Exchange Dictionary
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What is a broker and a brokerage company? A brokerage company or broker (from English broker - broker, broker, intermediary) is a legal entity acting as an intermediary in the securities and currency markets. A broker performs the functions of buying and selling securities, exchange commodity or currency. The brokerage company's activity is based on the realization of trade transactions. In this case, the broker connects the seller and the buyer of a financial instrument. What services does a broker provide? First of all, the broker provides access to the trading platform, which allows you to enter the currency market and perform trading operations. The trading platform is the main tool of any trader. With its help you can open and close trading positions and, in addition, get the most up-to-date quotes....
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Who is an investor? An investor is an individual or legal entity that invests its own or borrowed funds in various investment projects. The investor's investment capital is represented in the form of property, resources or intellectual product. Often investors invest in long-term projects. Investors can be individuals, the state, enterprises, organizations, entrepreneurs, as well as players in the securities market. The investor independently chooses the size, direction and efficiency of investments. Certainly, investor activity is associated with risk. The investor himself determines the ratio of profitability of future investments and the degree of risk associated with the investment. The best result of investing is achieved by diversifying the investment portfolio, i.e. dispersing funds across...
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What is a bill of exchange? A promissory note (from German Wechsel - exchange) is a security and represents a debt obligation executed in writing and in a strictly established form. The owner of the bill, otherwise - the bill holder, has an indisputable right to demand payment by the debtor of the amount indicated in the bill after the expiration of the term specified in the bill. What is the essence of a promissory note? A promissory note, in essence, is a debt paper. It can be presented exclusively in documentary form, that is, executed on paper according to all the rules. The promissory note is issued piece by piece, it is a non-issue security. Why do I need a bill of exchange? When performing trade operations on an international scale a bill of exchange acts as one of the basic elements in settlements and crediting.....
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The Relative Strength Index (RSI is an abbreviation of relative strength index) is one of the indicators of technical analysis. RSI helps determine the probability of change in the direction of price movement, as well as the strength of the trend. The essence of the indicator is that the price can not move indefinitely in the same direction, and sooner or later the trend will reverse. RSI has only one line on the timeline and is located below the price chart. The indicator always moves in the corridor from 0 to 100%. It should be noted that the RSI value below 20% is considered an oversold zone, while above 80% it is an overbought zone. The space between overbought and oversold zones is called...
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Buffetology is the latest science in modern financial history, an amalgamation of trading strategies, techniques, and investing methods of the famous Warren Buffett. Buffetology fascinates young and practicing investors who are impressed by Buffett's successes. It reveals the theoretical and practical underpinnings of profitable investor action and helps followers look at the markets with "different eyes." Practical Buffetology
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What are index UIFs? Index share UIFs are a type of unit investment funds whose portfolio reflects the composition of various stock indices, i.e. it contains the shares from which the chosen index is composed. According to the Russian legislation, the difference between the share of a security in the index and the portfolio of UIF of index funds of shares must not exceed 3%. Russian funds of this type are mainly oriented on MICEX and RTS indices. Until recently only MICEX was used because RTS did not comply with FFMS (Federal Financial Markets Service) requirements. After RTS became weighted by capitalization and liquidity of shares, there appeared several index mutual funds, which use shares in it for their portfolio....
