Closing Price
A market’s final price level before it closes for the day, used as the price level shown on a typical line chart.
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Bar Chart
A chart type built from four significant points: the high and low prices, which form the vertical bar; the opening price, marked with a horizontal line to the left of the bar; and the closing price, marked with a horizontal line to the right.
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A chart type used to analyse a market’s price. Unlike bar charts, candlestick charts show the market’s high, low, open and closing price within each period.
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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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Traders who expect prices to rise and who may be holding long positions.
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