Field Guide to Trading Terms

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A reference to the vocabulary of retail trading. Every entry says in one sentence what a term means, works through a numeric example, and shows how to tell it from the terms it is routinely confused with.

The families

• I · Instruments 100
• II · Orders 57
• III · Risk 48
• IV · Costs 30
• V · Platforms 39
• VI · Charts & indicators 66
• VII · Market & styles 58
• VIII · Regulation 30
• IX · Macro 28
• X · Account mechanics 24
• XII · Other terms 30

Where to start

• Forex
• Forex trading
• Cfd
• Stop loss
• Limit order
• Lot
• Stop limit order
• Stock index
• Cfd trading
• Stop order
• Trailing stop
• Futures contract

How this guide is written

Entries are written to be checked: each states its sources, carries the date it was last reviewed, and names an editor. See methodology.