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Что такое нефть? Нефть (англ. — oil) – одно из важнейших полезных ископаемых Земли, которое представляет собой горючую маслянистую жидкость преимущественно черного цвета. Можно ли инвестировать в нефть? С финансовой точки зрения нефть и нефтепродукты (бензин, дизель и др. топливо) – это привлекательный способ инвестирования средств. Цены на нефть, как и на любой другой товар, определяются уровнями спроса и предложения. Если объемы предложения сокращаются, цены растут, пока спрос не сравняется с предложением. При этом особенность нефти заключается в неэластичном спросе, т.е. с ростом цены спрос не падает. В связи с этим снижение объема предложения приводит к резкому росту цен на…
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What is an Ishimoku indicator? Indicator Ishimoku Kinko Hyo (Ichimoku Kinko Hyo) - trade technical indicator, designed to reflect the trend, support and resistance levels. What is the purpose of the indicator? Ichimoku Kinko Hyo indicator is used to identify a market trend, support and resistance levels and to generate buy and sell signals. The optimal timeframe for the Ishimoku indicator is a week or a day. It can be used in conjunction with other technical indicators or be solely used for trading. The Ishimoku indicator is sometimes called a ready-made trading strategy. How to install the Ishimoku indicator on the price chart? The Ichimoku indicator is included in the standard set of technical indicators of the MetaTrader 4 platform. To install it on the chart, you...
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What are Indicators ? A trading indicator (stock exchange indicator) is a tool for technical analysis of the market which uses mathematical algorithms to graphically display the data required by a trader on the price chart. What does a technical indicator display? Technical indicator readings are based on the data already shown on the price chart - historical data. This is a basic thesis of technical analysis: everything repeats itself. What are the different types of indicators? There are several basic types of technical indicators: Volatility, Trend Indicators, Information Indicators, Oscillators, Channel Indicators, Scalping Indicators, Volume Indicators, Level Indicators, Pivot Indicators, Pattern Indicators, Arrow Indicators and Signal Indicators. Indicator trade strategies are based on combinations of technical indicators, e.g. a combination of a trend indicator + oscillator. There are ...
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What is the Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS)? The Federal Financial Markets Service (FFMS) is an executive authority that adopts regulations and exercises control in the sphere of financial markets (excluding banking and auditing activities), formation and investment of pension savings, activities of stock exchanges, insurance companies, stock brokers and commodity markets. The FFMS was established in 2004 by presidential decree, combining the functions of the Commission on Securities Market, Ministry of Labor and Social Development, Ministry of Antimonopoly Policy and Entrepreneurship Support, and Ministry of Finance. The FFMS is subordinate to the RF Government. What are the functions of FFMS of Russia? The main activities of FFMS are: adoption of regulatory acts, supervision and control over the sphere of financial...
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What is exchange rate parity (currency parity)? Parity of exchange rates (currency parity) is the legally established ratio between two currencies which is the basis of the exchange rate. What is the purpose of exchange rate parity? Parity is the basis for the formation of exchange rates, because it determines their ratio in the manner prescribed by law. That is, with the help of parity is determined by the ratio of the national currency to the currencies of other states. Parity can be determined using any currency unit. At the moment, there are two modes for the exchange rate: a fixed exchange rate; floating exchange rate. How did modern currency parity come about? Before 1978, exchange rate parity was determined by the gold content of currencies, i.e., the amount of...
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What is a trading strategy? Trading strategy is a set of specific trading rules, which a trader is guided by when making decisions about making deals. Most often it is a set of readings of different technical or fundamental indicators, which give a trading signal to open a deal in a certain combination. Trading strategies are applicable not only to currency pairs, but also to binary options, stocks, commodities, futures, etc. What trading strategies are there? Depending on the duration of the trade position holding, there are the following types of trading strategies: Short-term strategies: from a few seconds to one day Medium-term strategies: from one day to one week Long-term strategies: from...
