Accumulation Index
An indicator based on the relationship between the number of trades and price change. By tracking the balance of trades and price, it tries to provide information on whether the current trend will continue or not.
Openða Sale İşTransactions
This term is more commonly used for the stock exchange. The investor sells an investment instrument that he does not yet own. When the time comes to deliver the security that he sells with the expectation that its price will fall in the future, he buys it and delivers it.
Openık Market IşTransactions
The purchase and sale of treasury securities by central banks for the purpose of increasing or decreasing the money supply.
Adx
ADX (Average Directional Index) is a technical indicator developed by J. Welles Wilder, part of a system of indicators that show movement in a certain direction.
Buying (Bid) Priceı
The price at which market participants are willing to trade.
Purchase and Sale Difference
The value in pips of the difference between the bid and ask prices of the currency pair.
Buying Signal
A signal that signals the right time and favorable conditions to buy an investment instrument. The indicators traders use on their platforms provide these signals. For example, when the MACDS indicator crosses above the signal line, this is considered a buy signal.
Alligator
An indicator developed by Bill Williams, thought to allow the determination of the level of the market's movement.
Gold Standard System
The system used to determine the value of a currency. The value of the currency was equated to the value of a certain weight of gold. When this system was used, the value of gold against the value of the currency was fixed.
American Option
An option that can be traded at any time before it expires.
Andrew's Pitchfork
An indicator developed by Alan Andrews that consists of three separate parallel lines. It is used to identify price channels with important support and resistance.
Api
This definition, which stands for Open Market Operations, is the name given to the active transactions carried out by the Central Bank in order to control the circulation of money in the market.
Intermediary Bank
It is usually a local bank working for a foreign bank.
Arbitrage
It is the process of buying a security in a cheap market and selling it in a more expensive market. Thanks to advancing technology and fast communication infrastructure, arbitrage opportunities have become fewer and fewer. This is because markets are in communication and prices move almost simultaneously thanks to the communication network.
Back Office
They are the places where financial institutions do their bookkeeping, administrative and reporting work.
Aroon
A technical indicator used to measure whether the traded instrument is in a trend and the strength of the current trend.
Aroon Osilatörü
The Aroon oscillator is the upper Aroon indicator minus the lower Aroon indicator. The Aroon indicator moves between 0 and +100, while the Aroon oscillator moves between -100 and +100, with the zero line as the center.
Increasing Trend Channel
The ascending trend channel connects the bottoms of downward waves and runs parallel to a trend line. The ascending trend channel and the trend line form the boundaries of an upward trend. This is used in a bear market.
Ascending Triangle
Two-way price analysis obtained by joining two trend lines. The trend line below goes up, while the trend line above goes horizontal. This is often used in bull markets.
Overbuying
A technical term for a situation where prices have risen too high and may change direction. In overbought/oversold zones, which can be identified by oscillators such as the Stochastic Oscillator or RSI (Relative Strength Index), prices are predicted to change direction when the indicator line breaks the levels that identify these zones.
Asılı Adam
A candlestick pattern believed to be an indication that prices have turned bearish.
Ask
The selling price of the currency pair.
ATR
(Average True Range) is an indicator that measures volatility. High ATR values signal high volatility, and hence volume and sudden trades. A low ATR indicates that the pair is moving slowly.
Aussie
Australian Dollar
Average Directional Index (ADX)
- It is a technical indicator developed by J. Welles Wilder, which is part of a system of indicators that show movement in a certain direction.
Average True Range (ATR)
It is an indicator that measures volatility. High ATR values signal high volatility, and hence volume and sudden trades. A low ATR indicates that the pair is moving slowly.
Euro
The word that the Turkish Language Institution recommends to replace the Euro currency. European currency.
Awesome Oscillator
An indicator that is thought to generate trading signals based on market momentum.
Moonı Marketı
A market in which sellers are in the majority. Prices tend to fall in this market. The bear's attack technique, the overhead pawing tactic, has become the name given to the shape of the market.
Balance
Last account value. (Open positions are not calculated.)
Balance
See Balance
Bank Line
It is the limit of a loan granted by a bank to a customer.
Interbank Money Market
Markets where short-term funds are traded between banks.
Tape
The value of one currency against another can fluctuate within the price range allowed by the relevant government. This price range is called a band.
Base Currency
English version of base currency (see: Base currency).
Simple Interest
The interest rate at which only the principal of an investment earns during the investment period.
Initial Margin
The amount of collateral paid by the client to take a position, determined on the basis of the leveraged asset.
Flag Formation
Flag patterns are patterns formed by price movements in the opposite direction of the current trend, signaling that the trend will continue.
Short pauses in a steady market movement form a flag pattern.
Base
It is a unit of measurement expressing the change in prices.
Base Currency
The unit to the left of the currency pair. For example, in the EUR/USD pair, the base currency is EUR.
Base Currency
The first currency in the currency pair being traded. In the EUR/TL pair, the Base currency is the Euro.
Base Points
The last digit in the transaction price. For most currencies, this is 1/10000. The most well-known exception to this ratio is the USD/JPY pair, which has a basis point of 1/1000.
Baz Trading
Trading for the purpose of profiting from the change in base points.
BRSA
Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency.
Bears Power
A technical indicator that measures the strength of a bear market.
Standing Order
A position order defined to be executed at a certain price level at a future date.
Standing Order
It means entering a buy or sell order at the price you request, not at the price currently prevailing in the market, and an order that will be transmitted to the market if the market price reaches the level you specify.
Partial Execution of Pending Orders
In case some of the orders you have sent are executed, the realized transactions are recognized at the end of the day. The remaining passive amount is canceled in the system at the end of the day and a new order is created to be valid on the next trading day.
Bid
The purchase price of the currency pair.
Compound Interest
It is the interest that shows the return obtained as a result of subjecting the interest earned by an investment during the investment period to investment in the new investment period. In other words, interest also earns interest.
