Bulls
Traders who expect prices to rise and who may be holding long positions.
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Bull Market
Any market in which prices are rising or expected to rise imminently. Typically applied to stock markets, the term can also be used for anything traded, including currencies and commodities. It is the opposite of a bear market.
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Traders who have bought a product.
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Buying a currency or asset in the expectation that its price will increase. In FX you go long on the base currency you purchase and short on the quote currency you sell: buying EUR/GBP means going long euros and short sterling.
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Aggressive
A description of traders and/or price action acting with conviction.
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The simultaneous buying and selling of the same currency in different markets to profit from small price differences. The strategy exploits temporary inefficiencies in FX markets.
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An instruction given to a dealer to buy or sell at the best rate that can be obtained at a specific time.
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An instruction given to a dealer to buy or sell at a specific price or better.
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A third party coordinating the sale of financial securities between sellers and buyers. Exchanges only accept orders from their members, so traders and investors use brokers as intermediaries; brokers are compensated through commissions, fees or payment from the exchange.
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Taking a long position on a product.
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