or close an open position.
  • Cross Rate
    Normally refers to non major currency pairs. E.g. Aud/Cad.
  • Day trading
    Trading throughout the day without leaving positions on to run overnight.
  • Delivery
    A trade which is allowed to expire and which a physical delivery of a product occurs.
  • Deposit
    The amount that you have credited into your account.
  • Derivative
    A market that is priced using another market as its bench mark.
  • Dividend
    A share of a company’s profits that is distributed to its shareholders.
  • ECB
    European Central Bank
  • Economic Indicator
    A statistic usually issued by a Government department indicating the financial state of the economy.
  • Equity
    Another word for a share.
  • ETF
    Exchange Traded Fund. Quoted on stock markets and mimics an underlying index, commodity or bonds etc.
  • Ex Dividend
    When a share is traded with no rights or obligations to the due dividend.
  • Expiry
    When a market will close and end permanently.
  • Fair Value
    The difference between the underlying price and the theoretical Futures price.
  • Fast Market
    When a market is so volatile and heavily traded that it can trade outside of the current ‘screen’ price.
  • Fed
    Federal Reserve. The central bank of the USA
  • Fill
    An order that has been completed.
  • Flat
    When you have no position.
  • FOMC
    Federal Open Market Committee. Part of the Fed reserve that controls US interest rates.
  • Front Month
    The main Futures contract of a market in which most trading takes place.
  • Futures
    A contract to buy or sell something at a specified rate on a given date.
  • FX
    Foreign exchange.
  • Gap
    When a market price ‘jumps’ significantly from the previously traded price.
  • Gearing
    A means of placing a large trade with only a small deposit through leverage.
  • GFD
    Good For the Day. Usually refers to when an order is no longer valid.
  • Grey Market
    A market that we may quote even when the actual underlying market is closed.
  • GT
    Good Till. Usually refers to when an order is no longer valid.
  • GTC
    Good Till Cancelled. Usually refers to when an order is no longer valid.
  • Hedging
    A trade that reduces your exposure or risk to another trade.
  • High
    The highest point at which a market traded.
  • Historical Trading Range
    The price history of a market.
  • Illiquid
    Very little volume can be traded without moving the price by a lot.
  • Index
    A basket of weighted markets.
  • Indication Price
    A guide price. Not an actual tradable price.
  • Inflation
    The rate at which general price levels are rising.
  • Initial Margin
    The amount of up from deposit required to place a particular trade.
  • Junk Bond
    High yielding bonds issued by companies to raise funds.
  • KYC
    Know Your Customers. An obligation on companies to know the identity, experience and requirements of their customers.
  • Last Trading Day
    The last day in which trading is permitted before a market expires.
  • Leverage
    A means of placing a large trade with only a small deposit through gearing.
  • Libor
    London Interbank Offered Rate. The interest rate that commercial banks lend to each other in the UK. There is a fixing everyday at 11am which is used for a lot of global calculations.
  • Limit Down
    The maximum that a market is allowed to fall at any one time by its regulators.
  • Limit Order
    An order to buy or sell at a more advantageous level than where the market last traded.
  • Limit Up
    The maximum that a market is allowed to rise at any one time by its regulators.
  • Liquid
    When a market has a lot of buying and selling volume going through, not affecting the price.
  • Long Position
    When you have a position in which you benefit from a rising price.
  • Lot
    A preset trading amount. On MT4 platform this is 100,000.
  • Low
    The lowest point at which a market traded.
  • P&L
    Profit and Loss.
  • Manifest Error
    When a wrong price has been dealt on.
  • Margin Call
    When you are called for additional margin as you do not have enough to allow for the adverse price movement in the position you hold.
  • Margin
    The amount of deposit required to fund a position.
  • Mark to Market
    The value of a position based on the current price.
  • Market Capitalisation
    The value of a company.
  • Market Order
    An instruction to buy or sell at wherever the price is at the moment.
  • Maximum trade size
    The maximum stake that can be traded at any one time.
  • MIS
    Market Information Sheets.
  • Net position
    Total position held.
  • Normal market size
    The usual volume that is traded in particular market.
  • Notional
    The nominal or face value of something.
  • OCO
    One Cancels Other. Two orders placed, where if one is completed it cancels the other.
  • Offer
    The price at which you can buy at.
  • Open position
    Any current trades which have been opened and not yet closed.
  • Order
    An instruction to initiate a trade when a specific price is reached.
  • OTC
    Over The Counter. A market not traded on a recognised exchange.
  • Our quote
    The price at which GKFX is willing to buy or sell at.
  • Over bought
    When a market has been aggressively bought causing the price to move to unsustainably high levels.
  • Over Sold
    When a market has been aggressively sold causing the price to move to unsustainably low levels.
  • Pip
    A term usually used in FX to refer to the smallest increment that a price can move by.
  • Point
    A term used in any market referring to the smallest increment that a price can move by.
  • Position
    Any current trades which have been opened and not yet closed.
  • Quote
    A two-way market price containing the bid price and the offer price.
  • Realised P&L
    The actual profit or loss made after a position has been closed.
    Resistance
    A level where technical analysts believe selling will occur.
  • Retail Investor
    Someone who invests or trades in a non-professional capacity.
  • Rights issue
    Where a company sells new shares to raise capital.
  • Risk
    The exposure to something where the outcome is unknown to varying degrees.
  • Rollover
    A procedure when a position which is approaching expiry is moved to the next contract expiry date.
  • Running P&L
    Your current profit or loss based on up to date prices.
  • SEC
    Securities and Exchange Commission (US regulatory authority).
  • Sell
    When you SELL when you believe a market will fall or when you want to close a position that you have previously BOUGHT.
  • Settlement
    When a market will close and end permanently.
  • Short position
    When you have a position in which you benefit from a falling price.
  • Slippage
    The difference between the level which an order was left at and the actual price it was filled at. This amount may increase during times of extreme volatility.
  • Spot
    The underlying main cash price, usually referring to FX.
  • Spread
    The difference between the Bid price and the Offer price.
  • Stamp Duty
    A government tax imposed on the purchase of shares.
  • Stop Loss
    An order linked to an open position that will close it at a predetermined level which is further away than at present, thus limiting your loss.
  • Stop
    An order to sell or buy at a worse level than at present. This will normally open a new position, but could be used to close a position (but it is not linked to anything).
  • Support Level
    Commonly known as Support; a level where technical analysts believe buying will occur.
  • Takeover
    The transfer of ownership from one group to another.
  • Technical Analysis
    Analysing charts and information to look for patterns or trends to help make predictions on future price movements.
  • Terms of Business
    Your legal contract with GKFX and ours with you.
  • Tick
    A term used in any market referring to the smallest increment that a price can move by.
  • Trading range
    The high and low prices that have actually traded during a given time.
  • Trailing stop
    A stop loss order which automatically moves if you are in profit so that you keep reducing your potential loss.
  • Underlying asset
    The core market from which other prices may be linked or related to.
  • Up Bet
    When you BUY when you believe a market will rise or when you want to close a position that you have previously SOLD.
  • Volatility
    The amount something moves in proportion to time.
  • Warrant
    An option to buy a stock at a given price at some time in the future.
  • Yard
    A slang term usually referring to a billion.
  • Yield
    The rate of return from an investment.


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