Bill Williams
A theorist, an economist who had striking theories about the markets and produced technical analysis tools.
BoC
Bank Of Canada. Bank of Canada.
BoE
Bank Of England. Bank of England.
Bull Market
A market in which buyers are in the majority. Prices tend to rise in this market. The bull's inherent attacking technique of throwing up with its horn has become the name given to the shape of the market.
BoJ
Bank Of Japan. Bank of Japan.
Bollinger Band
A technical indicator that helps a trader compare the relative price levels and volatility of a currency pair over a period of time. There are three bands that move along with price movements. The top one is usually the resistance level, while the bottom one is the support level.
Default Risk
The risk that the debt will not be repaid.
Bretton Woods Agreement
In 1944, a conference was held with the participation of 44 countries and it was decided to establish the World Bank and the IMF. At the end of this conference, all participating countries agreed to make their currencies convertible into gold. Since gold prices were fixed at 1 ounce of gold = 35 $, the value of the currencies of all countries began to be calculated according to the dollar.
Broker
A broker is a person or organization that establishes a relationship between buyers and sellers, or between investors and the market, and receives a commission in exchange for its advisory services. Brokers do not manage a portfolio, they only provide advisory services.
Bullish
This is the name given to a bull market (see bull market).
Bulls Power
A technical indicator that measures the strength of a bull market.
Budget Balance
The difference between the income and expenditure of a business or government.
Buy
Buy order
Buy Limit
An automatic buy order placed at a level below the current price to be executed at a later date.
Buy Stop
An automatic buy order placed at a level above the current price to be executed at a later date.
Cable
The jargon nickname for the GBP/USD pair.
Candlestick Chart
Candlestick chart. It is one of the types of graphical representation and the most commonly used in the application of technical analysis tools.
Cross Currency
It is the exchange rate between the currencies of two different countries by measuring their value in terms of the currency of a third country and establishing a relationship between them.
Current Account Deficit
The fiscal deficit that arises when total imports in a country exceed total exports.
CCI
(Commodity Channel Index) Developed by Donald R. Lambert for commodity markets, this indicator generally gives better results in horizontal markets. It is marked with 0 at the center, -100 and +100 at the borders, and a position signal is considered to occur for the price that goes out of these limits.
Hammer
A candlestick pattern that is considered an indication that the market will rise.
Core Inflation
It is a macroeconomic indicator used by countries in determining their fiscal policies and calculated to determine changes in the general price level. Unlike the inflation indicator, core inflation does not take into account exogenous factors that may temporarily affect prices (such as seasonal conditions, increases in energy prices).
Framework Contract
The legal contract that must be drawn up and signed between the brokerage firm and the client before starting to trade Forex as required by legal procedures.
CFD
The Contrat For Difference investment group consists of instruments that allow a deal to be made on the market without the need to actually buy the underlying investment instrument. In this group, only the expectation of the price of the product is bought. For example, if you invest in a stock in a CFD group, you don't actually own the stock, you just make a deal on the price change. This allows you to trade without having to fulfill many of the legal obligations that arise when a share changes hands.
CFTC
Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which we can translate into Turkish as "Commodity Futures Trading Commission", is a state authority that is the market regulator in the US. It has a similar structure to the Capital Markets Board in Turkey.
Chart
English for Price Chart.
Double (Binary) Peak Pattern
On the chart of a particular currency, CFD or commodity, a pattern formed when, while in a bull market, prices turn down from the same high twice, giving the appearance of two side-by-side peaks. Usually, after the formation of this pattern, the market reverses direction and moves into a bear market as prices break the support line at the bottom of the second high. (The opposite of a reversal top pattern is the opposite of this. A reversed top pattern is the opposite. Prices form a low at two points and the market changes direction in a bullish direction).
Line Graph
A chart plotted only on the basis of closing prices. It provides the simplest representation.
Closing Price
Closing price. The price at which you close your position.
Counter Currency
Counter currency. The unit to the right of the currency pair. You use this currency to cover the cost of the currency you want to trade in.
Crosshair
Program tool that gives the mouse cursor coordinate and distance measurement capabilities on the graphics screen.
Bar Graph
As with the other charts, the opening, closing, high and low levels of the prices are clear. The opening price is the price of the first trade in that timeframe and appears as a line to the left on the bar. The closing price is the price of the last trade in the timeframe and appears as a line to the right on the bar. The highest price is the highest price realized during the time frame and is the top of the bar. The lowest price is the lowest price during the timeframe and is located at the bottom of the bar.
Bar Graph
As with the other charts, the opening, closing, high and low levels of the prices are clear. The opening price is the price of the first trade of that timeframe and is shown as a line to the left on the bar. The closing price is the price of the last trade in the timeframe and appears as a line to the right on the bar. The highest price is the highest price realized during the timeframe and is the highest point on the bar. The lowest price is the lowest price in the timeframe and is at the bottom of the bar.
Currency
Currency denomination. The name given to each of the currency denominations you want to trade.
Currency Pair
Currency pair. In Forex, trades are made on currency pairs. EUR/USD is a currency pair.
Cycle Lines
Technical analysis drawing tool that allows you to specify equal time intervals on price charts.
Floating Exchange Rate
A system in which foreign exchange prices are determined according to purchases and sales in the free market without government intervention.
Floating Exchange Rate System
It is an exchange rate system in which foreign exchange prices are determined in the free market according to supply and demand and there is no official intervention.
Dealer
It is the name given to persons and institutions acting on their own behalf and account in trading transactions.
Dealing Rates
Transaction prices. This is the field where buying and selling prices of currency pairs are reported.
Deflation
The name given to a sustained downward trend in the general level of prices.
Depreciation
A fall in the value of a currency due to reduced demand in the market.
Valuation
The appreciation of one currency against another currency.
Demarker
An indicator with trend-following features designed by Tom DeMarker.
