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Glosario de Forex

48 entradas que cubren la mecánica, órdenes, riesgo, análisis y el aspecto monetario del trading de divisas. Cada definición está escrita para que pueda entenderse sin necesidad de conocer otros tres términos, y cada entrada enlaza con las que están relacionadas por significado.

Por categoríaMechanics · 9Orders · 6Risk · 9Analysis · 12Market · 7Money · 5

A

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ArbitrageProfiting from the same asset being priced differently in two places.Ask (offer)The price at which you can buy the base currency.

B

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BacktestingApplying written rules to historical data to estimate how they performed.Base currencyThe first currency in a pair — the one being priced.BidThe price at which you can sell the base currency.BrokerThe firm that holds your funds and executes your orders.

C

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CandlestickA chart element summarising open, high, low and close for one period.Carry tradeHolding a higher-yielding currency against a lower-yielding one to earn the rate differential.CorrelationThe degree to which two pairs move together, from −1 to +1.Currency pairTwo currencies quoted against each other as a single tradeable instrument.

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DrawdownThe decline from an account's peak to its subsequent low.

E

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EquityAccount balance adjusted for open profit and loss.ExpectancyThe average profit or loss, in R, that a strategy produces per trade.

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Fundamental analysisValuing a currency from economic data, policy and capital flows.

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GapA jump between one period's close and the next period's open with no trading in between.Going long & going shortBuying to profit from a rise, or selling to profit from a fall.

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HedgingTaking an offsetting position to reduce exposure you cannot or will not close.

L

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LeverageBorrowed exposure that lets a small deposit control a large position.Limit orderAn instruction to trade only at a specified price or better.LiquidityHow easily an asset can be traded without moving its price.LotThe standard unit of trade size in forex.

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MarginThe deposit a broker requires to open a leveraged position.Margin callA warning that equity has fallen too close to required margin.Market orderAn instruction to trade immediately at the best available price.

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PipThe smallest standard price move of a currency pair.Portfolio heatThe total you would lose if every open stop were hit at once.Position sizingChoosing trade size so that the stop distance costs exactly your risk budget.

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Quote currencyThe second currency in a pair — the one the price is expressed in.

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R multipleA trade's result expressed as a multiple of the amount risked.Risk / reward ratioThe size of a trade's target compared with the amount risked.Risk managementThe discipline of losing small so you survive to trade the good setups.RolloverThe daily point at which open positions are rolled to the next value date.

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ScalpingTaking many very short trades for a handful of pips each.SlippageThe difference between expected and actual fill price.SpreadThe gap between the bid and ask price — your entry cost.Stop lossA resting order that closes a losing trade at a set level.Stop orderAn order that triggers once price passes a level, then executes at market.Support & resistancePrice areas where buying or selling has repeatedly halted a move.Swap (rollover interest)The interest credit or debit applied for holding a position overnight.

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Take profitA resting order that locks in gains at a target price.Technical analysisStudying price and volume history to form trading decisions.TimeframeThe period each candle on a chart represents.Trading journalA contemporaneous record of every trade and the reasoning behind it.Trading planWritten rules covering entry, exit, risk, hours and no-trade conditions.Trading sessionThe regional windows — Sydney, Tokyo, London, New York — that shape the forex day.TrendA directional sequence of higher highs and higher lows, or the reverse.

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VolatilityThe size and speed of a market's price swings.

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Win rateThe percentage of trades that close profitably.

Dónde se enseñan estos términos

El glosario es una referencia, no una instrucción. Cada término aquí se presenta adecuadamente en alguna parte del plan de estudios — pips y lotes en el cinturón blanco, estructura y tipos de órdenes en el amarillo, dimensionamiento y drawdown en el verde, expectativa y registro en el marrón.