Monday, November 2, 2009

Forex Terms (D)

Day trader - Speculators who take positions in commodities which are then liquidated prior to the close of the same trading day.

Deal date - The date on which a transaction is agreed upon.
Deal Ticket - The primary method of recording the basic information relating to a transaction.

Dealer - One who, as opposed to a broker, acts as a principle in all transactions, buying and selling for its own accounts. Or An individual who acts as a principal or counterpart to a transaction. Principals take one side of a position, hoping to earn a spread (profit) by closing out the position in a subsequent trade with another party. In contrast, a broker is an individual or firm that acts as an intermediary, putting together buyers and sellers for a fee or commission.

Deficit - A negative balance of trade or payments.

Deflator - Difference between real and nominal Gross National Product, which is equivalent to the overall inflation rate.

Delivery - An FX trade where both sides make and take actual delivery of the currencies traded.

Delivery date - The date of maturity of the contract, when the exchange of the currencies is made This date is more commonly known as the value date in the FX or Money markets.

Delivery Risk - A term to describe when a counterparty will not be able to complete his side of the deal, although willing to do so.

Depreciation - A fall in the value of a currency due to market forces rather than due to official action.

Derivative – A contract that changes in value in relation to the price movements of a related or underlying security, future or other physical instrument. An Option is the most common derivative instrument.

Desk - Term referring to a group dealing with a specific currency or currencies.

Details - All the information required to finalize a foreign exchange transaction, i.e. name, rate, dates, and point of delivery.

Devaluation - Deliberate downward adjustment of a currency against its fixed parities or bands, normally by formal announcement.

Direct quotation - Quoting in fixed units of foreign currency against variable amounts of the domestic currency.

Dirty Float - Floating a currency when the rate is controlled by intervention by the monetary authorities.

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