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- Abandoned Baby
- Accumulation Area
- Accumulative Swing Index (ASI)
- Address
- ADP National Employment Report
- Advance/Decline Index
- Average Directional Index (ADX)
- Agency Model
- Aggressors
- Algorithmic Trading
- Alligator
- Altcoins
- Analyst
- Andrews’ Pitchfork
- Anti Money Laundering
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Appreciation
- Arbitrage
- Aroon Oscillator
- Aroon Up/Down
- Ascending Channel
- Ascending Trend Line
- Ascending Triangle
- ASIC Mining
- Ask Price
- Asset
- Asset Purchase Programme (APP)
- Asymmetric Encryption
- Asymmetric Slippage
- Aussie (AUD)
- Austerity
- Average True Range (ATR)
- Awesome Oscillator
- Bag Holder
- Bags
- Bail-In
- Bailout
- Balance Of Trade
- Baltic Dry Index
- Bank Levy
- Bank of International Settlement (BIS)
- Bank Run
- Banking Institutions
- Bar Chart
- Barack Obama
- Base Currency
- Base Rate
- Basing
- Basis Point
- Bear
- Bear Flag
- Bear Trap
- Bearish
- Bearish Engulfing
- Bearish Market
- BearWhale
- Beige Book
- Ben Bernanke
- Bid
- Bid/Ask Spread
- Bid-Offer Spread
- Bid Price
- Biflation
- Big Figure
- Big Figure Quote
- Binary Options
- Bitcoin (BTC)
- Bitcoin Cash
- Bitcoin Maximalist
- Block
- Block Explorer
- Block Header
- Block Height
- Block Reward
- Blockchain
- Blue Chip
- Bank of Canada (BOC)
- Bank of England (BOE)
- Bank of Japan (BOJ)
- Bollinger Bands
- Bond
- Bond Auction
- Bond Yield
- Book
- Boris Schlossberg
- Breakdown
- Breakeven
- Breakout(s)
- Brent Crude
- Bretton Woods Agreement Of 1944
- Brexit
- BRIC
- British Pound Sterling (GBP)
- Broadening Formation
- Broker
- Broker-Dealer
- BTD
- BTFD
- Buck (USD)
- Bull
- Bull Flag
- Bull Trap
- Bullish
- Bullish Belt Hold
- Bullish Engulfing
- Bullish Market
- Business Inventories
- Buy Limit
- Buy Stop
- Buying Pressure
- Cable
- Camarilla Pivot Points
- Canadian Dollar (CAD)
- Candlestick Chart
- Capital Markets Authority of Kenya
- Carbon Credits
- Carry Trade
- Catalyst
- Cboe EuroCurrency Volatility Index (EVZ)
- Central Bank(s)
- Central Bank Intervention
- Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)
- Central Counterparty Clearing House (CCP)
- Central Limit Order Book (CLOB)
- Chaikin Oscillator
- Channel
- Chart Pattern
- Chartist
- Chicago PMI
- Chinese Yuan (CNY)
- Christine Lagarde
- Circulating Supply
- Client
- Closed Position
- Cloud Mining
- Coin Age
- Cold Storage
- Collateral
- Comdoll
- Commercial Bank
- Commercial Corporations
- Commission
- Commitments of Traders Report (COT)
- Commodity
- Commodity Channel Index (CCI)
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
- Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA)
- Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index (CCI)
- Confirmation
- Confluence
- Consensus Algorithm
- Consolidation
- Continuation Pattern
- Continuous Linked Settlement (CLS)
- Contract
- Contract for Difference (CFD)
- Convergence
- Conversion Rate
- Core Pce Price Index
- Correlation
- Cost of Carry
- Council of the European Union
- Counter Currency
- Counterparty
- Cover
- Cover On A Bounce
- Cover On Approach
- Consumer Price Index (CPI)
- Crack Spread
- Credit Rating
- Credit Rating Agency
- Credit Risk
- Cross Currency Pairs
- Cross Hair
- Cross Rate
- Crude Oil Inventories
- Cryptocurrency
- Cryptography
- cTrader
- Cup and Handle
- Currency
- Currency Code
- Currency Devaluation
- Currency Exchange Controls
- Currency Exposure
- Currency Futures
- Currency Hedging
- Currency Manipulation
- Currency Option
- Currency Pair
- Currency Peg
- Currency Risk
- Currency Spot Rate
- Currency Symbol
- Currency Trading
- Current Account
- Daily Chart
- Dark Cloud Cover
- Dark Pool
- Dash (DASH)
- Day Trader
- Day Trading
- Dealer
- Debt-to-GDP ratio
- Decentralized
- Default
- Deficit
- Deflation
- Delivery
- Delivery Date
- Demarker Indicator
- Demo Account
- Depreciation
- Depression
- Derivative
- Descending Channel
- Detrended Price Oscillator
- Diamond
- Digital Signature
- Dip
- Direct Market Access (DMA)
- Direct Price Stream
- Direct Quotation
- Directional Movement Index (DMI)
- Dirty Float
- Discretionary Account
- Discretionary Trading
- Disparity Index
- Distributed Consensus
- Distributed Ledger
- Divergence
- Dogecoin
- Doji
- Dollar Index
- Donald Trump
- Dot Plot
- Double Bottom
- Double Top
- Dove
- Dovish
- Dow Jones
- Dow Theory
- Downtrend
- Dragonfly Doji
- Drawdown
- Dump
- Durable Goods Orders
- Dust Transaction
- Dynamic Support
- DYOR
- E-trading Desk
- ECN
- Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
- Economic Calendar
- Economic Indicators
- Economists
- Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH)
