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Cable : A term used in the foreign exchange market for the US Dollar/British Pound ...
CAD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Canada, called Dollars.
Calendar combination : A compound option strategy that consists of the simultaneous...
Calendar Spread : An option position comprised of purchase and sale of two option c...
Calendar straddle : A compound option strategy that consists of simultaneous buying...
Call : A (1) An option that gives the holder the right to buy the underlying instru...
Call Option : A CALL option confers the right but not the obligation to buy stock, ...
Call ratio backspread : A compound option strategy that consists of short calls wit...
Cambiste : French term for foreign exchange dealer.
Candlestick chart : A type of chart that consists of four major prices: high, low, ...
Capacity utilization : An economic indicator that consists of total industrial outp...
Capital Markets : Markets for medium to long term investment (usually over 1 year)....
Cardinal square : A Gann technique for forecasting future significant chart points ...
Carry : See Interest-Rate Carry.
Cash Delivery : Same day settlement.
Cash Market : The market in the actual financial instrument on which a futures or o...
CBOE : Chicago Board Options Exchange.
CBOT : Chicago Board of Trade.
CBOT or CBT : Chicago Board of Trade.
CBT : See CBOT.
CCI : See Commodity Channel Index.
CD : Certificate of Deposit.
CDF : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Congo/Kinshasa, called Congolese Fra...
Central Bank : A bank which is responsible for controlling a country´s moneta...
Certificate of Deposit : Abbreviated CD. A negotiable certificate in bearer form is...
CFTC : See Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Chaikin Money Flow : Abbreviated CMF. A technical indicator that combines price and...
Chaikin Oscillator : A technical indicator that shows buying and selling pressure o...
Chain Stores Sales : Economical indicator, Monthly sales volumes from department, c...
Channel line : A parallel line that can be traced against the trendline, connecting...
Chaos theory : A theory that holds that statistically noisy behavior may occur rand...
Chartist : An individual who studies graphs and charts of historic data to find tre...
CHF : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Switzerland, called Francs.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange : Abbreviated CME. The largest futures exchange in the ...
CHIPS : See Clearing House Interbank Payments System.
Classes of options : The types of options: calls and puts.
Cleared Funds : Funds that are freely available, sent in to settle a trade.
Clearing : The process of setting a number of items against one another and making ...
Clearing Account : See Nostro account.
Clearing House Interbank Payments System : Abbreviated CHIPS. A computerized system...
Close a Position : To eliminate an investment from one’s portfolio by either buying...
Closed Position : A transaction which leaves the trade with a zero net commitment t...
Closing a Position : The process of selling or buying a foreign exchange position r...
Closing Market Rate : The rate at which a position can be closed based on the marke...
Closing Purchase Transaction : The purchase of an option identical to one already s...
CLP : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Chile, called Pesos.
CME : See Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
CMF : See Chaikin Money Flow.
CNY : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in China, called Yuan Renminbi.
Collateral : Something given to secure a loan or as a guarantee of performance.
Combination spread : Synthetic future. A compound option strategy that consists of ...
COMEX : See Commodity Exchange of New York.
Commission : The fee that a broker may charge clients for dealing on their behalf.
Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems : Abbreviated CPSS. It contributes to s...
Commodity Channel Index : Abbreviated CCI. An oscillator that consists of the diffe...
Commodity Exchange of New York : Abbreviated COMEX. The leading US market for metal...
Commodity Futures Trading Commission : Abbreviated CFTC. An independent agency crea...
Commodity Research Bureau s : Abbreviated CRB. Futures Index Index formed from the ...
Common gap : A price gap that occurs in relatively quiet periods or in illiquid mar...
Comptant : French term for spot settlement in foreign exchange.
Condor spread : A compound option strategy that consists of either four same-type o...
Confirmation : A memorandum to the other party describing all the relevant details ...
Construction Spending : Economical indicator, The dollar value of new construction ...
Consumer Confidence : Economical indicator, A survey of consumer attitudes concerni...
