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Forex glossary - B
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Balance of Forex market trading - Country's exports minus its imports.
Balance of Trade - Exports less imports.
Bank Notese - Paper money issued by the central bank.
Bank Rate - At this rate a central bank lend money to the domestic banking system.
Bar Chart - It is the image of the price direction in the form of diagram.
Base Currency - It is the currency in which an investor maintains its book of accounts. In the FX markets, the US Dollar is normally considered the 'base' currency for quotes.
Bear - Market participant whose purpose is to decline prices.
Bid - A price value indicating a desire to buy a currency at a given price.
Bid/Ask Spread - The difference between the bid and ask price.
Bid Forex rate - at this rate forex trader is willing to buy a currency.
Book - the summary of a Forex market trader's positions.
Boris - Russian forex trading (slang).
Breakout - Sharp movement of a rate through some conditional border.
Broker - Intermediary in the market, who puts together buyers and sellers for a fee or commission.
Brokerage - Broker’s commission or broker strategy.
Brokerage Fee - Sum of money charged by a broker for executing a transaction.
BUBA - Bundesbank, the central bank of Germany.
Bull - Market participant whose purpose is to increase prices.
Bundesbank - Central bank of Germany.
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- Back Months
- Back Office
- Back to Back
- Backwardation
- Bad Faith
- Balance of Payments
- Band
- Bank Line
- Banker's Acceptance
- Barrier Option
- Base Rate
- Basis
- Basis Convergence
- Basis Grade
- Basis Point
- Basis Price
- Basis Quote
- Basis Risk
- Basis Trading
- Basket
- Bear Market
- Bear Spread
- Bear Vertical Spread
- Beta
- Big Figure
- Bilateral Clearing
- Binary Options
- Black Scholes Model
- Block Order
- Board of Trade
- Board of Trade Clearing Corporation (BOTCC)
- Board Order
- Boiler Room
- Book Entry Securities
- Booked
- Booking the Basis
- Box Transaction
- Branch Office
- Branch Office Manager
- Break
- Break Even Point
- Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944
- Brief
- Broker Association
- Brokerage House
- Broker-Dealer
- Bucket Shop
- Bucketing
- Bull Market
- Bull Spread
- Bull Vertical Spread
- Bulldogs
- Business Conduct Committee
- Butterfly Spread
- Buy on Close
- Buy on Opening
- Buyer
- Buyer's Market
- Buying Hedge