Sloppy Market
A market with seemingly random trading patterns that lack meaningful trends, often oscillating between bearish and bullish. Traders typically wait for a breakout or consolidation into a range before entering.
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Choppy
A market in which an asset’s price shows no clear trend but instead experiences many smaller fluctuations.
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Slang for a highly volatile market in which a sharp price movement is quickly followed by a sharp reversal, with price jumping up and down with no apparent rhythm.
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A period of range-bound activity after an extended price move, in which a market neither continues nor counters the longer-term trend.
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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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