Deposit
Money loaded for collateral after account opening
Support
The level on a descending price chart that prices will struggle to cross.
Devaluation
The devaluation of a currency through announcements and regulations made by official institutions.
Rectangle Formation
It is a pattern that occurs when the price, which is moving in a certain direction, oscillates between a specified support and resistance for a period of time.
Directional Movement Indicator (DMI)
It is an indicator where the positive (+) DI line reflects buying pressure and the negative DI line reflects selling pressure. It gives a buy signal as long as the "+DI" line is above the "-DI" line and a sell signal when the "+DI" line is below the "-DI" line.
Resistance
The level on a rising price chart that prices will struggle to cross.
Distribution Index
An indicator based on the relationship between the number of trades and price change. By tracking the balance of trades and price, it tries to provide information on whether the current trend will continue or not.
Dmi
(Directional Movement Indicator) An indicator where the positive (+) DI line reflects buying pressure and the negative DI line reflects selling pressure. It gives a buy signal as long as the "+DI" line is above the "-DI" line and a sell signal when the "+DI" line is below the "-DI" line.
Doji
A candlestick pattern showing an unstable market where the opening and closing price are equal.
Currency Pair
Two currencies whose values are measured in terms of each other. For example, EUR/USD is a currency pair.
Exchange Rate
It is the expression of the value of one currency in terms of the value of another currency.
Dow Theory
A theory that attempts to explain the market as a whole by making assumptions about how a trend originates and terminates.
World Bank
After 1944, the "International Bank for Reconstruction and Development" was established as an international organization for the reconstruction of Europe. It mostly provides long-term project loans to developing countries. In recent years, its mandate has also included the external debt of developing countries and the fight against poverty.
Correction
A change in economic policies by official institutions to correct the balance of payments or the official exchange rate.
EA
Abbreviation for Expert Advisor. See. Expert Advisor.
ECB
Europan Central Bank. European Central Bank.
Trend Line
A technical analysis tool that can describe the price movement of an investment instrument over a given period on a chart in a linear line.
Exotic
The general name given to the currency pairs that make up the least traded group in Forex.
Economic Indicator
Data obtained using statistical methods that provide information and insight about the course of a country's economy.
Economic Calendar
A periodic calendar showing the timing and status of the announcement of important economic indicators and events.
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
It is a system where funds are transferred between accounts electronically.
Elliott Wave
The theory that the market moves in a certain self-repeating cycle.
Emir
A trade request that you transmit to your broker for immediate or later execution in the market.
Commodity
It is the name given to the group of products traded in the markets and included in the commodity group. Oil, soy, wheat, sugar and many other raw material groups are traded in the markets as commodities.
Inflation
The name given to a sustained upward trend in the general level of prices.
Envelope
An indicator that allows analysis by creating a specific channel on the chart with two different average curves.
Equidistant Channel
See Price Channel
Equity
Assets. Describes the total value of your open positions together with your unused capital. In other words, it indicates how much balance you will have in your account if you close your open positions.
Euro
It is the common currency of the European Union.
Eurobond
These are debt securities issued by governments or firms in USD or Euros to obtain external funds and generally have maturities of 5 to 30 years.
Expert Advisor
Translated into Turkish as Expert Advisor, this is the name given to trading systems that run automatically on the MetaTrader trading platform. They are written in MQL programming language and can trade automatically based on certain rules in the evolving market even if you are not in front of a computer.
Interest
It is the cost of using a currency. It also means profit. It is the fee given in return for the use of money borrowed from a bank or similar place.
FED
Abbreviation for the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States (Federal Reserve Bank)
Federal Funds Rate
It is the overnight interest rate that banks in the US pay in return for the capital they receive from the FED. It is also the financial policy instrument through which the FED controls the money supply in the country.
Fibonacci Retracement
It is a method of determining support and resistance used in technical analysis, calculated with the numbers (1, 2, 3, 5, 5, 8, 8, 13, 13, 21, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, ...). It emerged from the assumption that some of the significant bullish or bearish movements in the pairs will be retraced. How much of the movement will retrace and from which levels it will return is determined by this method.
Fibonacci Numbers
0, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 5, 8, 13, 21, 21, 34, 55, and so on and so on as the sum of the two preceding numbers. Technical analysis evaluations are created based on the ratio of numbers between each other.
Price Channel
The name given to the shape formed when the price of an investment instrument moves between two horizontal boundary lines that can be clearly identified on the chart.
FOMC
It is the name given to the committee that sets monetary policy to be implemented by the US Federal Reserve through instruments such as interest rates.
FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee)
The committee that sets monetary policy to be implemented by the US Federal Reserve through instruments such as interest rates.
Force Index
An indicator developed by Alexander Elder that interprets the strength of price movements.
Forex
It is an abbreviation of the English words Foreign Exchange and stands for foreign exchange market.
Formation
It is the name given to the appearances that occur when data form certain shapes on the price chart. As a technical analysis tool, it is a system that tries to predict the future of the price.
Forward
A contract for the delivery of a specific asset at a predetermined price and quantity. It is used to reduce risk in terms of owning the product at today's prices despite the uncertainty of future prices. The difference from future transactions is that they are made in over-the-counter markets.
Fractals
A technical indicator developed by Bill Williams that is considered to provide decisive information about trend reversals.
Free Margin
It is the capital you have left over after you have entered various positions that you can use to enter other positions.
FSA
An independent supervisory body established to regulate the financial sector in the UK. Brokerage houses are members of the FSA in the UK. In addition, some brokerage houses that do not have a supervisory system in their own countries may prefer FSA supervision from time to time.
Future
A contract for the delivery of a specific asset at a predetermined price and quantity. It is used to reduce risk in terms of owning the product at today's prices despite the uncertainty of future prices. The difference from forward transactions is that they are made in organized markets.
