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G7 - The seven leading industrial countries, being US , Germany, Japan, France, UK, Canada, Italy.

G10 - G7 plus Belgium, Netherlands and Sweden, a group associated with IMF discussions. Switzerland is sometimes peripherally involved.

Gap - A mismatch between maturities and cash flows in a bank or individual dealers position book. Gap exposure is effectively interest rate exposure.

Going long - The purchase of a stock, commodity, or currency for investment or speculation.

Going short - The selling of a currency or instrument not owned by the seller.

Gold Standard - The original system for supporting the value of currency issued. The was that where the price of gold is fixed against the currency it means that the increased supply of gold does not lower the price of gold but causes prices to increase.

Good until canceled - An instruction to a broker that unlike normal practice the order does not expire at the end of the trading day, although normally terminates at the end of the trading month.

Grid - Fixed margin within which exchange rates are allowed to fluctuate.

Gross Domestic Product - Total value of a country's output, income or expenditure produced within the country's physical borders.

Gross National Product - Gross domestic product plus " factor income from abroad" - income earned from investment or work abroad.

Hard currency - Any one of the major world currencies that is well traded and easily converted into other currencies.

Head and Shoulders - A pattern in price trends which chartist consider indicates a price trend reversal. The price has risen for some time, at the peak of the left shoulder, profit taking has caused the price to drop or level. The price then rises steeply again to the head before more profit taking causes the the price to drop to around the same level as the shoulder. A further modest rise or level will indicate a that a further major fall is imminent. The breach of the neckline is the indication to sell.

Hedge - The purchase or sale of options or futures contracts as a temporary substitute for a transaction to be made at a later date. Usually it involves opposite positions in the cash or futures or options market.

Hedged position - One open buy position and one open sell position in the same currency.

Hit the bid - Acceptance of purchasing at the offer or selling at the bid.

IMF - International Monetary Fund, established in 1946 to provide international liquidity on a short and medium term and encourage liberalization of exchange rates. The IMF supports countries with balance of payments problems with the provision of loans.

IMM - International Monetary Market part of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange that lists a number of currency and financial futures Implied volatilityA measurement of the market's expected price range of the underlying currency futures based on the traded option premiums.

Implied Rates - The interest rate determined by calculating the difference between spot and forward rates.

Indicative quote - A market-maker's price which is not firm.

Industrial Production - Measures the whole value of output produced by manufacturers, mines and utilities. This data tends to answer promptly to the expansions and contractions of the business cycle and can act as a foremost indicator of employment and personal income.

Inflation - Continued rise in the general price level in conjunction with a related drop in purchasing power. Sometimes referred to as an excessive movement in such price levels.

Initial margin - The margin required by a Foreign Exchange firm to initiate the buying or selling of a determined amount of currency.

Initial Margin Requirement - The minimum part of a new security purchase that an investor have to pay for in cash.

Inter-bank rates - The bid and offer rates at which international banks place deposits with each other. The basis of the Interbank market.

Interest rate Swaps - An agreement to swap interest rate exposures from floating to fixed or vice versa. There is no swap of the principal. It is the interest cash flows be they payments or receipts that are exchanged.

Internationalization - Referring to a currency that is widely used to denominate trade and credit transactions by non residents of the country of issue. US dollar and Swiss Franc are examples.

Intervention - Action by a central bank to effect the value of its currency by entering the market. Concerted intervention refers to action by a number of central banks to control exchange rates.

Introducing Broker - A person or group entity which introduces accounts to FOREX.com for a charge.

ISM Manufacturing Index - An index that charges the state of US manufacturing sector by surveying executives on expectations for upcoming production, inventories, new orders, employment and deliveries. Values over 50 generally point to an expansion, while values lower 50 point to contraction.

ISM Non-Manufacturing - An index that survey service part firms for their outlook, in place of the other 80% of the U.S. economy not covered by ISM MANUFACTURING REPORT. Values over 50 normally point to an expansion, while values below 50 point to contraction.

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