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An offer price in the market. At this price, you can buy the assets.

Bull

The bulls are the traders waiting for the asset price rise. They buy the assets to sell them at a higher price in the future.

Bull Market

The market where we can see the price increase. The bulls are the key players in the bull market. As they suppose this term was taken because the ascending chart reminds the bull horns raised up.

Currency Pair

A trading instrument to trade in the trading market.

Return

On the ExpertOption platform the trader receives up to 45% of the investment amount even in a case of the unprofitable deal. The return amount is set when you buy an option.

Volatility

A strength of the asset price swing for a definite time interval. The more changeable the asset price is the higher volatility is.

Deposit

A balance of a trader’s account. The trader can use these funds to open a deal.

Diversification

Diversification is the method of reducing risks by simultaneous trading on some different weakly connected assets.

Indicator

The instrument which allows you to determine a chart direction. It is a chart option realizing a definite digital method. The indicators help traders to make a right trading decision.

Bid

A bid price in the market. At this price, you can sell the assets.

Corridor

A part of the chart where the asset price changes. The lower bound of the corridor is a support level and the upper bound is a resistance level.

Correction

A reverse of the price direction directly after the trend.

Correlation

A correlation is an interrelation between the movements of two assets. It shows the relationship between the rate changes and is measured from -1 to +1. The correlation coefficient +0.8 shows the rate changes in one direction. For example, let us review the currency pairs EUR/USD and GBP/USD. If one pair increases the second pair will most likely increase too.

Liquidity

The asset liquidity shows how quickly it can be bought or sold. The more deals with this asset the higher its liquidity is.

Support Line

A price level below the current rate. The bulls do not let the asset price decrease below this level. According to the trend strength, the support levels can be strong and weak.

Resistance Line

A price level above the current rate. At this level the price is controlled by the bears who do not allow the further rise of the asset.

Trend Line

At the ascending trend, the trend line is built on the local minimums and is a support line. At the descending trend, it is built on the local maximums and is a resistance line.

Bear

Bears are the investors earning on the price reduction.

Bear Market

The market where we can see the asset price drop. In this market the main trends are downward directed. As they suppose this term was taken as a descending chart reminds the legs of the attacking bear.

Bear Raid

A coordinated attempt of some bears to reduce the asset price by its active sale.

Traders’ Sentiment

A trading instrument showing the direction of the other traders’ deals on the ExpertOption platform.

Bar

A graphic presentation of the asset price changes for a definite period of time which we call a bar chart.

Bonus

A bonus is a real money which ExpertOption transfers into your account as extra funds to your deposit.
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