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Moving average convergence divergence: an indicator comparing a faster and slower exponential average, usually with a signal line and histogram.
Example: Subtracting an invented slower average of 10 from a faster average of 12 produces an illustrative MACD value of 2.
Keep in mind: Settings and histogram convention matter; MACD is not bounded to RSI’s 0–100 scale.
A common market label for heavily traded pairs containing the US dollar and another widely traded currency. Lists can vary by source.
Example: EUR/USD is commonly labelled a major pair.
Keep in mind: A category name is not a promise of low cost or a safe trade.
Software designed to harm you or your device, for example by stealing data, watching what you type or changing what you copy, paste or see.
Example: A fake update installs a program that watches passwords or changes payment details. Obtain software through verified channels and inspect requests before approving them.
Funds required to support a leveraged position. Margin is separate from the full position value and is not a limit on possible losses.
Example: In an invented demo contract, 100 units of account money support a position worth 2,000. Those are two different amounts.
Keep in mind: Do not treat required margin as the most you can lose.
A provider-defined margin warning or requirement condition reached under the account’s rules.
Example: A hypothetical platform displays a margin warning after equity falls relative to required margin.
Keep in mind: There may be no telephone call or guaranteed opportunity to add funds before closure.
An account-control ratio commonly calculated as equity divided by used margin, multiplied by 100, subject to the provider’s rules.
Example: With example equity of 90 and used margin of 30, the displayed ratio under that convention is 300%.
Keep in mind: Used margin of zero needs separate treatment; the ratio is not a measure of a trade’s wisdom or safety.
The latest price of one token multiplied by its circulating supply: a snapshot estimate, not money invested or money that could be withdrawn.
Example: An invented price of USD 3 times two million circulating units gives USD 6 million. It does not show that USD 6 million was deposited or can be withdrawn at that price.
Quantity available at specified prices in a stated venue or feed at a particular time, under its displayed-data conventions.
Example: A shop’s shelf lists quantities at different prices; the lowest price may cover only a small part of a large order.
Keep in mind: Displayed depth can change and is not the same as spread, traded volume or the entire global market.
An instruction seeking execution at available prices rather than insisting on a particular price. Actual handling depends on the product and venue.
Example: A shopper says, Buy it now at the available checkout price, rather than setting a maximum price.
Keep in mind: The previous displayed price is not a guaranteed fill; rejection or partial execution may be possible.
A classification of market conditions over a stated period using explicit measures and rules.
Example: A learner labels a defined observation window relatively quiet under a recorded range measure.
Keep in mind: A trend can also be volatile; labels can overlap and are not automatically knowable in advance.
In this course, the arrangement of selected highs and lows on a stated price series and timeframe, under an explicit selection rule.
Example: A learner lists confirmed local highs and lows in date order before describing their arrangement.
Keep in mind: Different courses can use the label differently; the written rule matters more than the name.
A recovery-seeking sizing approach that increases stakes after losses, commonly by doubling in a simple illustration.
Example: An invented planned-loss sequence of 1, 2, 4 and 8 requires rapidly increasing funds after losses.
Keep in mind: Real funds, permitted size, margin and execution are limited; increasing stakes does not make a win due.
An informal belief that one crypto network or asset should dominate, or has meaningful long-term value while alternatives do not. Bitcoin maximalism is one example; people who use the label can hold different views.
Example: A phone fan insists one brand should replace all others. A similar attachment to one crypto network can discourage fair comparison of evidence and tradeoffs.
The largest recorded peak-to-subsequent-trough decline in a stated account series and observation window.
Example: In an invented series 100, 120, 90, 110, the largest decline is 120 to 90: 30 units, or 25% of the peak.
Keep in mind: Frequency, balance versus equity, costs and cash-flow treatment can change the measured result.
The stated upper supply limit under an asset's current rules, where such a limit exists. Check how the limit is enforced and whether anyone has power to change those rules.
Example: A ticket printer has a stated lifetime printing limit. Check whether the token's rules actually enforce a cap and who could change those rules.
Keep in mind: A stated maximum is different from currently circulating units or total units already created.
A crypto-asset whose appeal comes mainly from a joke, theme or online community rather than from a product or service.
Example: A themed souvenir becomes popular because an online community enjoys the joke. Popularity can change quickly and does not itself establish cash flows or useful rights.
An extra field, sent with a transfer on certain networks, that tells a receiving service which customer the funds belong to when many customers share one address.
Example: A shared apartment building has one street address but separate flat numbers. A receiving service may need a tag or memo to credit the correct customer.
A node's list of valid transactions that have been broadcast but not yet included in a block.
Example: Different shops have different queues of pending requests. Nodes likewise can have different pending transaction sets; there is not necessarily one identical global mempool.
A conventional Forex size label often representing 1,000 units of the base currency.
Example: Under that convention, ten micro lots contain the same units as one mini lot.
Keep in mind: Small size does not remove market, leverage or provider risks.
The arithmetic midpoint of a stated bid and ask: their sum divided by two. It is a reference, not automatically an available execution price.
Example: An invented bid of 1.1000 and ask of 1.1004 have a midpoint of 1.1002.
Keep in mind: A midpoint chart does not establish the price available for a buy or sell.
A conventional Forex size label often representing 10,000 units of the base currency.
Example: Under the stated convention, one mini lot contains one tenth of the units in a standard lot.
Keep in mind: Check the actual instrument and provider specifications.
Creating valid Bitcoin blocks, which requires showing proof of work. A miner is a person who runs mining machines, or the machine itself.
Example: A Bitcoin miner searches for a qualifying header hash, while nodes still check all the block rules. Finding a hash does not make an otherwise invalid transaction acceptable.
A common label for pairs of widely traded currencies that do not include the US dollar. Some sources call them crosses.
Example: EUR/GBP is often placed in this group.
Keep in mind: Not every use of the word cross refers to exactly the same category list.
Actions through a central-bank framework affecting monetary and financing conditions, including policy-rate or balance-sheet tools under its mandate.
Example: A central bank announces a decision about its policy rate rather than a government’s spending budget.
Keep in mind: A policy decision is not a guaranteed currency-price forecast, and operating arrangements differ by country.
Comparing observations aggregated over different intervals while keeping each series, completion time and rule explicit.
Example: An hourly candle may still be forming even though several five-minute candles inside it have finished.
Keep in mind: Do not use the eventual completed higher-timeframe value in an earlier lower-timeframe decision.
A wallet that needs signatures from a set number of separate keys (for example, two of three) before a transaction is valid.
Example: A savings club requires two approvals out of three authorised signers. A two of three wallet similarly needs the required distinct keys; two copies of one key do not provide two signers.