Future
Forward transactions. It envisages the delivery of a certain security at a predetermined price on a predetermined date. It differs from forward markets in that it is traded in organized markets on standardized contracts (such as the amount of a contract, the release dates of the contracts, and a collateral system called margin). When traded for speculative purposes, there is a theoretical possibility of infinite profit and loss.
Future Contract
An agreement to buy or sell a particular currency or other investment instrument at a future date.
FX
It is the abbreviated form of the word FOREX. Used in some sources.
G10
The G7 countries and Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden.
G7
It is a group of industrialized countries comprising the USA, Germany, Japan, the UK, Canada and Italy.
Gann
The name given to the group of technical analysis tools based on mathematics and geometry developed by William D. Gann.
Gator Oscillator
A technical indicator developed by Bill Williams that helps to understand the trend.
Gross National Product (GNP)
It is the value in a given currency of the total goods and services realized by the citizens of a country within or outside the borders of that country.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
It is the total value in a given currency of all goods and services produced in a country over a certain period of time.
Graphic Formations
Patterns are special shapes that occur on the price chart, such as triangle, flag, shoulder, head and shoulders, which signal that the current trend in prices is coming to an end and a change in direction is imminent.
Grand Supercycle
The largest market cycle according to the Elliott wave principle, representing a period of up to about 200 years.
GNP
(Gross National Product) The value in a given currency of the total goods and services realized by the citizens of a country within or outside the borders of that country.
GDP
(Gross Domestic Product) The total value of all goods and services produced in a country over a certain period of time in terms of a certain currency.
Daily (Intraday) Transaction
Transactions that are opened and closed on the same day.
Moving Average
It is a technical indicator obtained by calculating the average of prices over a certain period of time. Placed on the pair, the indicator gives an idea of whether prices will move in their current direction and is also used as support and resistance levels.
Hedge
It is the name given to the transaction made for hedging purposes.
Hedge Transactions
A hedge is an investment that occurs in opposite directions and open positions of an existing exchange. It can be a partial or full hedge and cannot terminate a position, although it has the same effect. Some traders are happy with this feature and use the hedge's qualifications as an open trade rather than seeing it as trading outside of exchange systems. It is worth noting that a hedge has the same effect as closing or partially closing a trade, except that it creates an open position in the long or short term, behaves like an open trade and must be terminated at a later date.
Hedging
A method of locking in an existing profit or loss position by opening a reversal trade of the same size as an existing position. It can be used to gain temporary time.
Heiken Ashi
A technical indicator that plots on a price chart and allows to interpret the current trend of the market.
Horizontal Line
Drawing tool for drawing a horizontal line on a price chart.
Ichimoku
A comprehensive and relatively complex technical indicator for trend reversal monitoring. It is said to provide reliable methods when used appropriately.
Iexposure
An indicator that creates an information window for open trades.
Double Bottom Pattern
A bottom reversal pattern in which prices bottom twice and then turn up. It is considered to produce a signal that prices will rise.
Binary Peak Pattern
A top reversal pattern in which the price peaks and declines twice. It is considered to signal that prices will fall.
IMF (International Monetary Fund)
Founded in 1946 in the United States, the IMF is an international organization whose mandate includes monitoring global financial markets, supervising issues such as stock markets, payment schemes and exchange rates, and providing financial support to countries in financial difficulty. The IMF provides liquidity in the international foreign exchange market and supports free exchange rates.
ISE
Istanbul Stock Exchange.
Indicator
The general name given to technical analysis tools that produce results by mathematical methods to predict future prices by evaluating past data. Also called technical indicators.
Interbank
The name of a money clearing system of banks connected by an electronic network.
Good Until Canceled (GTC - Good until canceled)
It means an order that is valid until canceled by you.
Trading Desk
A unit established within the brokerage house to receive customer orders and instructions via telephone, fax or other non-internet based means.
Transaction Margin
This refers to the initial and maintenance margins calculated by the brokerage firm and required in your accounts in order to execute the buy and sell orders you place.
Trailing Stop
Order type that automatically advances the stop point you set with the price moving in a positive direction
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Leverage
Leverage, or "leverage" in English, is a mechanism that allows you to carry out financial transactions in excess of your principal. Since leveraged trades involve higher risk than unleveraged trades, investors should be well informed about leverage and understand the risks as well as the opportunities for gain. Leverage and risk are interrelated. A high leverage ratio can increase both gains and losses.
Leverage
It is the name of the system that allows you to trade at a much higher level compared to your capital. The high level of both profit and loss in the Forex market in a short time is the result of the leverage effect.
Leverage Ratio
This is the rate that determines up to how many times the amount of collateral you deposit to trade.
Leverage System
It is a system where the investor can trade up to a certain multiple of his/her own capital. For example, when the investor's capital is 10,000 $, it is possible to trade with a capital of 1,000,000 $ with a leverage ratio of 1:100. In these transactions, the profit/loss in each transaction increases according to the leverage ratio.
KAP
Public Disclosure Platform.
Counter Currency
The second currency in the currency pair being traded. In the EUR/TL pair, the opposite currency is TL.
KAS
Short for Leveraged Trading.
Slippage
The difference between the price at which you place your order and the price at which your order is executed is called slippage. When you place an order at the price you see on the screen when prices are changing fast, sometimes prices may change until your order goes out and is executed, and the price level at which your order is executed may be a few pips different. This is called slippage.
Short Position
It means selling a leveraged asset at a given moment in time in anticipation of a future price decline.
Convertibility
The ability of a country's currency to be freely exchanged for another country's currency in foreign exchange markets and to be used as a medium of exchange in international commercial transactions.
Protection Level Orders (Protection)
These are orders placed at a predetermined price level on an open position in order to close the open position at a predetermined price and make a profit (Take Profit Order) or to close the position in order to limit the loss if the prices in the market develop unfavorably (Stop Loss Order - Stop Loss Level).
