Category Archives: Glossary

Depreciation refers to the decline in the value of a currency. In Forex, when you intend to sell a currency, if the value of the currency pair or security or ask price is less than the value that you paid … Continue reading →

The date on which a debt obtained in a margin account for purchase of securities comes to due for payment is known as maturity.  The maturity is usually the date of settlement or expiry of a financial instrument.

A person who studies graphs and charts from the historical data of the Forex market in an attempt to find trends that will help predict the direction and magnitude of a particular investment security is known as a chartist.

A trader that trades for short term profits that are small during any trading session is known as the jobber. A jobber closes trades between hours and they very rarely carry the trade overnight to the next day.

The probability of the decline in the value of a currency in the exchange rates is known as the currency risk.

Fundamental Analysis is an analysis of the economic scenarios and political disposition influencing a currency rate with the objective of determining future movements of the currency in the financial market.