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PAB : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Panama, called Balboa.
Pagoda : See Gravestone doji.
Parabolic SAR : A technical chart overlay that attempts to show where price stops s...
Parabolic system : A stop-loss technical system, based on price and time. The syste...
Paris Inter-bank Offered Rate : Abbreviated PIBOR.This is the interbank rate practi...
Parities : The value of one currency in terms of another.
Parity : (1) Foreign exchange dealer´s slang for your price is the correct ma...
Payment Date : The date on which a dividend or bond interest payment is scheduled t...
Payroll Employment : Payroll employment is a measure of the number of people being ...
PCFP : See Put-call-forward exchange parity theory.
Pegging : A form of price stabilization; typically used to stabilize a country’s cu...
PEN : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Peru, called Nuevos Soles.
Pennants : A continuation formation that resembles the outline of a pennant. It con...
Percentage Volume Oscillator : Abbreviated PVO. The PPO indicator applied to volume...
Personal Income : Economical indicator, Personal income is the dollar value of inco...
Petrodollars : Foreign exchange reserves of oil producing nations arising from oil ...
PGK : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Papua New Guinea, called Kina.
Philadelphia Stock Exchange : Abbreviated PHLX. The oldest U.S. securities exchange...
Philadephia Fed Survey : Economical indicator, A composite diffusion index of manuf...
PHLX : See Philadelphia Stock Exchange.
PHP : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Philippines, called Pesos.
PIBOR : See Paris Inter-bank Offered Rate.
Pip : See Point. (0.0001 of a unit).
Pips : The smallest unit of price for any foreign currency. Digits added to or subt...
PKR : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Pakistan, called Rupees.
Plaza Accord : The 1985 Plaza Hotel agreement by the G5 to lower the dollar.
PLN : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Poland, called Zlotych.
Point : (1) 100th part of a per cent, normally 10,000 of any spot rate. Movement of...
Point-and-figure chart : A type of chart that plots price activity without regard t...
Points : See Pips.
Political Risk : Exposure to changes in governmental policy which will have an adve...
Position : The netted total commitments in a given currency. A position can be eith...
Position Limit : The maximum position, either net long or net short, in one future ...
Position Squaring : See Close a Position.
PPI : See Producer Price Index.
PPO : See Price Oscillators.
PPP : See Purchasing power parity.
Premium : (1) The amount by which a forward rate exceeds a spot rate (2) The amount...
Premium forward spread : Forward price that is added to a spot price to calculate a...
Price : The price at which the underlying currency can be bought or sold.
Price by Volume : A technical overlay that resembles a horizontal histogram and sho...
Price Channels : Technical overlays that form boundaries above and below the price ...
Price Oscillators : Abbreviated PPO. Technical indicator that´s similar to th...
Price Relative : Technical indicator that compares the performance of two stocks to...
Price Transparency : The ability of all market participants to "see" or deal at the...
Prime Rate : (1) The rate from which lending rates by banks are calculated in the U...
Principal Value : The original amount invested by the client.
Producer Price Index : Economical indicator, The Producer Price Index (PPI) is a me...
Producer Price Indices : See Wholesale Price Indices.
Profit n Loss or PnL or Gain and Loss : The actual "realized" gain or loss resultin...
Profit Taking : The unwinding of a position to realize profits.
Purchasing power parity : Abbreviated PPP. Model of exchange rate determination sta...
PUT : An option giving the buyer or the holder the right but not the obligation to ...
Put Option : A PUT option confers the right but not the obligation to sell currenci...
Put ratio backspread : A compound option strategy that consists of short puts with ...
Put-call-forward exchange parity theory : Abbreviated PCFP theory. A relationship b...
PVO : See Percentage Volume Oscillator.
PYG : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Paraguay, called Guarani.


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