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CFDs and forex (FX) are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 68% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. 
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CFDs and forex (FX) are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 68% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs, FX, or any of our other products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
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3D Volatility Chart

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Account overview Account statement Account summary Account value Activity log American option Analysis Appreciation Ask price Asset Assignment At the money (ATM) At the money (ATM) forward strike Auto-execution Available for margin trading

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Bar Bar HLC technical study Bar OHLC technical study Base currency Basis point Bear Beta Bid price Black-Scholes model Blue-chip stocks Breach Bull Bull market Buy offer

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Call option Candlestick chart Cash balance Cash settlement CFD financing Class (of options) Clearing house Close a position Closing index Closing settlement price / delivery settlement price Commission (trading commissions) Contract for difference (CFD) Contract size/multiplier Contract value Conversion rate Cost to close Counter currency Cross Cross-margining Currency trading

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Daily settlement price Day order (DO) Decline Delivery date Delta Depreciation Derivative Direct market access (DMA) Dividend Downtick / uptick

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Earnings per share (EPS) EBITDA Equities European option Exchange Exchange rate Exercise Exposure Exposure coverage

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Fibonacci technical analysis Foreign exchange trading Forest Forward outright Forward-forward contract Futures / futures contract

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Gamma Good till cancelled (GTC) Good till date (GTD)

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Half-turn commission Hedge Hedge ratio

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In the money (ITM) Index Inflation Initial margin Instrument Instrument currency Interbank Interest Interest rate differential International bank account number (IBAN)

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Join bid Join offer

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Knock-out barrier Kurtosis

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Leveraging/gearing Limit order Long

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Margin Margin deposit Margin utilisation Market maker Market value Mid price Moving average convergence/divergence (MACD)

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Net exposure Nonfarm payroll NFP Non-margin position

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Offer price One-cancels-the-other (OCO) order Open position Options or options contract Order Order duration Other collateral Out of the money Over-the-counter (OTC) trade

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Portfolio Position Posting date Premium Price-to-earnings (PE) ratio Primary order Probability Envelope Chart Profit-taking Put option

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Resistance Risk Management Risk reversal Round-turn commission

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Secondary currency Secondary order Securities Sell bid Series (of options) Shares Short selling Speculative Spot Spot market Spread (in index points) Stocks Stop Trading Stop-if-bid order Stop-if-offered order Stop-limit order (futures) Stop-loss order Straight-through-processing (STP) Strike price / exercise price Support Swap Swap price Symbol

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The Greeks Theta Time value Trailing stop

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Underlying asset Uptick / downtick

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Value date Vanilla option Variable costs Variable currency Variation margin Vega Volatility Smile Chart

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