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- Bollinger BandsA chart overlay made of a moving average with an upper and lower line drawn a set number of standard deviations away, typically two. The bands widen when prices swing more and narrow when the market is quiet.
- Bid priceThe highest price a buyer will currently pay. It is the price you receive when you sell at market.
- Base currencyThe first currency in a pair, such as the euro in EUR/USD. The quote tells you how many units of the second currency it takes to buy one unit of this one.
- ATR (average true range)An indicator showing how far an asset typically moves in a single period, including gaps between periods. It measures the size of price swings, not their direction, and is often used to judge how wide a stop-loss might …
- Ask priceThe lowest price at which a seller will currently sell. It is the price you pay when you buy at market.
- ASIC (Australian Securities and Investments Commission)Australia's corporate and financial services regulator. It licenses brokers operating there and has imposed leverage limits on retail CFD trading.
- API tradingPlacing and managing orders from your own software using a broker's programming interface.
- AML (anti-money laundering)The laws and procedures that require financial firms to detect and report attempts to disguise illegal money as legitimate. For clients, it means identity checks, questions about the source of funds and occasional delay…
- The Complete Guide to Trading Costs: Spreads, Commissions, Swaps and Hidden FeesBrokers rarely charge one fee. They earn from several small ones that arrive at different moments: when you open a trade, while you hold it, when you move money and sometimes just for having an account. Each is easy to …
- How to Verify a Broker's Licence in Ten MinutesA licence badge in a website footer proves nothing on its own. Anyone can paste a logo. What matters is whether the exact legal entity you will sign a contract with appears on the regulator's own public register, with a…
- The Complete Guide to Broker Regulation and Client Money ProtectionRegulation is the main reason to prefer one broker over another when other things look equal, and it is also the most misunderstood. A logo in a website footer says nothing. What matters is which legal entity holds your…
- Seven Red Flags That Should Stop You Before You DepositFraudulent brokers rarely look fraudulent at first. They have polished websites, friendly account managers and screenshots of profit. What gives them away is behaviour, and the behaviour follows a handful of repeating p…