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S-N roll : See Spot-Next roll.
Same Day Transaction : A transaction that matures on the day the transaction takes ...
Sandwich Spread : Same as a butterfly spread.
Sangu : A reversal candlestick signal applicable in either a steeply rising or fall...
Sanpei : A reversal candlestick combination. It refers to the similarity in directi...
Sanpo : A candlestick combination that advises that retracements are in order befor...
Sansen : method -A reversal candlestick combination. It consists of three daily ent...
Sanzan : See Sanzan (three mountains).
SAR : (1) Stands for stop-and-reverse. See Parabolic SAR. (2) ISO 4217 currency cod...
Sashikomi : A bearish two-day candlestick combination. It consists of amodified iri...
Saucer : See Rounded top.
SBD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Solomon Islands, called Dollars.
Scalping : A strategy of buying at the bid and selling at the offer as soon as poss...
SCR : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Seychelles, called Rupees.
SDD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Sudan, called Dinars. [no longer in ...
SDG : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Sudan, called Pounds.
SDR : Special Drawing Right. A standard basket of five major currencies in fixed am...
SEK : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Sweden, called Kronor.
Sell Limit Order : An order to execute a transaction only at a specified price (the...
Selling Rate : Rate at which a bank is willing to sell foreign currency.
Selling Short : A situation where a currency has been sold with the intent of buyin...
Series : All options of the same class which share a common strike price and expira...
Settlement : The process by which a trade is entered into the books and records of ...
Settlement Date : The date by which an executed order must be settled by the transf...
Settlement Price : The official closing price for a future set by the clearing hous...
Settlement Risk : Risk associated with the non settlement of the transaction by the...
SGD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Singapore, called Dollars.
Shitakage : Lower shadow of the candlestick. (See Candlestick chart.)
Shooting star : The inverted hammer and shooting star look exactly alike, but have ...
Short : See short position.
Short Contracts : Contracts with up to six months to delivery.
Short Covering : Buying to unwind a shortage of a particular currency or asset.
Short Forward Date-Rate : The term short forward refers to a period of up to two mo...
Short position : In foreign exchange, when a currency pair is sold, the position is...
Short Sale : The sale of a currency futures not owned by the seller at the time of ...
Short Squeeze : The pressure on short sellers to cover their positions as a result ...
Short straddle : A compound option that consists of a short CALL and a short PUT on...
Short strangle : A compound option that consists of a short CALL and a short PUT on...
Short-Short Position : A shortage of assets in a particular currency. See Short Sal...
Short-Term Interest Rates : Normally the 90 day rate.
Shorts : See Short Forward Date-Rate.
SHP : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Saint Helena, called Pounds.
SI : See Swing Index.
Simple moving average or arithmetic mean : An average of a predetermined number of ...
SIT : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Slovenia, called Tolars. [no longer ...
SITC : Standard International Trade Classification. A system for reporting trade st...
SKK : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Slovakia, called Koruny.
SLL : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Sierra Leone, called Leones.
Slow stochastics : A version of the original stochastic oscillator. The new, slow %...
Snake : The nickname of the European Joint Float Agreement´s 2.25 percent flu...
Society for World-wide Interbank Telecommunications : Abbreviated SWIFT. It´s ...
Society of Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications : Abbreviated SWIFT. An automate...
SOFFEX : Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange, a fully automated and integr...
Soft Market : More potential sellers than buyers, which creates an environment wher...
SOS : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Somalia, called Shillings.
Special Drawing Right : Abbreviated SDR. A standard basket of five major currencies...
Speedlines : Support or resistance lines that divide the range of the trend into th...
spike : See V-formation.
spinning tops : See Koma.
SPL : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Seborga, called Luigini.
Split Date : See Broken Date.
Spot : (1) The most common foreign exchange transaction. (2) Spot or Spot date refe...
Spot deal : A foreign exchange deal that consists of a bilateral contract between a...
Spot Foreign Exchange : Often referred to as the "interbank" market. Refers to curr...
Spot Market : Market where people buy and sell actual financial instruments (curren...
Spot Month : The contract month closest to delivery.
Spot Next : The overnight swap from the spot date to the next business day.
Spot Price : See Spot Rate.
Spot Price-Rate : The price at which the currency is currently trading in the spot ...
Spot Rate : The price at which the currency is currently trading in the spot market...
Spot Week : A standard period of one week swap measured from the current value date...
Spot-Next roll : The process of moving the spot settlement value date on an open po...
Spread : (l)The difference between the bid and ask price of a currency. (2) The dif...
Square : Purchase and sales are in balance and thus the dealer has no open position...
Squawk Box : A speaker connected to a phone often used in broker trading desks.
Squeeze : Action by a central bank to reduce supply in order to increase the price ...
SRD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Suriname, called Dollars.
Stable Market : An active market which can absorb large sale or purchases of curren...
Stagflation : Recession or low growth in conjunction with high inflation rates.
Standard : A term referring to certain normal amounts and maturities for dealing.
Standard and Poors : A US firm engaged in assessing the financial health of borrowe...
Standard Deviation : See Standard Deviation Volatility.
Standard Deviation Volatility : A statistical indicator that describes a stocks vol...
Standard International Trade Classification : Abbreviated SITC. A system for report...
STD : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in São Tome and Principe, called...
Sterilization : Central Bank activity in the domestic money market to reduce the im...
Sterilized intervention : A central bank intervention in the foreign exchange marke...
Sterling : British pound, otherwise known as Cable.
Stochastic Oscillator Fast : See Stochastic Oscillator (Fast, Slow, and Full).
Stochastic Oscillator Full : See Stochastic Oscillator (Fast, Slow, and Full).
Stochastic Oscillator Slow : See Stochastic Oscillator (Fast, Slow, and Full).
Stochastics Oscillators : that consist of two lines called %K and %D. Visualize %K ...
StochRSI : A technical indicator that helps traders see what the RSI indicator is d...
Stocky : Market slang for Swedish Krona.
Stop : See Stop Loss Order.
Stop Loss Order : Order given to ensure that , should a currency weaken by a certai...
Stop Order : See Stop Loss Order.
Straddle : The simultaneous purchase/sale of both CALL and PUT options for the same...
Straight : A bond with unquestioned right to repayment of principal and interest at...
Straight Date : See fixed dates.
Strap : A combination of two calls and one put.
Strike Price : Also called Exercise Price. The price at which an options holder can...
Strip : A combination of two puts and one call.
Support level : The troughs representing the level at which demand exceeds supply.
Support Levels : When an exchange rate depreciates or appreciates to a level where ...
SVC : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in El Salvador, called Colones.
Swap : The simultaneous purchase and sale of the same amount of a given currency fo...
Swap deal : A foreign exchange deal that consists of a spot deal and a forward outr...
Swap Price : A price as a differential between two dates of the swap.
Swap Rate : See Forward Margin.
Swaption : An option to enter into a swap contract.
SWIFT : See Society for World-wide Interbank Telecommunications.
Swing Index : Abbrieviated SI. A momentum oscillator that is plotted on a scale of ...
Swiss Options and Financial Futures Exchange : Abbreviated SOFFEX. A fully automate...
Swissy : Market slang for Swiss Franc.
Switch : See Deposit Swap.
Symmetrical triangle : A triangle continuation formation in which the support and r...
Synthetic CALL option : A combination of a long currency and a long currency put. S...
Synthetics : Options or futures that create a position that is able to be achieved ...
SYP : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Syria, called Pounds.
SZL : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Swaziland, called Emalangeni.


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