Reference
Forex & يتداول المصطلحات
110 plain-الإنجليزية definitions of forex and CFD terms.
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B
Base العملة
The first currency in a quote pair (e.g. EUR in EUR/USD).
Bid
The price at which the market (broker) will شراء from you — the price you بيع at.
Break of Structure (BOS)
Price breaking a prior swing point in the trend direction.
Break-Even Stop
Moving the stop-loss to the entry price after price moves favourably.
Breakout
Price moving decisively beyond a defined range or level.
C
Candlestick
A chart bar showing مفتوح, high, low, close for a time period.
كاش باك
A per-lot rebate paid back to the متداول from broker IB commission.
Central Bank
The institution responsible for monetary policy.
CFD
Contract for Difference — a derivative paying the difference between entry and exit.
CFTC
Commodity Futures يتداول Commission — US.
Change of Character (CHoCH)
Price breaking a prior swing point against the existing trend.
Commission
A per-lot fee charged on raw / ECN الحسابات.
Compounding
Reinvesting gains so each period's base is larger.
Consistency Rule
A prop-firm rule capping how much of إجمالي profit can come from a single day or trade.
Correlation
The degree to which two instruments move together.
CPI
Consumer Price Index — primary inflation measure.
cTrader
Alternative retail trading platform, common at ECN الوسطاء.
CySEC
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission.
D
E
ECN
Electronic Communications Network — pricing model passing institutional liquidity to retail.
Engulfing Pattern
A candle whose body fully engulfs the prior candle's body.
Exotic الأزواج
الأزواج involving an emerging-market currency.
Expectancy
The average outcome per تداول: (Win% × AvgWin) − (Loss% × AvgLoss).
Expert Advisor (EA)
An automated trading robot for MT4 / MT5.
F
Fair Value Gap (FVG)
An imbalance left by a rapid price move that price often revisits.
FCA
Financial Conduct Authority — the UK financial regulator.
Fibonacci Retracement
Levels (38.2%, 50%, 61.8%) used to anticipate retracements within a trend.
FOMC
Federal فتح Market Committee — sets US monetary policy.
Forex
The foreign exchange market — buying one currency against another.
Free Margin
Equity minus used margin — the buffer available for جديد positions or adverse moves.
FSCA
Financial Sector Conduct Authority — South Africa.
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H
L
Leverage
The ratio of position size to required margin (e.g. 1:100 = 1% margin).
Limit Order
An order to شراء below or بيع above current price.
Liquidity
How easily a market can absorb orders without moving price significantly.
Liquidity Pool
An area of price likely to contain resting orders / stops.
طويلة Position
A position that profits when price rises.
Lot
The unit of forex position size. 1 standard lot = 100,000 units of the base currency.
Lower Low (LL)
A swing low below the previous swing low — downtrend signal.
M
MACD
Moving Average Convergence Divergence — momentum indicator.
Major الأزواج
The most-traded forex pairs, all involving USD.
Margin
Capital locked by an مفتوح position, calculated from leverage and position size.
Margin Call
الوسيط warning when margin level drops to a defined threshold.
Margin المستوى
Equity divided by used margin, expressed as a percentage.
Market Maker
الوسيط model where the broker may take the other side of trades internally.
Market Order
An order filled at the current available price.
Minor الأزواج / Crosses
العملة pairs not involving USD.
Moving Average (MA)
A smoothed average of price over a defined period.
MQL4
Programming language for MT4 indicators and EAs.
MQL5
Programming language for MT5 indicators and EAs.
MT4 (MetaTrader 4)
طويلة-standing retail trading platform.
MT5 (MetaTrader 5)
Successor platform to MT4 with additional features.
N
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P
Pip
The standard unit of price movement in forex (typically 4th decimal, or 2nd for JPY pairs).
Pip Value
Dollar value of a 1-pip move at a given lot size.
Pipette
A fractional pip — one-tenth of a standard pip.
Position Size
The lot size of a trade, calculated from risk and stop distance.
Position يتداول
Holding positions for weeks to months based on macro views.
Profit Split
The portion of trading profits paid to a funded متداول.
Profit Target (Prop)
A profit threshold required to pass a prop-firm evaluation.
Q
R
R-Multiple
تداول outcome expressed in units of risk (R).
Real Yield
Nominal bond yield minus inflation expectations.
Rebate
Synonym for كاش باك in the IB context.
Regulator
A government or quasi-government authority licensing financial firms.
Resistance
A price level where sellers historically defended price.
Riba
Islamic finance term for interest / usury, considered impermissible.
المخاطر / مكافأة Ratio
Ratio of planned reward to planned risk on a trade.
المخاطر-On / المخاطر-Off
Market regimes describing appetite for riskier assets.
Rollover
The daily process of charging or crediting swap on مفتوح positions.
Round-Turn
A complete شراء + بيع (or بيع + شراء) cycle, used for commission quoting.
RSI (Relative Strength Index)
A momentum oscillator between 0 and 100.
S
Safe Haven
Assets bought in risk-off conditions.
Scalping
A short-timeframe trading style aiming for many small profits.
Shooting Star
Inverted hammer near highs — potential bearish rejection.
قصيرة Position
A position that profits when price falls.
Slippage
The difference between expected and executed price.
Spread
The difference between bid and ask prices.
Stop Order
An order to شراء above or بيع below current price (breakout style).
Stop Out
The margin level at which the broker forcibly closes positions to prevent insolvency.
Stop-Loss
A pre-set order to close a position at a defined loss limit.
STP
Straight Through Processing — broker routes orders to liquidity providers without dealing-desk intervention.
الدعم
A price level where buyers historically defended price.
Swap
Overnight financing charge or credit based on interest-rate differentials.
Swap-Free الحساب
A broker حساب that does not charge or pay overnight swap.
Swing يتداول
Holding positions for several days to weeks.