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Forex Trader's Glossary
Forex Trading Terms
Technical Analysis Terms
Financial Acronyms
The following Acronym List is meant as a quickie reference to those acronyms most commonly seen while scanning the pages of Forex Factory. It's obviously not meant to be a complete or comprehensive list. I can't guarantee 100% accuracy so please feel free to rattle my cage if you spot any errors and I'll make appropriate additions/corrections.
Last Update - May 8, 2010
In alphabetical order -
ADX.....Average Directional Index (technical indicator)
ATR.....Average True Range (technical indicator)
AUD.....Australian Dollar (ISO code)
BB.......Bollinger Bands (technical indicator)
BE.......Breakeven
BoC.....Bank of Canada
BoE.....Bank of England
BoJ.....Bank of Japan
BP.......Basis Point
CAD....Canadian Dollar (ISO code)
CBOT...Chicago Board of Trade
CCI.....Commodity Channel Index (technical indicator) also Consumer Confidence Index (economic indicator)
CFA.....Chartered Financial Analyst
CFD.....Contract For Difference
CFTC....Commodity Futures Trading Commission (regulatory)
CHF.....Swiss Franc (Confederation Helvetia Franc)
CME.....Chicago Mercantile Exchange
CNY.....Chinese Yuan (ISO code)
COT.....Commitments of Traders (market report)
CPI......Consumer Price Index (economic indicator)
CSI......Commodity Selection Index (technical indicator)
CTA.....Commodity Trading Advisor
DD.......Drawdown also Due Diligence also Dealing Desk see NDD
DJIA.....Dow Jones Industrial Average
EA.......Expert Advisor
ECB.....European Central Bank
ECN.....Electronic Communication Network also Electronic Currency Network
EMA.....Exponential Moving Average (technical indicator)
ETF......Exchange Traded Fund
EUR.....Euro (ISO code)
EW......Elliott Wave (theory)
FA.......Fundamental Analysis
FCM.....Futures Commission Merchant
FDM.....Forex Dealer Member
Fed.....Federal Reserve System
FF.......ForexFactory
FIFO....First In, First Out
FOMC...Federal Open Market Committee
FX.......Foreign Exchange
GBP.....Great Britain Pound Sterling (ISO code)
GDP.....Gross Domestic Product (economic indicator)
GMT....Greenwich Mean Time
HH......Higher High (chart)
HL......Higher Low (chart)
IB.......Introducing Broker also Interbank also Interactive Brokers also Inside Bar
IMF.....International Monetary Fund
ISO.....International Organization for Standardization
JPY.....Japanese Yen (ISO code)
LH......Lower High (chart)
LL.......Lower Low (chart)
LWMA....Linearly Weighted Moving Average (technical indicator)
MT4.....MetaTrader Version 4.00 (trading platform)
MA......Moving Average (technical indicator)
MACD....Moving Average Convergence Divergence (technical indicator)
MM......Market Maker also Money Management
MTF.....Multiple Time Frame
NASDAQ..National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
NDA.....Non-Disclosure Agreement
NDD.....Non Dealing Desk
NFA.....National Futures Association (regulatory)
NFP.....Non-Farm Payroll (economic indicator)
NYSE...New York Stock Exchange
NZD.....New Zealand Dollar (ISO code)
OCO.....One-Cancels-the-Other (order type)
OHLC....Open, High, Low, Close (chart)
OTC.....Over-the-Counter
P&F.....Point and Figure (chart)
PA........Price Action
PB........Pin Bar abbreviation of Pinocchio Bar (chart)
PIP.......Price Interest Point also Performance Index Paper
PP........Pivot Point
PPI.......Producer Price Index (economic indicator)
PPZ.......Price Pivot Zone
PSAR.....Parabolic Stop and Reversal (technical indicator)
Quant...Quantitative Analysis
R/R.....Risk/Reward (ratio)
RSI.....Relative Strength Index (technical indicator)
RVI.....Relative Vigor Index (technical indicator)
SAR.....Stop and Reversal
SEC.....Securities and Exchange Commission (regulatory)
SL......Stop Loss (order)
SMA.....Simple Moving Average (technical indicator)
SMMA....Smoothed Moving Average (technical indicator)
S&P.....Standard & Poor's
S/R.....Support/Resistance
Stoch...Stochastic Oscillator (technical indicator)
STP.....Straight Through Processing
TA......Technical Analysis
TF......Time Frame
TL......Trend Line
TP......Take Profit (order)
TS......Trailing Stop (order)
TSI.....True Strength Index (technical indicator)
USD.....United States Dollar (ISO code)
USDX....United States Dollar Index (ISO code)
UTC.....Universal Time, Coordinated
WB......World Bank
XAG.....Silver (ISO code)
XAU.....Gold (ISO code)
http://www.forexfactory.com/showpost...27&postcount=6
http://www.forexfactory.com/showpost...7&postcount=15
Forex Trader's Glossary
Forex Trading Terms
Technical Analysis Terms
Financial Acronyms
The following Acronym List is meant as a quickie reference to those acronyms most commonly seen while scanning the pages of Forex Factory. It's obviously not meant to be a complete or comprehensive list. I can't guarantee 100% accuracy so please feel free to rattle my cage if you spot any errors and I'll make appropriate additions/corrections.