Quotation
Price levels set by the brokerage firm for trading instantaneously.
Quotation
A quotation is a pair of prices for a currency pair reported by a market maker. The first currency in the quoted currency pair is called the "base currency" and the second is called the "counter currency". Let's assume that the quotation is for EUR/USD. In this case, the base currency is the euro, and the opposite currency is the US dollar.
Currency Risk
The risk of loss due to future changes in the value of the exchange rate. The investor takes a position in advance to avoid losses from a change in the exchange rate.
Currency Wars
The deliberate undervaluation of a country's national currency, covertly or overtly, in order to reduce its trade deficit and thereby generate more revenue from trade with other countries.
Leverage
English word for leverage. (See Leverage)
Libor
London Interbank Offer Rate. An indication of the interest rate set by banks for borrowing among themselves.
Liquidity
It refers to the purchasing power of any asset such as foreign currency, securities, real estate, etc. that can be converted into cash in a short period of time and without any problems (without loss of value), ready to be used.
Liquidity
The name given to the ability of any financial instrument to be converted into cash in a short period of time. If the liquidity of a financial instrument is high, it can be easily liquidated.
Long
The name given to the purchase position in foreign sources.
Looney
It is another name for the Canadian dollar.
Loonie
It is a nickname for the Canadian dollar.
Lot
LOT is used as a trading unit in the forex markets. The standard lot size is 100,000 units. 100,000 units is often abbreviated as 100K. A mini lot, which is a sub-unit of this, refers to a size of 10,000 units (10K). A micro lot, which is a unit below the mini lot, represents a transaction of 1,000 units.
MA
Abbreviation for Moving Average phrase. See: Moving Average.
MACD (Moving Average Convergence/Divergence)
It is a technical indicator developed by Gerald Appel. It is calculated by subtracting the 26-period exponential moving average from the 12-period exponential moving average. By comparing these two moving averages, it is determined whether the trend in the pair will continue. The distance between the moving averages gives information about the momentum of the movement in the pair.
MACD Histogram
It is an indicator created by displaying the difference between the MACD line and the MACD signal line in the form of a histogram. The intersections and deviations between the two lines are more easily observed.
Major
It is the name given to the group of the most traded currencies in Forex.
Margin
See Margin.
Margin Call
It is a capital increase request made by the broker, intermediary institution, bank or the financial institution to which the investor is affiliated in order not to close open positions or open new transactions in cases where the investor incurs losses.
Marjin
This is the amount that must be in the account in order to open and maintain a trade.
Market
The word for market encompasses definitions of price levels, trading.
Market Range
This term means market prices and is the price range offered by the brokerage firm. If you have requested your order to be executed at the "market range" level, the system will try to execute your trade at the price specified in the price window. If the prices change after you place the order and until your order is placed and processed online, your trade will not be executed. This will be notified to you.
Marubozu
A candlestick pattern that is believed to indicate a steady progression.
Central Bank
The bank responsible for formulating and conducting financial policy in a country and for supervising all other banks and interbank transactions.
Central Bank Exchange Rate
The exchange rate set by the Central Bank.
Meta Editor
Editor area that allows you to write add-ons to the MetaTrader trading station using the MQL programming language. You can find the editor integrated into your MetaTrader trading station in the tools menu.
Metaquotes
The name of the software company that created the MetaTrader trading station.
Metatrader
An interface software that enables Forex trading.
Tombstone Doji
A candlestick pattern that is believed to herald a market decline.
MFI
(Money Flow Index) An indicator that compares the monetary volume affecting an investment instrument with its price and produces a result.
Micro Economics
The study of the economic activities of individuals, companies or predetermined sectoral groups.
Minor
It is the general name given to the currency pairs that make up the second most traded group in Forex.
CRA
Central Registry Agency
Momentum
Technical indicator that determines the speed of price changes in a pair. The momentum line moves above and below the 100 level. When it crosses above the 100 level, it gives a buy signal, when it goes below it gives a sell signal. It also gives an idea about the speed and strength of the trend with its distance from the level. In the indicator, where 120 and 80 levels can also be applied, 120 level and above is interpreted as overbought and 80 level and below is interpreted as oversold zones. In these zones, it is thought that the movement in the pair may change direction.
Moving Average
Technical indicator tool for marking the average price of the past period in the present according to certain formulas.
Mql
The name of the programming language that allows you to generate plugins that will run automatically on the MetaTrader trading station.
Candlestick
One of the basic shapes used in chart display. It combines the opening, closing, lowest, highest and direction of the price during the period.
Candle Chart
Of Japanese origin, the candlestick chart is the most widely used chart form in the West. The thin lines on the candle show the lowest and highest price levels over a period of time. The wide body above the line shows the opening and closing prices of the market. If the closing price is above the opening price, the body is usually colored green or blue.
Navigator
A command window of a MetaTrader trading station.
Net Position
The difference between the sum of buy positions and sell positions in a pair.
NFA
National Futures Association. An independent market supervisory body authorized by the CFTC in the US. Firms in the US have to register with the NFA. Some brokerage houses that do not have a supervisory system in their own country may also register with this organization to be supervised.
OBO
The jargon abbreviation for the Shoulder Head and Shoulders pattern. See Shoulder Head Shoulder.
Balance of Payments
It is a balance sheet that systematically includes all economic relations of a country in a given period, including the revenues it receives from the outside world through transactions such as goods, services and capital flows and the payments it makes to the outside world. The balance of payments shows the state of foreign economic and financial relations of countries in the period in question. The analysis of a country's balance of payments enables an understanding of the nature and dimensions of that country's international economic relations.
Balance of Payments
It is a report obtained by systematically recording all transactions made in a country over a certain period of time. This term is generally used in two senses.
1. Balance of payments in current accounts
2. Current accounts plus long-term capital movements
Old Lady
It's the Bank of England's nickname in jargon.