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Котировка курса валюты — это… Котировка курса валюты (валютная котировка, Financial quote) – это выраженная численно стоимость одной свободно конвертируемой валюты по отношению к другой в данный момент времени. Слово «котировка» имеет французское происхождение: глагол «coter» означает «нумеровать, метить». Зачем котировка нужна на ? На котировка определяет цену валют (равно также как ценных бумаг и цен товаров) представленных на рынке, по которой на данный момент времени продавец готов продать определенный объем актива. Обычно котировка – это непостоянная, изменяющаяся величина. Если говорить о валютной котировке, то она выражает стоимость одной валюты через единицы другой. Например, курс евро равен 1,3408 доллара США: «1,3408» является…
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A downtrend (bearish, down trend) is one of the types of stock trends, which characterizes a gradual decline in the rate of a financial instrument over a period of time. Its presence is a signal for the opening of transactions to sell the asset for the trader. How can I find out if the trend is descending? Actually the downtrend reflects the situation on the chart when the volume of currency which the market participants want to sell at the current price is more than the volume of currency which other participants plan to buy. I.e. this is a reaction to decrease of trader's investment interest in the asset. Traditionally, it is said about a downtrend if two or more consecutive price peaks or troughs are formed, through which the downtrend support line is drawn...
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What are Forex trading signals? Trading signals (forex signals) - timely recommendations to buy and sell currencies (opening or closing positions) from practicing traders. Typically, traders receive signals from private professionals or brokerage companies for free or on a reimbursable basis. What are the signals from traders based on? Traders signals are based on a trading strategy, which brings a certain percentage of profit over a long time to the author. Offering to use his TS, he shows his results in the form of an account statement or monitoring. Types of trading signals All trading signals can be divided into two categories: Signals for manual market entry Signals for manual market entry...
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Who is a trader? Trader (from English to trade) is a person who trades, a trader. The term is used for financial markets for those who trade relevant instruments - currencies, securities, commodities, futures, etc. Accordingly, a currency trader or trader is a person who trades currencies in the market . What kind of traders there are on the currency market? There are several conventional methods of gradation for traders. According to the degree of professionalism, traders can be divided into professionals and amateurs: A professional trader is a person who received the appropriate education and works as a trader in banks, DCs, investment funds or independently. In other words, a professional trader is a person for whom trading on the currency...
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What is the interest rate? The interest rate is the interest charged by the lender for the use of borrowed funds. The calculation period varies and is set out in the contract, usually monthly, quarterly or annually. What are the different interest rates? We distinguish between interest rates of the Central Bank, lending operations of credit institutions with non-banking customers, the yield of securities (such as bonds), etc. The interest rate can be real, i.e. cleared of inflation, or nominal, which takes into account the amount of inflation. There are also fixed interest rates, which do not change throughout the contract, and floating interest rates, which are reviewed once every certain period. The latter, for example, includes the interest rate...
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What are technical analysis patterns? Technical analysis patterns (patterns, Japanese candlestick patterns) is a tool for graphical technical analysis of financial markets, which is a variety of repeating combinations of Japanese candlesticks. What are the patterns of technical analysis? Technical analysis patterns can be divided into two categories: trend continuation patterns and reversal patterns. There are five basic patterns: Head & Shoulders, Double Top, Triple Top, Triangle and Flags. All other TA figures are their derivatives. There are many shapes of technical analysis, which are actively used by traders, both classical and new, modern. Most often the presence and reaction of the market to such patterns can be explained economically, which is why they are...
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What is a Price Breakdown (Price Breakdown) is a professional term for financial traders, which means the fixation of the price above / below a strong price level as support / resistance, which has been repeatedly tested by the market. True and false price breakdowns Price breakdowns can be true, when the price actively moves in the direction of the breakdown, as well as false, when a reversal occurs after the breakdown. In the latter case, it is often said that the traders did not have enough strength to hold the breakout. What happens to the price after the break in the channel? As we mentioned above, a breakout can be true or false. In case of a false breakout, the price returns to the borders of the previously formed channel.....
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What is Take Profit? Take Profit is an order to automatically close the deal with the profit when the price level is reached. Take Profit is translated into Russian as "Take Profit", this order is usually set when a trader cannot continuously watch the open trade or expects sharp price movements. How do we set Take Profit? Take Profit is set for a Buy trade above the order price, as we anticipate the price to move upwards. For example, if we opened a buy trade at EURUSD at 1.12595, and we want to make a 50 pips profit without being in the trading terminal, we should set a take profit...
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