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Forex glossary - M

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M0 - Cash in circulation . Only used by the UK.

M1 - Cash in circulation plus demand deposits at commercial banks.

M2 - Includes demand deposits time deposits and money market mutual funds excluding large CDs.

M3 - In the UK it is M1 plus public and private sector time deposits and sight deposits held by the public sector.

M4 - In the US it is M2 plus negotiable CDs.

MACE - abbreviation for MidAmerica Commodity Exchange.

MGE - abbreviation for Minneapolis Grain Exchange

MIDAM - abbreviation for MidAmerica Commodity Exchange.

MIT - abbreviation for Market-If-Touched.

MITI - abbreviation for Japanese ministry of International Trade & Industry.

MM - abbreviation for Money Markets.

MRA - abbreviation for Member Responsibility Action.

Margin - The required sum that an investor must deposit to guarantee a position.

Market Maker - A dealer who regularly quotes both bid and ask prices and is ready to make a two-sided market for any financial instrument.

Market Order - An order to buy or sell a futures contract of a given delivery month to be filled at the best possible price and as soon as possible.

Market Risk - Exposure to fluctuates in market prices.

Mechanical System - The computer system of Forex market trading generating forex signals.

Monetary Policy - a credit policy of the certain country.

Money Supply - The amount of money in the economy of the certain country.

Moving Average - the technical indicator used for definition of the tendency in the market.

Mutual fund - An open-end investment company.


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The following terms will appear in the glossary soon:

  • Maintenance Margin
  • Maintenance Performance Bond
  • Make a Market
  • Managed Account
  • Managed Float
  • Managed Funds Association
  • Managed Futures
  • Margin Account
  • Margin Call
  • Marginal Risk
  • Market Correction
  • Market If Touched (MIT)
  • Market Information Data Inquiry System( MIDIS)
  • Market Price Reporting and Information Systems
  • Market Profile
  • Market Reporter
  • Market Value
  • Mark-to-Market
  • Material Fact
  • Maturity
  • Maximum Price Fluctuation
  • Mediation
  • Member Responsibility Action (MRA)
  • Membership Committee
  • Membership Denial
  • Membership Denial Action Type
  • Minimum Price Fluctuation
  • Misdemeanor
  • Mitigating Factors
  • Money Laundering
  • Money Pass
  • Motion
  • Motion for Summary Judgment
  • Motion to Dismiss
  • Municipal Bonds