The Tower Of Forex - Terminology To Reach Each Other

By Tom K Kearns

If it is not enough that God came down from the heavens to see the Tower of Babel, and then separate each soul by a foreign language so that they could not talk to one another but now here lies a terminology, a language, to be used amongst the masses of foreign exchange so that they can understand one another leaving non-Forex citizens out of the loop.

As I set out to learn the language of the Forex player's world all I heard at first was babble. It all seemed to make perfect sense to the foreign exchange inhabitants. It is a language of shortened phrases, acronyms, and idioms that explain what is needed during the speeches of exchanges and trades. It is a language known best by traders. One that must be known and understood by any new or experience Forex civilian.

You will be left in the dust not being educated and fully prepped in this speech used to converse with fellow speakers. The journey into a career of a Forex trader can be forgotten if confused by the terminology or not aware of the sayings they use. For now at least.

The leading financial market of the world is Forex which trades all global currencies in real time. The basic language is a must to shine at all in the Forex market.

Terminology in the basics

The basic terminology of the Forex globe must be known to get by in the utmost way.

Bullish, if you are bullish you have a general tendency to trade on the long side of a currency pair and believe that pair will increase in price.

Bearish, if you are bearish you will have a general tendency to trade on the short side of a currency pair and believe that pair will decrease in price.

Buying a currency pair with the hope that the price will go up is referred to as Going Long.

Selling a currency that is not yet owned with the intent that there will be a decrease in price so that the currency pair can be put back at a lower price than it was sold for is called, Going Short.

Pip, as funny as it may sound, is popular as well. A pip is simply the smallest price change that a currency pair can make. It generally is equal to 10USD on full size lots of 100,000.

Range is also used, it defines itself my offering the seller information on the variety of prices being offered. The range gives the highest and lowest prices of the currencies.

A full range of definitions for the Forex language is offered on tons of websites and dictionaries. It is crucial to be prepped on the terminology needed for conversation if you are interested in a Forex trading career. Otherwise you will find yourself a lost soul roaming around, incapable of speaking to any fellow Forex inhabitants. Of course you don't want that. - 31876

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