Glossaire du forex
Les mots que chaque leçon de forex suppose connus, définis en une ou deux phrases et reliés à la leçon qui les détaille.
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Base currency
The base currency is the first currency in a currency pair, the one whose price is quoted.
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Bid price
The bid price is the price at which you can sell a currency pair right now.
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Breakeven
Breakeven is the point at which a trade covers its own costs and closes at zero.
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- Qu'est-ce que le forex ?
Forex
Forex (foreign exchange, or FX) is the global market for trading currencies.
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Forex rebate
A forex rebate is money paid back to you for every lot you trade.
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Free margin
Free margin is the part of your equity not tied up as margin by open trades.
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Leverage
Leverage is the ratio between the size of a position and the margin needed to open it.
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Liquidity
Liquidity is how easily you can buy or sell an amount without moving the price much.
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Liquidity provider
Liquidity providers are banks and firms that quote buy and sell prices to a broker.
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Long and short positions
Long and short positions are the two directions a trade can take.
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Lot
A lot is the standard unit of trade size in forex.
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Margin
Margin is the part of your account set aside as a deposit for an open leveraged trade.
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Margin call
A margin call is a warning that your margin level has hit the broker's threshold.
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Margin level
Margin level is your equity divided by the margin used by open trades, times 100%.
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Market order
A market order is an instruction to buy or sell straight away at the best price available.
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Pending order
A pending order is an instruction to trade later, once price reaches a level you set.
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Pip
A pip is the standard unit for measuring a change in a forex price.
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Pip value
Pip value is the amount of money a one pip move adds to or takes from a position.
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Pipette
A pipette is one tenth of a pip, shown as the extra last digit of most forex quotes.
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- Les coûts de trading
Slippage
Slippage is the gap between the price you asked for and the price you got.
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Spread
The spread is the gap between the ask, where you buy, and the bid, where you sell.
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Stop loss
A stop loss is an order that closes your trade at a set price to cap the loss.
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Stop out
Stop out is the margin level at which your broker starts closing your positions.
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Swap (overnight fee)
Swap is the interest you pay or earn for holding a position past the daily rollover.
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Take profit
A take profit is an order that closes your trade at a target price, locking in the gain.
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Trading bonus
A trading bonus is promotional credit a broker adds to your account.
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Trading session
A trading session is one block of the 24-hour forex day, named after a financial centre.