Forex encyclopedia

The market where spot (ie as per current rate) operations take place is called spot market. Operations of spot type are exactly those operations, which are the most popular on the Forex market. Quotes, which many people accustomed to in the window of trading terminal are called spot rate. It is accepted that settlement date for current conversion operations is the second business day after transaction is made. But it is only related to serious financial bodies. For common traders working on the Forex market via the Internet all current data is rendered in the terminal, trades are made within split seconds, therefore such criteria as settlement date cannot be accounted here. Also it is noteworthy that as compared with all other conversion operations, spot operations bear the highest risk. Forward conversion operations include forwards, futures, options and swaps. Listed instruments are also called derivatives. They were made in order to mitigate risks caused by unfavorable change of currency rate in the future.

Average Directional Index , ADX represents part of the system of Directional Movement Index and is based on filtration pursuant to paces of price change. It was first time introduced by J. Welles Wilder in 1978 in "New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems" book. ADX figures should be of immediate interest when its value is above 20 - 22. When ADX is reversed from top to bottom, current tendency loses its intensity and probability of correctional movement or reversal grows. Therefore, when ADX enters zone of extreme values, it is important to trace a probable change of trend's direction.