Shoulder Head Shoulder
It is a pattern that the pair forms at the end of uptrends over a period of time. The pattern mainly consists of three peaks. The first and last peaks form the "Shoulders", while the middle peak forms the "Head". The shoulders are almost at the same level, while the head is higher than the shoulders. The low point levels of the parts of the pattern that form the shoulders form the "Neckline". A downside break of the neckline means that the uptrend is over and the pair will change direction.
Ons
A unit measure of weight. Used in Forex, especially as a unit value for precious metals. 1 ounce = 31.10 grams. 1 lot of gold is 100 ounces.
Open Positions
The section that lists open positions at any given time.
Option
These are contracts that give the right to buy or sell any asset at a predetermined price at a certain maturity date. It eliminates price risk for companies in terms of creating the right to buy or sell by making a price agreement today against the uncertainty of the product price in the future.
Order
English word for "order". See. Emir
Oscillator
A group of indicators that determine the overbought/oversold zones of prices in the market. They give a sell signal when prices enter the overbought zone and a buy signal when prices enter the oversold zone.
Osma
MACD is a technical indicator that describes the difference between the moving average and the signal line.
OTC
(Over The Counter) English for over-the-counter market. (See Over The Counter Market)
Volatility
It is the name given to a high degree of price volatility in the market.
Volatility
It is an indicator of the changes in market prices over a certain period of time, measured by the standard deviation. High volatility implies greater risk as it is an indicator of uncertainty in the market.
P/L
Defines the profit/loss status of your open positions. Short for Profit/Loss, this heading means that if it is negative, you are at a loss and if it is positive, you are in profit.
Money Market
Markets for short-term (90 days or less for international markets), highly liquid financial instruments.
Monetary Policy
It refers to decisions taken to affect the availability and cost of money in order to achieve objectives such as economic growth, employment growth and price stability.
Parity
It is an investment instrument based on the ratio of two currencies to each other. It is traded as EUR/USD, which represents the swap ratio of two different values.
Petro-Dollar
It is used to define the revenue generated from oil sales by pricing oil in dollars.
PIP
It is the smallest unit in which an investment instrument can move in price. For example, if the EUR/USD parity was 1.2567 and after a while it became 1.2577, we would call it "EUR/USD rose by 10 pips".
Pip / Tick (Points)
Abbreviation of the term "Price Interest Point". It is the smallest price change for any currency.
Pivot
A technical analysis tool that uses a specific mathematical method to determine the average of the price over a period of time.
Market Interest Rate
The interest rate paid on deposits and other investments in the money market, determined by the interaction of money supply and money demand.
Position
It is the name given to the transaction that the trader opens in the market in order to generate income. If you think the price will rise, you open a "buy position"; if you think the price will fall, you open a "sell position" and try to make a profit.
Position Closing Level
The minimum margin rate at which positions will be automatically closed.
Price Channel
See Price Channel.
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Range
Price range. The difference between the unit at the beginning of a price measurement and the unit at the end of the measurement within any time interval. Can be used for some target designations in technical indicators.
RBA
Reserve Bank Of Australia. Reserve Bank of Australia.
Rediscount
It is the process of buying a discounted security by discounting it again at the central bank. When banks buy an undated security from their customers, they buy it below its nominal value. After this transaction, which is colloquially known as "check-cashing", banks sell this security to the central bank at a different rate. This rate applied by the Central Bank to banks is called the "rediscount rate".
Regulation
Supervision system
Repo
It is the sale of a security with a fixed return with a commitment to repurchase it at the end of a specified period under predetermined conditions.
Recession
Slow or negative economic growth in a country over a certain period of time.
Resistance
English word for resistance. See Resistance.
Reserve Currency
It refers to foreign exchange and gold assets held in the portfolios of central banks and international financial institutions. Accordingly, for a payment instrument to qualify as a reserve currency, its value against other currencies should be stable, it should belong to a country with a large share in world trade, and it should be easily traded in foreign exchange markets.
Risk - Return Ratio
It is the potential return of a transaction divided by the potential risk of loss. For example, if a buy trade opened at 100 is expected to close at 120 (profit expectation 20) and this price is expected to fall to a maximum of 90 (loss expectation 10), the risk-return ratio is 20:10 or 2:1.
Generally, the higher this ratio, the more profitable trades are made. The risk-return ratio for stop loss and take profit orders is determined with the help of support and resistance levels.
Venture Capital
An amount of capital that one can invest in a stock market derivative that, if lost, would not affect one's standard or style of living.
Risk Management
It is the ability of the investor to manage risk within certain rules when there is a strong likelihood that the transactions made will go at a loss and the managed capital will be lost.
Rollover
As you know, every currency you hold has a cost. If you hold foreign currency for more than a certain period of time, you have to pay interest on it. But on the other hand, if you buy this foreign currency and lend another foreign currency to the market, you have to receive the interest income. The difference between the interest expense on the foreign currency you hold and the interest income on the foreign currency you lend to the market is called a roll. The roll can be negative or positive.
If your interest income is higher, the rollover is a plus and you earn extra money. In the opposite case, you have to pay extra during the rollover. This amount is calculated and reflected in your balance if you have an open position at 22:00 GMT/UTC every day. If you do not have a position at this time, it will not be assessed.
RSI (Relative Stregth Index)
This oscillator, developed by Welles Wilder, identifies overbought and oversold zones. In a range from 0 to 100, above 70 represents an overbought zone and below 30 represents an oversold zone. The RSI line entering these zones, breaking the 70 level in the downward direction or exceeding the 30 level in the upward direction signals that prices will change direction.
RVI
Relative Vigor Index. A technical indicator developed by John Ehlers for trend measurement.
Fixed Exchange Rate System
A system in which a national currency is pegged to the value of a foreign currency or a basket of currencies and its maintenance is guaranteed by the monetary authority. Since the value of the national currency is predetermined, it does not reflect current supply and demand conditions.
