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FX Jargon
The FX market is renowned for its jargon and to assist you below are some of the most common:
• Cable, sterling, pound - alternative names for the GBP
• Greenback, buck - nicknames for the U.S. dollar
• Swissie - nickname for the Swiss franc
• Aussie - nickname for the Australian dollar
• Kiwi - nickname for the New Zealand dollar
• Loonie, the little dollar - nicknames for the Canadian dollar
• Figure - FX term connoting a round number like 1.2000
• Yard - a billion units.