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1. TOKYO OPEN 2. TOKYO CLOSE 3. LONDON OPEN 4. LONDON CLOSE 5. NEW YORK OPEN 6. NEW YORK CLOSE |
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1. 1PM 2. 10PM 3. 9PM 4. 6AM 5. 2AM 6. 11AM |
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FIRST LISTED CURRENCY. The base currency is the “basis” for the buy or the sell. If you buy EUR/USD this simply means that you are buying the base currency and simultaneously selling the quote currency. |
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QUOTE CURRENCY OR COUNTER CURRENCY |
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LONG, "GOING LONG", "TAKING A LONG POSITION" |
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BUYING THE BASE CURRENCY, ANTICIPATING THE VALUE TO RISE, AND THEN SELLING IT AT A HIGHER PRICE. |
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"SHORT POSITION", "TAKING A SHORT POSITION" |
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SELLING A CURRENCY AND THEN BUYING IT AT A LOWER PRICE. |
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THE PRICE AT WHICH YOU SELL YOUR CURRENCY. |
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THE PRICE AT WHICH YOU WILL BUY. |
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BID AND THE ASK PRICE. |
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A pip is the last decimal place of a quotation. The Pip is how you measure your profit or loss. If the EUR/USD moves from 1.2250 to 1.2251, that is ONE PIP. |
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