Sar
The SAR indicator, named after the initials Stop And Reversal, is a technical indicator introduced by Welles Wilder in 1978. It is often used for trend following.
Sale Price (Ask)
The price at which market participants are willing to sell.
Sale Price
The price at which the broker is willing to sell and at which you can buy.
Sell Signal
One of the indicators used in technical analysis is one that signals a possible decline in prices. For example, when the RSI indicator breaks the 70 level in the downward direction, it is interpreted as a sell signal.
Scalping
In the forex markets, trades are made in very short time intervals and generally aim to make a profit of 10 pips or less.
Scalping
The name given to a form of trading that aims to generate income from very small movements in the market. Scalping traders try to generate income by trading frequently with very small profits.
Sell
Sales order
Sell Limit
An automatic sell order placed at a level above the current price to be executed at a later date.
Sell Stop
An automatic sell order placed at a level below the current price to be executed at a later date.
Capital Distribution
It is the process of allocating capital among different investment instruments in order to reduce risk.
Capital Market
Markets where investment instruments with maturities longer than one year are issued and traded.
Short
The name given to the sales position in foreign resources.
Signal Line
The moving average used above the price chart or the oscillator indicators at the bottom of the chart, the curve that moves with the prices, gives a buy or sell signal depending on where it is located. RSI, MACD, Stochastic Oscillator, signal lines are the most commonly used indicators.
SL
Abbreviation for Stop Loss order. See: Stop Loss.
Slippage
See Slip
Smithsonian Agreement
A 1971 meeting of ten IMF member countries. It played an important role in the transition to a free exchange rate system.
SNB
Swiss National Bank. Swiss National Bank.
Speculation
An effort to make money by taking risks in response to market price changes.
Speculative
Its value has changed widely, making it ripe for speculation.
CMB
Capital Markets Board. The body authorized to supervise the Forex market in Turkey. However, the term CMB is sometimes also used as Capital Markets Law. In order to avoid this confusion, the Capital Markets Law = SPKn and Capital Markets Board = SPKr in the remsi sources.
SPKN
Capital Markets Law
SPKR
Capital Markets Board
Spot Market
The spot market is the market in which the purchase or sale of a product is realized at the price determined on the transaction date at most two business days later.
Spot Market
The spot market is the market where the purchase or sale of a product is realized at the price determined on the transaction date, at most two business days later. The final date of the trade is called the value date. Accordingly, after the buy-sell transaction is realized with agreements in the spot market, settlement is realized on the value date.
Spread
It is the difference that the brokerage firm determines between buying and selling when offering any investment instrument to your service. In other words, it is the distance between buying and selling.
Spread
The trader does not buy or sell the currency pair exactly at market value. There are two prices for a currency pair: Sell (bid or sell) and Buy (ask or buy). The difference between these two prices is called the "spread". The broker's profit is the difference between the bid and ask prices (spread). When we open a new position, we start the transaction with a loss equal to the spread. This concept is no different from the trading spread of any foreign exchange office.
Standard Deviation
An indicator that shows the standard deviation of the price average with certain mathematical formulas.
Stoch RSI
The RSI and Stochastic oscillators both indicate overbought and oversold zones. Since all indicators can give false signals from time to time, it was created with the idea that more reliable results will be obtained when the two are used together.
Stochastic Oscillator
Developed by George Lane, this indicator measures the movement of prices over a period of time relative to a high/low price range from 0 to 100. Below 20 is interpreted as oversold and above 80 is interpreted as overbought. For example, when the 14-period stochastic oscillator is at 30, it indicates that the current price is % 30 above the low of the last 14 days and % 70 below the high. The Stochastic Oscillator, like other oscillators, is used to identify overbought/oversold zones and to get sell/buy signals on reversals from these zones.
Stochastics
Developed by George Lane, this indicator measures the movement of prices over a period of time relative to a high/low price range from 0 to 100. Below the 20 level is interpreted as oversold and above the 80 level is interpreted as overbought.
Stocky
It is another name for the Swedish krona.
Stop Loss
English for Stop Loss. See Stop Loss.
Stop Loss Order
When the trader opens a trade, he/she can use the stop-loss order to minimize the risk of loss. With this order, if the prices go against the desired direction, the trade is automatically closed at a level to be determined by the trader.
Stop Out
The intervention of the intermediary institution to the open positions of the customer when the sustainable collateral becomes insufficient.
Strategy Tests
A method used to measure the performance of a trading strategy by applying historical data to current data.
Supercycle
According to the Elliott wave principle, a market cycle that covers a large period of time.
Support
English word for support. See Support
Maintenance Guarantee
It is the lowest level of the collateral amount to be maintained, which is updated depending on the daily price changes in the market.
Swap
Overnight carry means accounting for positions that are carried forward one business day. Swap cost means the amount paid or charged to you in this transaction.
Swap
Swap transaction. If you are holding your position open from 24:00 at night, the interest costs are swapped in order to move the position to the next day. Depending on the pair and direction you open the position, the interest to be processed is shown in your position line as a minus or plus value with the swap header.
Bonds
It is the general name given to debt securities issued by the state or joint stock companies in order to borrow money.
Takasbank
The sector bank in Turkey tasked with the clearing, settlement, custody and numbering of securities in accordance with international standards.
Take Profit
This type of order, which can be translated as take profit, is placed at the point where you close your position when prices move in the direction of profit without further risk. Thus, you will realize your profit on the chart and add it to your capital by monetizing it.
Wedge Formation
It is a pattern that occurs when prices become increasingly squeezed between two sloping borders. It is considered to produce a buy or sell signal.
Dated Order
It means an order that is valid until the date you specify.
Technical Analysis
English for technical analysis methods. See Technical Analysis
Technical Analysis
It is an analysis made to predict price movements in the market with the help of tools such as graphic patterns, indicators, support and resistance levels.