- Electronic Brokering Services
- Electronic Direct Trading
- Electronic Market Maker
- Elliott Wave Theory
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography
- Emerging Markets
- Empire State Manufacturing Index
- Employment Change
- Employment Cost Index
- Employment Situation Report
- End of Day Order
- Engulfing Pattern
- Enter Trade
- Entry Order
- EOS
- ERC20
- Ethereum (ETH)
- Ethereum Classic (ETC)
- Euro (EUR)
- Euro Interbank Offered Rate
- Eurobond
- Eurodollars
- Eurogroup
- European Central Bank (ECB)
- European Commission
- European Currency Unit (ECU)
- European Economic Area (EEA)
- European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
- European Parliament
- European Union (EU)
- Eurozone
- Evening Doji Star
- Evening Star
- Exchange
- Exchange Rate
- Exchange Rate Risk
- Existing Home Sales
- Exit Trade
- Exotic Currency
- Expectancy
- Expert Advisor
- Expiry Date
- Exponential Moving Average (EMA)
- Exports
- Exposure
- Factory Orders
- Fading
- Fakeout
- Falling Knife
- Falling Three Methods
- Falling Wedge
- Faucets
- Federal Funds Rate
- Federal Reserve
- Fiat
- Fibonacci Arcs
- Fibonacci Channel
- Fibonacci Ellipse
- Fibonacci Extension
- Fibonacci Fan
- Fibonacci Retracement
- Fibonacci Spiral
- Fibonacci Time Projection
- Fibonacci Time Zones
- Fill
- Fill Price
- Fill Ratio
- Financial Instruments
- Fiscal Policy
- Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)
- FOMO
- Forex (FX)
- Forward Contract
- FTSE 100
- Fundamental Analysis
- Futures Contract
- G8
- Gaps
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
- Go Long
- Go Short
- Greenback
- Hammer
- Hanging Man
- Haruhiko Kuroda
- Hawkish
- Head and Shoulders
- Hedge Fund
- Hedging
- High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
- ICBC
- Inflation
- Interest Rate
- Intraday Trading
- Inverted Hammer
- Investing
- Investor
- Janet Yellen
- Japanese Yen
- Jerome Powell
- Jobber
- Kathy Lien
- Keltner Channel
- Kenya Shilling
- Kiwi (NZD)
- Know Your Customer
- Leverage
- Line Chart
- Liquidity
- Live Quotes
- Long Term Trading
- Loonie (CAD)
- Lot
- M-Pesa
- MACD (Moving Average Convergence/Divergence)
- Majors
- Marabuzo
- Margin
- Margin Call
- Mario Draghi
- Mark Carney
- Market Risk
- Market Sentiment
- Micro lot
- Mini lot
- Monetary Policy
- Money Management
- Moving Averages
- Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)
- NAFTA
- National Futures Association (NFA)
- Negative Interest Rate Policy (NIRP)
- NEM
- Net Position
- New Development Bank
- New Home Sales
- Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP)
- Node
- Non-Convertible Currency
- Non-deliverable Forward (NDF)
- Nonce
- Nonfarm Productivity
- Notional Amount
- Open Market Operations
- Open Position
- Order
- Over the counter (OTC)
- Overbought
- Overnight Position
- Oversold
- Parabolic
- Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse)
- Patrick Njoroge
- Pending Order
- PesaLink
- Philip Lowe
- Pinbar
- Pip
- Political Risk (Polirisk)
- Pound (GBP)
- Price Action
- Priced In
- Psychology
- Quantitative Easing (QE)
- Quantitative Analysis
- Quote Currency (Counter)
- Rally
- Ranging (Flat) Trend
- Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
- Recession
- Rejection Candle
- Relative Vigor Index (RVI)
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ)
- Reserve Rates
- Resistance Level
- Retail Sales
- Reversal Patterns
- Risk Management
- Relative Strength Index (RSI)
- Safe Haven
- Safe Haven Currency
- Sanctions
- Scalping
- Sell Limit
- Sell Stop
- Sentiment Analysis
- Shinzo Abe
- Shooting Star
- Short Entry
- Short Sell
- Short Term Trading
- Signal (Market Alert)
- Swiss National Bank (SNB)
- Speculation
- Spinning Top
- Spread
- Standard Lot
- Statistical Arbitrage
- Stephen S. Poloz
- Stochastic
- Stock Index
- Stop Loss Order
- Supply/Demand Ratio
- Support Level
- Swap
- Swing Trade
- Swissie (CHF)
- Take Profit Order
- Technical Analysis
- Theresa May
- Thomas J. Jordan
- Time Frame
- Trading Account
- Trading Platform
- Trend
- Trendline
- Uhuru Kenyatta
- Unemployment Rate
- Uptrend
- USDX
- Value Date
- Variation Margin
- VIX
- Vladimir Putin
- Voice Direct Trading
- Voice Indirect Trading
- Volatility
- Wallet
- Wash Trading
- Weak Shorts
- Wedge
- Weighted Moving Average (WMA)
- West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
- Westpac Leading Index
- Whale
- Whipsaw
- Whitelist
- Williams %R
- WM/Reuters Benchmark Rates
- Working Order
- World Bank
- Xenocurrency
- Yard
- Yield
- Yield Chasing
- Yield Curve Control (YCC)
- Zero-Coupon Bond
- Zero Interest Rate Policy (ZIRP)
- Zero Lower Bound (ZLB)
- ZEW Economic Expectations
- ZEW Financial Market Survey
- Zombie