Glosario

Mecanismo que lets you control a larger position than the capital deposited. Amplifies both gains and losses.

The mercado’s sell precio — the precio at which you buy the pair.

The mercado’s buy precio — the precio at which you sell the pair.

Intermediary that provides quotes, platform and orden execution for Retail clients.

Decline in equity from a prior peak. Mide how far the account has pulled back.

Global foreign-exchange mercado where currencies are traded in pairs.

A precio jump between one close and the next open, or in extreme events, with no trades at intermediate levels.

Unit of position size. A standard lot traditionally represents 100,000 units of the base divisa (varies by product).

A position that benefits if the base divisa Fuerzaens versus the quote divisa.

Capital required or locked to open and maintain leveraged positions.

Clásico unit of precio change in FX (e.g. 0.0001 on many pairs). Conventions differ for JPY pairs.

precio zone where relativoly strong selling often appears and slows advances.

riesgo-averse environment where capital seeks more defensive postures.

riesgo-seeking environment where capital often flows toward higher-beta assets and currencies.

A position that benefits if the base divisa weakens versus the quote divisa.

Diferencia between expected fill precio and actual fill, Común in fast or thin mercados.

Diferencia between bid and ask — immediate trading cost of entering/exiting.

orden or plan level that limits loss if precio moves against the idea.

precio zone where relativoly strong buying often appears and slows declines.

Overnight financing adjustment for holding a position across the rollover time.

orden or plan level that closes or reduces a winning position at a target.

Chart period (M5, H1, D1, etc.). Different TFs show different noise and climate.

How much precio tends to move. Affects stop distance, size and emotional load.

Media of closes over N periods, equal weight. Smooths precio; lags turns.

Moving Media that weights recent precios more. Reacts faster than SMA; still lags.

relativo Fuerza Index — momentum Oscilador. High/low zones are not automatic reverse buttons.

Moving Media Convergence Divergence — momentum from moving Medias and a histogram.

volatilidad bands around a moving Media. Touches are not automatic reversals.

Media True Range — typical range/volatilidad measure Útil for stops and sizing Estudio.

Oscilador of close location in a recent range. Overbought/oversold fails often in strong tendencias.

When precio and an Oscilador disagree (e.g. higher high in precio, lower high in RSI). Attention flag, no es una señal.

Oscilador language for extreme readings. In strong tendencias, “overbought” can persist.

Fast back-and-forth that stops both sides. Común in chop and around news.

Volume-weighted Media precio. More native to equities/futures; use carefully in Retail FX context.

A swing high above the prior swing high — part of uptendencia structure language.

A swing low above the prior swing low — often bullish structure continuation language.

A swing high below the prior swing high — often bearish structure language.

A swing low below the prior swing low — often bearish continuation language.

When precio invalidates prior HH/HL or LH/LL sequence. Information for bias — not an automatic orden.

Return to a broken level or zone to test acceptance. Can fail; riesgo still required.

precio spikes beyond a zone then returns, often trapping breakout chasers.

Candle with a long wick and small body, suggesting rejection — context decides if it matters.

Candle that covers the prior candle’s range. Needs structure; names alone are not edge.

Area where precio has spent time or reacted repeatedly — Estudio language, not a magic rectangle.

Partial return against the prior impulse inside a tendencia — or the start of something else. riesgo defines the Estudio.

Move beyond a range or level. Can be real expansion or a false break — plan for both.

Several independent reasons aligning (level + structure + volatilidad). Not an excuse to stack five identical indicators.

Reading higher TF climate before lower TF detail. Top-down reduces M5 storytelling.

Asia trading window. Liquidity and pair behavior often differ from London/NY.

European window with high activity on many majors.

US window; overlap with London is often the busiest stretch for several pairs.

Hours when both centers are active — typically higher activity and attention load.

Local reference for Brazilian students planning realistic session windows.

Highly liquid pair usually involving USD (e.g. EUR/USD, USD/JPY).

Pair without USD (e.g. EUR/GBP). Shows a direct fight between two non-USD currencies.

Less liquid pair, often with higher spread, gap and local-policy riesgo.

Traditional 100,000 units of base divisa (product-dependent).

Typically 10,000 units of base — smaller exposure than a standard lot.

Typically 1,000 units of base — Común for small riesgo and practice sizing.

How much account equity you accept to lose if the stop hits on one idea (often a fixed %).

Relationship between planned riesgo (1R) and reward target. Language for asymmetry — not a guarantee.

A run of losses. Normal even with edge; ruinous if size is reckless.

Fear of missing out — chasing moves without a setup. Process bug, not a strategy.

Trying to “get money back” immediately after a loss. Clásico account damage pattern.

Too many trades or too much size relativo to plan — often filling emptiness with clicks.