Fundamental Analysis
One of the two universal methods used to make investment decisions. It analyzes all political, cultural, natural and political developments and tries to understand their reflection on prices.
Collateral Completion Level
This is the level, expressed as a percentage over the initial margin, below which the system will not allow you to open a new position if the available margin falls below this level.
Reverse Transaction
It means taking a long position against a short position and a short position against a long position. Reverse trades do not mean position closure. Each open position must be closed separately.
Reverse Shoulder Head Shoulder
It is a pattern that the pair forms at the end of uptrends over a period of time. The pattern mainly consists of three bottoms. The first and last bottoms form the "Shoulders", while the middle bottom forms the "Head". The shoulders are almost at the same levels, while the head is lower than the shoulders. The peak levels of the parts of the pattern that form the shoulders form the "neckline". An upside break of the neckline means that the downtrend is over and the pair will change direction.
Reverse Repo
The purchase of a security with a fixed return for resale at the end of a specified period of time on predetermined terms.
Over The Counter (OTC) Markets
Unorganized markets are markets that are not gathered under a certain structure. Transactions are carried out by mutual agreement between the parties.
Tick
Each instantaneous movement of a pair on the price axis is called a tick. When you are watching the chart, each up or down movement of the price is a tick.
Tobo
Inverted Shoulder is the jargon term for the Head and Shoulders pattern. See. Inverted Shoulder Head Shoulder.
Total Supply
The total goods and services provided, including imports, to meet aggregate demand in a country.
Total Risk
The risk rate that a bank takes in spot and forward contracts with a particular customer.
Total Demand
It is the total demand for goods and services in the economy. It is the total domestic and foreign demand for goods and services produced by the private and public sectors in a country.
TP
Abbreviation for the Take Profit order. See: Take Profit.
Trader
Someone who trades in the market. If you have started trading in Forex, you are a Trader.
Trading
It is the generality of all the methods and positions you use to trade in Forex. Trading, which literally means trading, can also be translated as trading.
Trailing Stop
See Monitoring stop.
Trend
A trend is the directional tendency of prices. In a given time interval, prices are observed to be in an uptrend if they rise gradually and in a downtrend if they fall.
Trend Lines
It is the line on the chart formed by combining the bottom levels of prices in an uptrend or the peak levels of prices in a downtrend. Breaking these lines is usually perceived as a signal for a trend reversal.
Trendline
Drawing tool to draw a curved line on a price chart
TSPAKB
Association of Capital Market Intermediary Institutions of Turkey
CPI
(Consumer Price Index) An index that measures changes in the prices of goods and services purchased by consumers.
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
It is an index that measures changes in the prices of goods and services purchased by consumers.
Derivative Markets
These are markets in which standardized derivatives contracts are traded on a futures basis, with the settlement guaranteed by an institution, and which operate within an exchange. Derivative market transactions such as futures, forwards, options and swaps can be used by market players to hedge risk or to generate profits.
Used Margin
The amount of capital you use to enter the position.
Exponential Moving Average
Indicator that takes more recent data into account than the simple moving average.
Expert Advisor
See. Expert Advisor.
Long Position
It means buying a leveraged asset with the expectation of a future price increase.
Triangle Formation
It is a pattern that usually occurs on price charts when the market becomes increasingly tight. There are three different types: ascending, descending and symmetrical.
Triangle Formation
It is formed by the intersection of two trend lines in opposite directions at a certain point in the pair. Usually, one of these trend lines is formed in the medium to long term and the other in the short term. Prices that break through the intersection of the trends determine the direction of the new trend.
Producer Price Index (PPI)
It is an index that measures changes in the prices of goods used as inputs in the production process at the wholesale level. Accordingly, PPI measures changes in the prices of products in agriculture, fishing, mining, manufacturing industry and energy sector (electricity, gas, water).
Futures
Determining the maturity, quantity and price of a security (foreign currency, interest, commodity) that will be delivered at a future date beyond the spot (two business days) trading date.
are transactions in which a contract is entered into. Forwards, futures and options are examples of such transactions.
Futures Contract
The parties to the contract to buy or sell a good or asset of standardized quality and quantity at an agreed price at a specified future date
is a contract that gives an obligation.
Futures Markets
Futures markets are markets in which contracts are traded that include a commitment to deliver a specific product at a future date, provided that the price is fixed today.
markets.
Valor
It is the name given to the process of fulfilling an agreed-upon transaction through physical exchange. A kind of fulfillment of obligations
and the account is closed.
Vertical Line
Drawing tool to draw a vertical line on a price chart
VOB
Futures and Options Exchange
Volatility
Volatility. The oscillation of the pair in terms of price is denoted by volatility. The higher it is, the more the pair's price moves, and this
the more opportunities for investors.
Volatility
It is an indicator obtained by measuring the standard deviation of changes in market prices over a certain period of time. High volatility means
implies greater risk as it is an indicator of uncertainty.
Volume
Trading volume. The more users trade a pair, the higher its volume. An idea for tracking preferred currencies
gives.
Volumes
A technical indicator that measures and visually marks trading volume.
Webtrader
An interface that enables Forex trading via an Internet browser.
William's %R
A technical indicator developed by Larry Williams that is believed to indicate overbought and oversold areas.
Dragonfly Doji
A candlestick pattern believed to be a bullish harbinger of the market.
Stop Loss
Also referred to as a stop loss, this phrase determines how much loss we can bear on our open position. In English, a Stop Loss plan can be abbreviated as SL in order programs, forums and blogs.
Zig Zag
A technical indicator that visually facilitates the movement of the market, identifying peaks and troughs and trying to define the progression within certain zigzags.
Required Reserve
Banks are obliged to block a certain portion of their deposits by depositing them with the Central Bank before extending them as loans. This rate is called the "reserve requirement ratio". and is determined by the Central Bank.
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