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1103 professional trading and finance terms — the trader's dictionary
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Financial intermediary that executes buy and sell orders on behalf of the trader in exchange for commissions.
Offline storage of cryptocurrencies. More secure than exchanges but less practical for active trading.
An exchange rate calculated between two currencies derived from their respective rates against a common reference currency.
A reserve of tokens locked in a smart contract used to facilitate exchanges on a DEX.
Pegging a currency's value to another (often the dollar) to maintain exchange rate stability.
Removal of a stock from exchange listing, often due to failure, merger, or failure to meet requirements.
A graphical visualization of available liquidity at various price levels, common on crypto exchanges.
Decentralized Exchange: a crypto exchange platform without centralized intermediaries. E.g., Uniswap, dYdX.
Exchange Traded Fund: a fund that tracks an index, sector, or asset, traded on an exchange like a stock.
An organized market where financial instruments are traded: NYSE, Nasdaq, LSE, Binance.
Trading physically executed on the exchange floor by specialists before the digital era.
Foreign Exchange: the global currency market. The largest and most liquid in the world with $6 trillion/day.
The daily moment (e.g., 16:00 London) when an official reference exchange rate is established.
The difference between the spot exchange rate and the forward rate, determined by the interest rate differential.
The exchange rate traded between large banks, generally the most competitive before retail broker markups.
Initial Public Offering: a company's first listing on the stock exchange. Often accompanied by high volatility.
Providing liquidity to DEXs in exchange for token rewards. A form of passive yield in DeFi.
An exchange rate regime where the currency floats freely but the central bank occasionally intervenes to stabilize it.
The American tech exchange. The Nasdaq 100 index includes the 100 largest non-financial companies.
A cryptographic verification demonstrating that an exchange actually holds the declared client assets.
A contract to exchange financial flows. Can also refer to overnight rollover in Forex.
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