Account: Record of all transactions.
Account Balance: Amount of money in an account.
Aggressive trading: The riskier alternative among trading scenarios.
Alerts: A notification, often received by email or SMS, of a market event such as a stock or currency reaching a target price.
Appreciation: A currency is said to appreciate when price rises in response to market demand; an increase in the value of an asset.
Arbitrage: Taking advantage of countervailing prices in different markets by the purchase or sale of an instrument and the simultaneous taking of an equal and opposite position in a related market to profit from small price differentials.
Ask Price: The price, or rate, that a willing seller is prepared to sell at.
Aussie: The Australian Dollar.
Available Margin: The amount of funds that is available in an account to execute new transaction(s) and/or to increase an exposure. The Available Margin acts as collateral against losses, therefore when the Available Margin hits zero or below, this results in a margin call (among most brokers). The Available Margin is derived from subtracting the Used Margin requirements from the Equity. The Available Margin is also known as Usable Margin or Free Margin. Available Margin = Total Equity – Used Margin