🔴 17 Istilah Trading Forex Lengkap yang Wajib Diketahui Trader (Pip, Lot, Spread, Leverage, etc)

Pip (price interest point) is a unit of measurement for changes in the exchange rate between two paired currencies.

Spread is the difference between the selling and buying price (bid and ask quotes). Spreads can fluctuate based on the currency pair, trading time, and economic conditions, and they are a source of income for brokers.

Stop loss is an order to automatically close a transaction when the currency pair price reaches a certain level, aiming to limit potential losses when a trade does not go as predicted.

Ask price is the price at which a trader buys a currency pair (displayed as a red horizontal line in MetaTrader 4), while bid price is the price at which a trader sells a currency pair (displayed as a gray horizontal line).

Bullish refers to a market condition where prices are trending upwards, characterized by higher highs and higher lows, leading traders to buy (long). Bearish refers to a market condition where prices are trending downwards, characterized by lower highs and lower lows, leading traders to sell (short).

A candlestick is a type of price chart used in technical analysis that displays information about currency pair price movements, including high, low, opening, and closing prices for a specific period.

Currency pairs are two different currencies where the value of one is quoted against the other, with quotes for buying and selling a currency.

Cut loss is the act of manually closing a trading transaction that is already experiencing losses to prevent further significant losses.

Hedging or locking is a condition where a trader opens both buy and sell positions simultaneously without closing either, typically to lock in profits or losses, preventing them from increasing further.

Leverage is a facility provided by brokers allowing traders to conduct transactions with a small capital to take larger positions, essentially borrowed funds to increase buying power and potential profits.

Long (buy) refers to a buy transaction of a currency pair, while short (sell) refers to a sell transaction of a currency pair.

In forex trading, a lot is a unit that measures the amount of a trading transaction, referring to the number of currency units bought or sold. Standard lot is 100,000 units, mini lot is 10,000 units, micro lot is 1,000 units, and nano lot is 100 units.

Take profit is an order to automatically close a transaction when the currency pair price reaches a certain level, aiming to realize profits and prevent transactions from becoming unprofitable if the price reverses.

Risk to Reward Ratio is the comparison between potential loss and potential profit in each trade. Recommended ratios are 1:1, 1:2, or 1:3, meaning potential loss should be smaller than or equal to potential profit.

Currency pair price movements are determined by supply and demand. Supply is the amount of an asset available, and demand is the amount needed. If the price is in a supply zone, it tends to fall; if in a demand zone, it tends to rise.

Support and resistance are price levels used by traders to determine if the price will reverse or continue. Support is an area that can hold a price decline, making it an area for buy transactions. Resistance is an area that can hold a price increase, making it an area for sell transactions.

Margin is the fund used to open positions beyond a trader's capital. Margin level is the amount of funds remaining for a trader to open further positions or the equity available in the trading account, expressed as a percentage of equity to used margin.

A margin call occurs when the margin level reaches a certain threshold, indicating a risk of several or all transactions being forcibly closed (liquidated) by the broker, potentially leading to the loss of all funds in the trading account.