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Factory Orders : Economical indicator, The dollar level of new orders for manufactu...
Falling Three Methods : A bearish continuation pattern. A long black body is follow...
FASB 52 : See Financial Accounting Standards Board s Statement Number 52.
FASB 8 : See Financial Accounting Standards Board s Statement Number 8.
Fast Market : Rapid movement in a market caused by strong interest by buyers and/or...
FDIC : See Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Fed : The United States Federal Reserve. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Memb...
Fed Fund Rate : The interest rate on Fed funds. This is a closely watched short ter...
Fed Funds : Cash balances held by banks with their local Federal Reserve Bank. The ...
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation : Abbreviated FDIC. The regulatory agency res...
Federal funds : Immediately available reserve balances at the federal reserves. The...
Federal Open Market Committee : Abbreviated FOMC. The committee that sets money sup...
Federal Reserve : The central bank of the United States. It was established in 1913...
Federal Reserve Board : The board of the Federal Reserve System, appointed by the U...
Federal Reserve System : The central banking system of the US comprising 12 Federal...
Fedwire : An automated communications and settlement system linking the Federal Res...
Fence : A compound option strategy that consists of either a long currency position...
Fibonacci percentage retracements : Price retracements of 0.382 and 0.618, or appro...
FIFO : See First In First Out.
Fill : The process of completing a customer´s order to buy or sell a currency...
Fill Price : The price at which a buy or sell order was executed.
Financial Accounting Standards Board s Statement Number 52 : Abbreviated FASB 52. A complex...
Financial Accounting Standards Board s Statement Number 8 : Abbreviated FASB 8. The origin...
Financial Future : A futures contract based on a financial instrument.
Financial Risk : The risk that a firm will be unable to meet its financial obligati...
Fine Rate : (1) A quote with a narrow spread. (2) The most favorable rate charged t...
FINEX : A currency market that is part of the New York Cotton Exchange (NYCE), the ...
Firm Quotation : The price given in response to a request for a rate at which the q...
First In First Out : Open positions are closed according to the FIFO accounting rul...
Fisher effect : A theory holding that die nominal interest rate consists of the rea...
Fixed Dates : he monthly calendar dates similar to the spot. There are two exceptio...
Fixed Exchange Rate : Official rate set by monetary authorities. Often the fixed ex...
Fixed Interest : This type of transaction pays an agreed interest rate that remains...
Fixing : A method of determining rates by normally finding a rate that balances buy...
FJD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Fiji, called Dollars.
FKP : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Falkland Islands (Malvinas), called ...
Flag : A continuation formation that resembles the outline of a flag. It consists o...
Flat : Term describing a trading book with no market exposure.
Flat-square : Dealer jargon used to describe a position that has been completely re...
Flexible Exchange Rate : Exchange rates with a fixed parity against one or more cur...
Floating Exchange Rate : An exchange rate where the value is determined by market f...
Floating Rate Interest : As opposed to a fixed rate, the interest rate on this type...
Floor : (1) An agreement with a counterparty that sets a lower limit to interest ra...
Floor brokers : Any individuals on the exchange floor engaged in executing orders f...
Floor traders : See Floor traders locals.
Floor traders locals : Exchange members who execute their own trades by being physi...
FOMC : See Federal Open Market Committee.
Foreign Exchange : Abbreviated FOREX or FX. The purchase or sale of a currency agai...
Foreign exchange brokers : Intermediaries among banks who bring together buyers and...
Foreign exchange exposure : The potential effect of currency fluctuations on shareh...
Foreign exchange rate : The price of one currency in terms of another.
Foreign Exchange Risk : The risk that the exchange rate on a foreign currency will ...
Forex : See Foreign Exchange.
Forward : A transaction that settles at a future date.
Forward Contract : Sometimes used as synonym for "forward deal" or "future". More s...
Forward Cover Taking : Forward contracts to protect against movements in the exchan...
Forward Deal : A deal with a value date greater than the spot value date.
Forward Forward : A forward / forward deal is one where both legs of the deal have ...
Forward Margins : Discounts or premiums between spot rate and the forward rate for ...
Forward Maturities : Trading days on which days contracts can be transacted later t...
Forward Operations : Foreign exchange transactions, on which the fulfillment of the...
Forward Outright : A commitment to buy or sell a currency for delivery on a specifi...
Forward pips : See Forward spread.
Forward Points : The points that are added to or subtracted from the spot rate to c...
Forward Price : See Forward Rate.
Forward Rate : Forward rates are quoted in terms of forward points, which represent...
Forward Rate Agreements : Abbreviated FRA. It is an agreement between two parties t...
Forward spread : Forward price used to adjust a spot price to calculate a forward p...
FRA : See Forward Rate Agreements.
Fractal geometry : Geometry theory that refers to the fact that certain irregular o...
Free Reserves : Total reserves held by a bank less the reserves required by the aut...
Front and Back Office : The front office usually comprises of the trading room and ...
Front Office : The activities carried out by the dealer , normal trading activities...
Fundamental Analysis : Analysis of economic and political information with the obje...
Fundamentals : The macro economic factors that are accepted as forming the foundati...
Futures : A way of trading financial instruments, currencies or commodities for a s...
Futures Contract : A contract traded on a futures exchange which requires the deliv...
Fuzzy logic : Method that attempts to weigh the quality of the patterns recognized ...
FX : See Foreign Exchange.


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