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Take profit
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An order to close an open position at a more profitable price compared to the price when placing the order.
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techMARK
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This market groups together technology companies from across the market. It has its own indices: the FTSE techMARK 100 and the FTSE techMARK All-share.
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Technical analysis
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A technique used to try and predict future movements of a security, commodity or currency , based solely on past price movements and volume levels. It examines charts and historical performance to forecast prices by analysing market data, such as historical price trends, averages and volumes.
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Tick
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A single price movement which can be either positive or negative.
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Tom-next charges
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In foreign exchange, the cost of holding a position overnight. Short for tomorrow-next, it normally incorporates the interest considerations in simultaneously holding and owing the notional and base currencies as well as being influenced by the relative availability of the associated currencies.
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Trade balance
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This statistic reveals the difference between a country’s exports and imports of goods and services, such as cars, electronics, textiles, banking and insurance.
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Trade size
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The size of the underlying position that you are trading. Governs how much you make or lose on a trade for every point of movement in the price of the market.
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Trailing stop
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Trailing stops are a special type of stop loss order that trail behind the market price when the market moves in your favour.
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Transaction costs
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The costs you incur when trading financial products. These costs include commission (on shares), financing and spreads.
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Transaction date
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The date a trade occurs.
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Treasury
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A bond issued by a government. Bonds issued by the UK government are called gilt-edged stocks, commonly referred to as gilts.
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Trend
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The general direction in which prices tend to move.
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Trend lines
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A straight line drawn across a chart that indicates the overall trend. In an upward trend, the line is drawn below, and acts as a support line; the opposite holds true for a downward trend. Once the asset breaks the trend line, the trend is considered to be invalid.
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Two-way price
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When both a bid (sell) and offer (buy) rate is quoted for a transaction.