CFDs are highly speculative, leveraged instruments. Trading in CFDs carries a high degree of risk to your capital. Investors should ensure they possess adequate market knowledge or seek independent financial advice before executing trades.

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Technical Analysis

A method of analyzing securities based on historical price and volume data to predict future price movements.

Take-Profit Order

An order placed with a broker to automatically close a position when it reaches a specified profit level.

Tick

The smallest possible price movement for a security.

Trend

The general direction in which a security's price is moving over time.

Trade date

The date on which a trade occurs.

Transaction Cost

The cost associated with buying or selling of a financial instrument.

Transaction Date

The date on which the trade occurs.

Turnover

The volume traded, or level of trading, over a specified period, usually daily or yearly.

Two Way Price

Both the bid and offer rate is quoted for a Forex transaction.

Thin market

A market in which trading volume is low and in which consequently bid and ask quotes are wide and the liquidity of the instrument traded is low.

Today/Tomorrow

Simultaneous buying of a currency for delivery the following day and selling for the spot day, or vice versa. Also referred to as overnight.

Tomorrow next (Tom next)

Simultaneous buying of a currency for delivery the following day and selling for the spot day or vice versa.

Tradeable amount

Smallest transaction size acceptable.

Transaction

The buying or selling of currencies resulting from the execution of an order.

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