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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