Last Update - May 8, 2010
In alphabetical order -
ADX.....Average Directional Index (technical indicator)
ATR.....Average True Range (technical indicator)
AUD.....Australian Dollar (ISO code)
BB.......Bollinger Bands (technical indicator)
BE.......Breakeven
BoC.....Bank of Canada
BoE.....Bank of England
BoJ.....Bank of Japan
BP.......Basis Point
CAD....Canadian Dollar (ISO code)
CBOT...Chicago Board of Trade
CCI.....Commodity Channel Index (technical indicator) also Consumer Confidence Index (economic indicator)
CFA.....Chartered Financial Analyst
CFD.....Contract For Difference
CFTC....Commodity Futures Trading Commission (regulatory)
CHF.....Swiss Franc (Confederation Helvetia Franc)
CME.....Chicago Mercantile Exchange
CNY.....Chinese Yuan (ISO code)
COT.....Commitments of Traders (market report)
CPI......Consumer Price Index (economic indicator)
CSI......Commodity Selection Index (technical indicator)
CTA.....Commodity Trading Advisor
DD.......Drawdown also Due Diligence also Dealing Desk see NDD
DJIA.....Dow Jones Industrial Average
EA.......Expert Advisor
ECB.....European Central Bank
ECN.....Electronic Communication Network also Electronic Currency Network
EMA.....Exponential Moving Average (technical indicator)
ETF......Exchange Traded Fund
EUR.....Euro (ISO code)
EW......Elliott Wave (theory)
FA.......Fundamental Analysis
FCM.....Futures Commission Merchant
FDM.....Forex Dealer Member
Fed.....Federal Reserve System
FF.......ForexFactory
FIFO....First In, First Out
FOMC...Federal Open Market Committee
FX.......Foreign Exchange
GBP.....Great Britain Pound Sterling (ISO code)
GDP.....Gross Domestic Product (economic indicator)
GMT....Greenwich Mean Time
HH......Higher High (chart)
HL......Higher Low (chart)
IB.......Introducing Broker also Interbank also Interactive Brokers also Inside Bar
IMF.....International Monetary Fund
ISO.....International Organization for Standardization
JPY.....Japanese Yen (ISO code)
LH......Lower High (chart)
LL.......Lower Low (chart)
LWMA....Linearly Weighted Moving Average (technical indicator)
MT4.....MetaTrader Version 4.00 (trading platform)
MA......Moving Average (technical indicator)
MACD....Moving Average Convergence Divergence (technical indicator)
MM......Market Maker also Money Management
MTF.....Multiple Time Frame
NASDAQ..National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
NDA.....Non-Disclosure Agreement
NDD.....Non Dealing Desk
NFA.....National Futures Association (regulatory)
NFP.....Non-Farm Payroll (economic indicator)
NYSE...New York Stock Exchange
NZD.....New Zealand Dollar (ISO code)
OCO.....One-Cancels-the-Other (order type)
OHLC....Open, High, Low, Close (chart)
OTC.....Over-the-Counter
P&F.....Point and Figure (chart)
PA........Price Action
PB........Pin Bar abbreviation of Pinocchio Bar (chart)
PIP.......Price Interest Point also Performance Index Paper
PP........Pivot Point
PPI.......Producer Price Index (economic indicator)
PPZ.......Price Pivot Zone
PSAR.....Parabolic Stop and Reversal (technical indicator)
Quant...Quantitative Analysis
R/R.....Risk/Reward (ratio)
RSI.....Relative Strength Index (technical indicator)
RVI.....Relative Vigor Index (technical indicator)
SAR.....Stop and Reversal
SEC.....Securities and Exchange Commission (regulatory)
SL......Stop Loss (order)
SMA.....Simple Moving Average (technical indicator)
SMMA....Smoothed Moving Average (technical indicator)
S&P.....Standard & Poor's
S/R.....Support/Resistance
Stoch...Stochastic Oscillator (technical indicator)
STP.....Straight Through Processing
TA......Technical Analysis
TF......Time Frame
TL......Trend Line
TP......Take Profit (order)
TS......Trailing Stop (order)
TSI.....True Strength Index (technical indicator)
USD.....United States Dollar (ISO code)
USDX....United States Dollar Index (ISO code)
UTC.....Universal Time, Coordinated
WB......World Bank
XAG.....Silver (ISO code)
XAU.....Gold (ISO code)