Dictionary
- Deposit
- The borrowing and lending of cash.
- Derivatives
- Trades that are constructed or derived from another security (stock, bond, currency, or commodity). Examples of derivative instruments include Options, Interest Rate Swaps, etc.
- Direct Quotation
- Quoting in fixed units of foreign currency against variable amounts of the domestic currency. For example, USD/BGN.
- Discount Rate
- The interest rate central banks charge their member banks for loans.
- Divergence
- When two or more indicators, indexes, or averages, fail to show confirming trends.