forex-dictionary
forex-dictionary
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GTC
Good 'Til Canceled
If an order does not have a good-'til-canceled instruction then the order will expire at the end of the trading day the order was placed.
In most cases, GTC orders are canceled by brokerage firms after 30-90 days
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GTM
Good This Month
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IOC
Immediate Or Cancel Order
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FOK
Fill Or Kill - FOK execute a transaction immediately and completely or not at all
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Limit Order
an order placed with a brokerage to buy or sell a set number of shares at a specified price or better
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Market Order
an order
to buy or sell an investment immediately at the best available current price
often has low commissions due to the minimal work brokers need to do
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Stop Order, becomes a market order only once a specified price is reached
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How To Place Orders With A Forex Broker
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Position trading is the longest term trading
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Support levels tend to stop price from falling below
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Resistance levels act like a price ceiling that price cannot break above
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A long (or long position) is the buying of a security such as a stock, commodity or currency with the
expectation the asset will rise in value.
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A short position is the sale of a borrowed security, commodity or currency with the expectation that the
asset will fall in value.