Vocabular — Mintx

Ask

This is the price in the order book at which the trader can open a buy trade.

Asset

This is the subject of a transaction in the financial or currency market. The instruments traded by traders.

Bid

This is the price in the order book at which the trader can open a sell trade.

Broker

This is an employee of a brokerage company who concludes purchase and sale transactions on the financial market on behalf of the trader. A broker does not use his own capital to trade, he performs intermediary functions and earns money from commissions and fees from the transactions carried out.

Buy

This is a bargain to buy.

Buy-limit

This is a pending buy order below market prices.

Buy-stop

This is a pending buy order above market prices.

Capitalization

Market capitalization is the total value of a company's shares outstanding at a given time. It is calculated by multiplying the number of outstanding shares by the price per share.

Comission

This is the broker's fee for executing trades to open or close trades.

Flipper

This is a person who makes short-term financial transactions, selling shares immediately after buying them.

Forward

This is a contract under which one currency is exchanged for another at a predetermined date at a predetermined price

Futures

This is a type of futures transactions on a commodity or stock exchange: the purchase and sale of the terms of future contracts with the fixation of their term.

Hedge

It is insurance of financial risks by taking an opposite position on an asset in the market.

Issue

This issue in circulation of banknotes in all forms, shares, certificates, bonds and other government securities; leads to an increase in the money supply in circulation.

Issuer

This is an organization that issues securities to develop and finance its activities

Leverage

It is a loan that the broker gives to the investor to make a transaction for a larger amount than the investor's own capital on the account. The ratio of investor's own funds to borrowed funds is called leverage.

Liquidity

This is an opportunity to quickly sell the asset at a price close to the market.

Margin

This is the collateral funds that are required when using leverage. This is the amount that is "frozen" on the trading account until the position is closed. These funds are needed as a guarantee to the broker that the trader will pay for his liabilities in case of unfavorable outcome of a deal.

Mining

This is the activity of creating new structures to ensure the functioning of cryptocurrency platforms.

Option

It is a security that confirms an investor's right to buy or sell a product at a certain time at a predetermined price.

Order

This is an order to a broker to buy/sell a certain number of financial instruments

Oscillator

This is an indicator limited to 0% and 100% levels. Oscillators are called leading indicators due to the fact that they often reach extremes before prices reverse. Profitable oscillator signals are most likely in flat markets. However, trends leave oscillators with no chance of profitable signals because the oscillator spends most of its time in the extreme zone on a trend.

Pool

It is a form of association (agreement), usually temporary, in which the profits of its members go into a common fund and are distributed between them according to predetermined ratios.

Sell

This is a sale of a financial asset, a trade for sale.

Sell-limit

This is a pending sell order above market prices.

Sell-stop, s/s

This is a pending sell order below market prices.

Setup

This is a pricing model suitable for the transaction.

Short

Literally, it is a "short bargain," a bargain to sell.

Spot

This is a transaction. Terms of settlement in which payment for the transaction is made immediately.

Spread

This is the difference between the best buy and sell prices of the trading asset (the lower the spread, the higher the liquidity and vice versa).

Statement

These are statistics of trading results of a trader or fund.

Stock market

This is a centralized exchange market where shares of companies of a certain country are traded.

Stop-loss, sl

This is a pending order, fixing the planned loss of the trader.

Stop Out

This is a forced closing of positions in the trading terminal when there are not enough funds in the account.

Swap

This is a type of financial transaction in which the buyer (seller) of currency, securities at the time of purchase (sale) assumes the obligation to sell (buy) the currency, securities at some time.

Switch

This is a type of currency exchange transaction in which currency is bought on a "swap" basis and sold on a "forward" basis (liquidation of earlier commitments on some securities or currencies and conclusion of transactions on others)

Take profit, t/p

This is a pending order, fixing the planned trader's profit.

Tick

This is the minimum fluctuation of the exchange rate set by the exchange rules.

Timeframe

This is the time interval of price movements, reflected on the charts in the form of a single vertical element.

Trading

This is the purchase/sale of financial assets (instruments) on the stock exchange, with the expectation of making a profit due to changes in their exchange value.

Trading account

This is a separate account for trading in financial markets, which traders and investors open with a broker

Trailing stop

This is the level of stop-loss, which automatically follows the price movement at the distance in pips set by the trader.

Transaction

This is a transaction between two participants in the financial markets.

Validity

It is the reliability of the information, the absence of errors in it.

Volatility

It is a measure of the volatility of prices of various assets and exchange rates.

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