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Call Option

A currency trade which exploits the interest rate difference between two countries. By selling a currency with a low rate of interest and buying a currency with a high rate of interest, the trader will receive the interest difference between the two countries while this trade is open

British Retail Consortium (BRC) shop price index

British Retail Consortium (BRC) shop price index A British measure of the rate of inflation at various surveyed retailers. This index only looks at price changes in goods purchased in retail outlets

Bollinger Bands

A tool used by technical analysts . A band plotted two standard deviations on either side of a simple moving average, which often indicates support and resistance levels

bar chart

A type of chart which consists of four significant points: the high and the low prices, which form the vertical bar, the opening price, which is marked with a little horizontal line to the left of the bar and the closing price, which is marked with a little horizontal line to the right of the bar

Analyst

A financial professional who has expertise in evaluating investments and puts together buy, sell and hold recommendations for clients