Term | Description |
Account type | Trading conditions packaged within an account - Trading Signals offers 5 account types identical to regular trading accounts. |
Copy Ratio | The ratio between the investor's and signal provider's investment in the strategy. This calculates the number of lots to be copied when following a signal. |
Commission | The percentage (0-50%) of profit that investors pay to the signal provider at the end of a trading period, defined by the signal provider when creating their strategy. |
Copying process | The automatic replication of every order made by a signal provider from a particular strategy that an investor follows. |
Equity | The total value of a signal provider's trading account. |
Investment | Funds allocated by an investor when they begin copying a strategy. |
Investor | A trader who copies strategies provided by Signal Providers to potentially grow their capital. |
Leverage | The ratio of margin to loan capital, set by the Signal Provider. |
Maximum drawdown | The largest percentage loss a strategy experienced during the selected time period. |
Portfolio | The collection of strategies an Investor has chosen to copy. |
Client Portal | The main dashboard accessed after logging into your account where you can manage all account preferences. |
Rating indicators | Parameters used to evaluate strategies, such as Risk Level or Return. |
Risk Level | A 1-10 scale assessment of a strategy's risk factor, with 1 representing the lowest risk. |
Return | The cumulative growth in equity resulting from trading activity, calculated over trading periods. |
Trading Signals platform | A copy trading system connecting signal providers with investors. |
Trading Signals | A service allowing investors to automatically copy the trades of experienced traders. |
Signal Account Types | Account types available specifically for signal providers. |
Spread | The difference between Bid and Ask pricing. |
Stop an investment | When an investor chooses to discontinue copying a strategy. |
Strategy/Signal | A trading account managed by the signal provider that tracks their activity for investors to copy. |
Signal Provider | A trader who shares their strategies and earns from both their trading and commissions paid by investors copying their signals. |
Signal Provider's commission | Payment made to the signal provider by investors after a profitable trading period. |
Signal Provider's Area | Management interface for signal providers to handle their profile, funds, strategies, and settings. Accessed through the FXTRADING.com Client Portal. |
Signal Provider's profit | Earnings generated by the signal provider's trading activity. |
Swap | The interest rate differential charged or paid for holding positions overnight. |
Total Trading Volume limits | The combined volume of open positions held by both the signal provider and their investors. |
Trading period | The timeframe for commission calculation, ending on the last Friday of each month from 23:50 UTC+0 to 23:59:59 UTC+0, when commissions are distributed. |
Investment Wallet | The funding source investors use to finance their copying activities. |
Strategy equity | The current value of a strategy, including balance and floating profit/loss. |
Trading Signals Key Terms
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