Consumer Credit : Economical indicator, The dollar value of consumer installment cr...
Consumer Price Index : Economical indicator, The Consumer Price Index is a measure ...
Consumer Sentiment : Economical indicator, A survey of consumer attitudes concernin...
Contagion : The tendency of an economic crisis to spread from one market to another...
Continuation patterns : Technical signals that reinforce the current trends.
Contract : An agreement to buy or sell a specified amount of a particular currency ...
Contract Expiration Date : The date on which a currency must be delivered to fulfil...
Convertible Currency : A currency which can be exchanged freely for other currencie...
COP : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Colombia, called Pesos.
Correspondent Bank : The foreign banks representative who regularly performs servic...
Cost of carry : The interest rate parity, whereby the forward price is determined b...
Cost of Living Index : Broadly equivalent to Retail Price Index or Consumer price.
Council of Ministers : The legislative body of the European Economic Community in c...
Counter Currency : The second listed Currency in a Currency Pair.
Counter Party : The other organisation or party with whom the exchange deal is bein...
Counter Value : Where a person buys a currency against the dollar it is the dollar ...
Counterpart : A participant in a financial transaction.
Counterparty : One of the participants in a financial transaction.
Country Risk : Risk associated with a cross-border transaction, including but not l...
Country sovereign risk : A trading risk emerging from a government´s interfer...
Cours du Change : Frech term for Exchange rate.
Cours Libre : French terms for Free exchange rate.
Cours Officiel : French terms for Official exchange rate.
Court : French term for "short" as in une position courte.
Courtier : French term for broker.
Cover : Calls are sold on the underlying currency with strikes which are higher tha...
Covered Arbitrage : Arbitrage between financial instruments denominated in differen...
Covered Call : A term used in the foreign exchange market for the US Dollar/British...
Covered Call Write : A strategy of writing CALL options against a long position in ...
Covered interest rate arbitrage : An arbitrage approach that consists of borrowing ...
Covered long : A compound option strategy that consists of selling a CALL against a...
Covered Margin : The interest rate margin between two instruments denominated in di...
Covered short : A compound option strategy that consists of shorting a PUT against ...
Cox pricing model : See Rubinstein pricing model.
CPI : See Consumer Price Index.
CPSS : See Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems.
CRB : See Commodity Research Bureau s.
CRC : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Costa Rica, called Colones.
Credit Checking : Due to the large size of certain financial transactions that chan...
Credit Lombard : See Lombard rate.
Credit Netting : Arrangements that exist to maximize free credit and speed the deal...
Credit Risk : The risk that a debtor will not repay; more specifically the risk tha...
Cross Currency Pairs : A pair of currencies that does not include the U.S. dollar. ...
Cross Deal : A foreign exchange deal entered into involving two currencies, neither...
Cross Hedge : A technique using financial futures to hedge different but related ca...
Cross rate : Rates between two currencies, neither of which is the US Dollar.
Crossed Market : The situation which exists when a broker´s bid is higher tha...
CUP : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Cuba, called Pesos.
Currency : Money issued by a government.
Currency call : A contract between the buyer and seller that holds that the buyer h...
Currency fixings : An open auction executed in Europe on a daily basis in which all...
Currency futures : A specific type of forward outright deal with standardized expir...
Currency option : A contract between a buyer and a seller, also known as writer, th...
Currency Pair : The two currencies that make up a foreign exchange rate. IE: USD/YE...
Currency put : A contract between the buyer and the seller that holds that the buye...
Currency Risk : The possibility of an unfavorable change in exchange rates.
Currency Swaps : See swaps.
Current Account : Economical indicator, A measure of the country´s internatio...
Current account balance : The broadest current dollar measure of U.S. trade, which ...
Current Balance : The value of all exports (goods plus services) less all imports o...
CVE : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Cape Verde, called Escudos.
CYP : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Cyprus, called Pounds.
CZK : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Czech Republic, called Koruny.


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