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Fast Market Rapid movement in a market caused by strong interest by buyers and/or sellers. In such circumstances price levels may be omitted and bid and offer quotations may occur too rapidly to be fully reported.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC): The regulatory agency responsible for administering bank depository insurance in the United States.
Federal Reserve (Fed): The Central Bank of the United States.
Federal Reserve System The central banking system in the United States.
Fill: The process of completing a customer's order to buy or sell a currency pair.
Fill Price: The price at which a buy or sell order was executed.
Financial Risk: The risk that a firm will be unable to meet its financial obligations.
Flat: Term describing a trading book with no market exposure.
FOMC Federal Open Market Committee, the committee that sets money supply targets in the US which tend to be implemented through Fed Fund interest rates etc.
Foreign Exchange: The purchase or sale of a currency against sale or purchase of another.
Forex: Term commonly used when referring to the foreign exchange market.
Forex Club:Groups formed in the major financial centers to encourage educational and social contacts between foreign exchange dealers, under the umbrella of Association Cambiste International.
Forward: A transaction that settles at a future date.
Forward Points: The points that are added to or subtracted from the spot rate to calculate the forward rates for a forward foreign exchange transaction. These points are based on the differential between the interest rates of the two currency pairs.
Forward Price: (See forward rates).
Forward Rates: The net price resulting from calculating the forward points and subtracting them from the existing spot rate. This is the rate at which a currency can be purchased or sold for delivery in the future.
Fundamental Analysis: Analysis of economic and political information with the objective of determining future movements in a financial market.
FX: Foreign Exchange.
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