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Forex glossary - C

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Cable - Sterling/US Dollar exchange rate (slang)

CACE - abbreviation for Citrus Associates of the Cotton Exchange.

Calendar Spread - the same as Horizontal Spread.

Call Option - it is the right but not the obligation giving to the buyer of a call option to purchase a particular futures contract at a stated price on or before a particular date.

Canceling Order - this order deletes a customer's previous order.

Candlestick Chart - type of price chart that indicates the trading range for the day as well as the opening and closing price.

CBOE - abbreviation for Chicago Board Options Exchange.

CBOT - abbreviation for Chicago Board of Trade.

CD - abbreviation for Certificate of Deposit.

CEI - abbreviation for Commodity Exchange, Inc. (also known as COMEX).

Central Bank - A government organization that manages a monetary policy of the particular country.

CFFE - abbreviation for Cantor Financial Futures Exchange

CFTC - abbreviation for Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

CHAPS - abbreviation for Clearing House Automated Payment System.

Chart - it is the graphic representation of price movements.

Charting - The use of charts in the technical analysis to plot price movements, volume, open interest or other statistical indicators of price movement.

CHIPS - abbreviation for the New York clearing house clearing system.

Close - during this period all transactions at the end of trading session are considered made "at the close."

CME - abbreviation for Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

Coincident Indicator - this economic indicator generally moves in line with the general business cycle.

COMEX - abbreviation for Commodity Exchange.

Commission - broker’s fee for the transaction.

Commission House -the same as Futures Commission Merchant.

Commitments - the same as Open Interest.

Commodity - The goods.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) - one of the most important USA economic indicators that measures the change in prices of a fixed market basket of some 385 goods and services in the previous month.

Contract - the unit of trading.

Country Risk - type of risk associated with a cross-border transaction, including legal and political conditions.

CPI - abbreviation for Consumer Price Index.

CPO - abbreviation for Commodity Pool Operator.

CPSS - abbreviation for Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems.

Cross rate - The exchange rate between any two currencies that are considered non-standard in the country where the currency pair is quoted.

CSCE - abbreviation for Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange, Inc.

CTA - abbreviation for Commodity Trading Advisor.

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The following terms will appear in the glossary soon:

• Cabinet Trade
• Cable Transfer
• Call
• Call Rule
• Capital Account
• Capital Gain
• Capping
• Carry
• Carrying Broker
• Carryover
• Carry-Over Charge
• Cash
• Cash and Carry
• Cash Commodity
• Cash Contract
• Cash Forward Sale
• Cash Market
• Cash Price
• Cash Settlement
• Central Rate
• Certificate of Deposit (CD)
• CFTC Administrative Action
• CFTC Injunctive Action
• Chartist
• Cheap
• Cheapest to Deliver
• Chooser Option
• Churning
• CIBOR
• Circuit Breaker
• Civil Action
• Civil Monetary Penalty
• Claim
• Claimant
• Clear
• Clearing
• Clearing Corporation
• Clearing House
• Clearing Margin
• Clearing Member
• Clearing Procedures Action Type
• Closed Position
• Closing Price
• Closing Purchase Transaction
• Closing Range
• Co Respondent
• Collateral
• COM Membership
• Commission Fee
• Commodity Credit Corporation
• Commodity Exchange Act
• Commodity Exchange Authority
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
• Commodity Option
• Commodity Pool
• Commodity Pool Operator (CPO)
• Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA)
• Compensatory Damages
• Complaint
• Compound Option
• Computerized Trading Reconstruction System
• Concurrent Indicators
• Confirmation
• Confirmation Statement
• Congestion
• Consent Order
• Consolidation
• Contagion
• Contango
• Contract Expiration Date
• Contract Grades
• Contract Market
• Contract Month
• Contract Unit
• Contributor
• Controlled Account
• Convergence
• Conversion Factor
• Corner
• Correspondent Bank
• Cost of Carry
• Cost of Living Index
• Counterclaim
• Counterparty
• Counterparty Risks
• Coupon
• Coupon Value
• Cover
• Covered Interest Rate Arbitrage
• Covered Option
• Crawling Peg (Adjustable Peg)
• Credit Risk
• Creditor
• Crop Reports
• Crop Year
• Cross Claim
• Cross Deal
• Cross Hedge
• Cross Margining
• Cross Trading
• Crush Spread
• Curb Trading
• Currency
• Currency Basket
• Currency Risk
• Currency Swap
• Current Account
• Current Asset
• Current Balance
• Current Delivery Month
• Current Yield
• Customer Margin
• Customer Segregated Accounts
• Cycle