Forex Terms starting in "L"

• Lay Off →

  A layoff is the execution of a transaction in the market to offset a previous transaction and return to a flat position.

• LDC →

  Less developed countries, often used when discussing the secondary debt market.

• Leading Indicators →

  A fundamental or technical indicator that changes before the market as a whole and therefore used to predict changes in market direction.

• Leverage →

  The ratio of the transaction size to the actual investment used for margin.

• Liability →

  An obligation of one party arising from past transactions or events.

• LIBOR →

  The London Inter-Bank Offered Rate.

• LIFFE →

  London International Financial Futures Exchange.

• Limit Order →

  A risk management tool to buy or sell at a specific price or better.

• Liquidation →

  The closing of an open position by the buying or selling of equally sized position in the opposite direction.

• Liquidity →

  The degree of an asset's ability to be converted to cash at its fair market price

• Long →

  A market position where the trader has bought a currency.

• Long Position →

  Action taken by trader to buy a currency.

• Loonie →

  Slang for the Canadian Dollar

• Lot →

  A standard trading term referring to an order of 100,000 unit.

Forex Trading Terms (Alphabetical)

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z