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 114
• II · Orders 73
• III · Risk 43
• IV · Costs 32
• V · Platforms 34
• VI · Charts & indicators 60
• VII · Market & styles 47
• VIII · Regulation 29
• IX · Macro 25
• X · Account mechanics 37
• XII · Other terms 24

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.