Price-to-earnings
Valuation ratio comparing share price to earnings per share.
Plain-English definitions for trading, broker safety, market structure, and risk terms.
Price-to-earnings
Valuation ratio comparing share price to earnings per share.
Currency pair
Short form for a currency pair.
Face value
Principal amount a bond issuer agrees to repay at maturity.
Partial execution
Only part of an order is executed because insufficient quantity is available.
Index investing
Approach seeking to track a benchmark rather than outperform it actively.
Resting order
Order placed in advance to execute only when price conditions are met.
Percentage in point
Standard unit of forex price movement, commonly 0.0001 for many pairs.
Value per pip
Monetary value of a one-pip movement for a specific position size.
Fractional pip
Fractional pip, usually one tenth of a pip, used in precise FX quotes.
Calculated level used to estimate potential support and resistance.