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Applying a specified method to historical observations under stated data, timing, fill and cost assumptions to simulate how it would have behaved.
Example: A learner replays earlier dates one cutoff at a time with a frozen worksheet.
Keep in mind: Simulated historical results are not actual live performance or a guarantee of future results.
The account figure commonly reflecting recorded cash entries and closed trading results, subject to the provider’s statement conventions.
Example: An invented balance starts at 100, receives a 20 deposit and pays a 10 withdrawal: 110 before other entries.
Keep in mind: Deposits are not trading profit, and balance may not include changing results on open positions.
The first currency written in a currency pair. A quoted rate tells you how much of the second currency corresponds to one unit of this first currency.
Example: At an invented EUR/USD rate of 1.20, EUR is the base: one euro corresponds to 1.20 US dollars.
Keep in mind: The first currency is not automatically your account or home currency.
One hundredth of a percentage point: 0.01 percentage point.
Example: An invented rate rises from 4.00% to 4.25%: 0.25 percentage point, or 25 basis points.
Keep in mind: One hundred basis points equal one percentage point, not necessarily a 1% change relative to the old rate.
The price at which a dealer is willing to buy the base currency from you. If you sell the base currency, the bid is usually the relevant quoted price.
Example: At an invented EUR/USD bid of 1.1000, a customer selling 100 EUR receives 110 USD before separate charges.
Keep in mind: Read the quote from the customer’s transaction direction.
The first widely adopted decentralized cryptocurrency, introduced as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
Example: An Australian learner can study Bitcoin's payment record without first buying BTC. Bitcoin names the network and its native asset; the learning exercise is separate from a price prediction.
A batch of Bitcoin transactions plus a header that summarises them and links the block to the one before it.
Example: A clerk groups today's receipts into a numbered packet and refers to the earlier packet. This illustrates batching and linking; Bitcoin also checks the transactions and proof of work.
Keep in mind: This definition describes a Bitcoin block. Other blockchains can use different block contents and consensus rules.
What a miner may claim for a valid block: the block subsidy (newly created bitcoin) plus all transaction fees paid by the transactions in that block.
Example: Imagine a delivery worker receiving a scheduled base payment plus the delivery fees collected. Bitcoin's subsidy and transaction fees are separate parts of its block reward.
Keep in mind: The subsidy creates new units; fees transfer existing units. Neither is a guaranteed return for a person buying BTC.
A shared record organised into linked blocks and maintained under a network's rules for checking and agreeing updates. Participants hold or verify the record in ways that depend on the network design.
Example: Several members of a savings club keep matching copies of an agreed record. A blockchain adds rules for checking and ordering updates rather than trusting a single notebook keeper.
Lines placed around a selected moving average using a stated dispersion measure and multiplier, commonly standard deviation.
Example: An invented mean of 10, standard deviation 1 and multiplier 2 give upper 12 and lower 8.
Keep in mind: Defaults are not universal settings; a touch is not automatically a buy or sell signal.
A description of relatively narrow Bollinger Bands under a specified width measure and comparison rule.
Example: A learner compares today’s measured band width with a defined earlier window and notes that it is narrower.
Keep in mind: Narrow bands do not guarantee a breakout, its timing or its direction.
A return measure associated with a bond under a named calculation convention, using its price and relevant payment assumptions.
Example: An invented 4-unit annual coupon divided by a 100-unit price gives 4% current yield.
Keep in mind: Current yield is not yield to maturity; currency, maturity, price and calculation convention must be stated.
A result of zero gain or loss after the costs included in the stated calculation.
Example: If a made-up price result is 1 unit and the only separate charge is 1 unit, the net result is zero.
Keep in mind: Returning to an entry price does not necessarily mean breaking even after costs.
A move beyond a previously specified boundary under a stated observation rule, which may use a touch, breach or completed close.
Example: A learner writes a boundary at 12 and a completed-close rule before examining the next observation.
Keep in mind: Crossing a line does not guarantee continuation or an available profitable fill.
A system that lets tokens or messages move between two blockchains, usually by locking or burning assets on one side and minting or releasing them on the other.
Example: A travel desk accepts one voucher and issues a corresponding voucher for another system. If the desk fails, the second voucher may not be redeemable. Blockchain bridges introduce their own trust dependencies.
A service that arranges or executes crypto purchases or sales for customers. Some quote their own dealing prices; others route orders. Check who acts as the counterparty and how spreads and fees are charged.
Example: A currency kiosk quotes a single all in exchange price instead of showing every customer's offer. A crypto broker may work similarly, so compare its quote and disclosed fees.
Keep in mind: Check the actual contract, counterparty and costs. Services can combine broker and exchange functions.