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- Moving averageThe average price over a set number of recent periods, recalculated as each new candle forms. It smooths out day-to-day noise so the underlying direction of a trend is easier to see.
- MiFID IIThe European Union's main rulebook for investment firms, in force since 2018. It covers areas such as best execution, cost disclosure, client categorisation and the information firms must give to customers.
- MetaTrader (MT4 and MT5)A pair of widely used trading platforms, MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5, offered by many forex and CFD brokers. They provide charts, indicators, one-click trading and support for automated programs.
- MAS (Monetary Authority of Singapore)Singapore's central bank and its integrated financial regulator. It licenses and supervises capital-markets firms operating in Singapore.
- Market orderAn order to buy or sell immediately at the best available price, which may differ from the price you saw.
- Market makerA firm that quotes both buy and sell prices. Some brokers act as market maker for their clients' trades.
- Margin levelYour account equity divided by the margin currently used, shown as a percentage. A falling margin level means less buffer is left, and brokers set a threshold at which they issue a margin call or close positions.
- Margin callA warning, or an automatic action, when your account equity falls too low to support open leveraged positions.
- MarginThe deposit your broker sets aside to keep a leveraged position open.
- MACD (moving average convergence divergence)An indicator built from the gap between a faster and a slower moving average of price, commonly 12 and 26 periods, plus a smoothed signal line. Traders read the gap and its crossovers as a gauge of whether momentum is b…
- LotA standard trade size in forex. One standard lot is 100,000 units of the base currency; mini and micro lots are smaller.
- LiquidityHow easily an asset can be bought or sold without moving its price. High liquidity usually means tight spreads.