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Account
Is a real, demo or IB account a trader opened with the broker. Not to be confused with client's Personal Area on the web site. -
Account monitoring
Is a tool used to share, view, analyse and compare trading performance of one or several trading accounts. With account monitoring you can learn from other traders, find an asset manager or advertise your trading strategy. -
Active client
Is an IB-related term: client account which has a cumulative personal funds of 100 or more USD in all his/her trading accounts and has at least 5 valid orders closed within the last 30 days from the current date. Number of active clients defines IB rank and the commission paid per one lot. -
ADP Employment Report
A report made by ADP Research Institute that measures private-sector employment. The employment data is obtained from 400,000 U.S. businesses, clients of ADP. -
Algorand
Algorand is one of the leading digital assets by market cap, while USD is the most popular fiat currency. The Algorand platform supports a wide range of decentralised applications. Its digital currency uses the abbreviation ALGO. -
Arbitrage
Is the trade when purchase and sell of the asset happen simultaneously in order to take an advantage of a price difference between two or more markets. It is a practice that profits by taking advantage over price differences of the same or similar financial instruments, on different market. Arbitrage trading strategy is strictly prohibited by Octa customer agreement. In case a client uses arbitrage, the company reserves a right to cancel such orders. -
Asian session
Is one of the three major trading sessions that opens at 00.00 EET (01.00 EEST) and ends at 10.00 EET (11.00 EEST) when market is operating through financial centers in Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand, and Russia. The most traded currency during Asian Session is Japanese yen. -
Ask price
The price at which an asset can be bought. A buy order is opened by the ask price, while a sell order is closed by it. It represents how much you will get in the quote currency for selling one unit of the base currency. For example, when the bid/ask prices for the EURUSD currency pair are listed as 1.08892/1.08897, 1 Euro costs $1.08897. Also, Offer price, Offer, or Ask.
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Asset
An item of property in possession of a company or a person that can be used in financial operations. -
Asset allocation
Is an investment strategy that implies a distribution of instrument funds among markets in order to achieve diversification or maximization of return. -
ASX SPI 200 Index (AUS200)
Market index of Australian stocks listed on Australian Securities exchange -
Aussie
A colloquial term used for the Australian dollar (AUD) or the AUDUSD pair (also, Ozzie). -
Autochartist
Is a leading provider of technical analysis based price predictions which offers a powerful tool scanning the market for trading opportunities 24/5. -
Autotrading
The use of electronic platforms (like Expert Advisor) to enter trade orders, where buy or sell orders are placed automatically under specific market conditions. These conditions vary and are usually based on price movements and technical indicators. Autotrading often allows one to enter and exit positions at a much higher rate than manual trading. Expert Advisors are created in MetaEditor in MQL 4 programming language and used on the MetaTrader trading platforms. Also, Algorithmic trading, Automatic trading, Black box trading, and Algo trading. -
Avalanche
As a rival to Ethereum, Avalanche digital asset boasts quicker transaction output through a unique framework. Its digital currency uses the abbreviation AVAX. -
Average Directional Index (ADX)
A technical analysis indicator used to determine the strength of a trend. It can be either up or down, which is reflected by two related indicators, +DI (the positive directional indicator) and -DI (the negative directional indicator). Following these lines, one could assess whether to make a trade. -
Average True Range (ATR)
A market volatility indicator used in technical analysis. It does not reflect the price direction and usually is based on the 14-day simple moving average of a series of true range indicators.