Record of decisions, R, emotions and rule breaks. Process memory beats ego memory.

Written rules for mercados, riesgo, setups, hours and prohibitions.

A positive expectancy process over a large sample — not a feeling after three wins.

Media Directional Index — tendencia Fuerza measure (not direction by itself).

Directional indicators often paired with ADX to discuss directional pressure.

On-Balance Volume idea. In Retail FX, volume is often a weak proxy — use with skepticism.

Ratio-based pullback grid between swings. Easy to curve-fit; needs clear swings and riesgo.

Trailing stop-style dots that flip sides. Whipsaws hard in ranges.

Exponential moving Media — faster-reacting Media of precio.

Simple moving Media — equal-weight Media of precio over N periods.

volatilidad envelope around a mean. Squeeze and expansion are context, not oracles.

Ease of trading size without large precio impact. Thin mercados cost more and slip more.

Financing charged or paid for holding positions across day-change.

Practice account with fake money. Good for process; weak for real fear training.

Account with real capital. Psychology and costs become real.

When precio holds beyond a level, suggesting the mercado accepts the new area.

When precio probes a level and leaves a wick/return, suggesting rejection of that area.

Sideways balance / range phase after or before directional moves.

Directional leg with stronger follow-through. Opposite Estudio idea is corrective pullback.

Counter-move that may be a pullback in a larger tendencia — or the start of a reverse. riesgo decides the Estudio.

Estudio idea that stops and resting ordens cluster beyond obvious highs/lows.

Popular PA jargon for a supply/demand candle zone. Treat as optional language, not sacred geometry.

Imbalance / gap-in-candles jargon. Optional Estudio vocabulary; not a SafeCandle signal system.

Structure-break label used in modern PA communities. Define your rules or Ignore the acronym.

Label for a shift in structure character. Subjective — write definitions if you use it.

Nickname for high-activity session windows. Not a magic clock for free money.

Day-change financing moment when swaps apply; spreads can behave oddly around it.

Benchmark rate-setting windows (e.g. some London fixes) that can affect flows.

Holding a position that seeks interest differential. FX moves can erase the “rent”.

Broad riesgo appetite regimes that reshuffle currencies and assets.

divisa widely held by institutions/central banks (often USD in modern history).

Macro idea linking rate differentials and FX forward/spot relationships — Estudio level, not a button.

Tendency of pairs to move together or as mirrors in a window. Changes with regime.

Spreading ideas across pairs. Correlated pairs can still be one riesgo engine.

riesgo that your rules or assumptions are wrong even if the chart looks neat.

Platform, internet, fat-finger, wrong account — process failures outside “the setup”.

riesgo of not exiting cleanly when the mercado is thin or discontinuous.

Hard stop for the day when loss/R hits a ceiling. Protects tomorrow’s process.

Ceiling for weekly damage. Prevents death-by-a-thousand-revenge-sessions.

Mismatch between tiny capital and huge income goals drives reckless leverage.

Formula for aggressive optimal bet sizing. Easy to misuse; beginners should prefer small fixed %.

(Win% × avg win) − (Loss% × avg loss). Edge language over sample — not a vibe.

Spread, commission, swap and slip that eat expectancy.

Only part of an orden is filled. More relevant in some mercados/orden types.

One-cancels-the-other orden group. Broker-dependent feature.

Stop that follows precio by a distance/rule. Can lock gains or exit early in noise.

Moving stop to entry after some progress. Can help or turn winners into scratches too early.

orden waiting for precio to reach a level (limit/stop styles). Still needs riesgo thinking.

Visible resting liquidity concept. Retail FX depth is often incomplete — stay humble.

How reliably fills match expectations (slip, requotes, latency).

Broker offers a new precio instead of filling the requested one — friction and frustration source.

Offsetting exposure. Amateur “hedges” are often just a second bet.

Stacking ordens at intervals. Can explode riesgo in tendencias. Treat as high-danger pattern.

Doubling after losses. Clásico path to ruin. SafeCandle treats it as a red flag.

Increasing size after wins / reducing after losses — still needs strict rules and humility.

Doing the written plan under boredom, fear and euphoria.

Waiting for your setup instead of inventing trades to feel busy.

Emotional state that breeds overtrading. Flat is a valid position.

After a win, riesgo often creeps up. Dangerous identity inflation.

Hesitation after over-analysis or past pain. Opposite twin of FOMO.

Cognitive bias of sticking to an arbitrary reference precio or first idea.

Seeking only evidence that supports your view and ignoring invalidation.

Believing you control random short-term outcomes more than you do.

Emotional hijack after losses (or wins) that destroys process.

SafeCandle priority: judge the quality of decisions over a single PnL print.

How you see yourself. Fragile identity tied only to monthly PnL is unstable.

Owning rule breaks in the journal without theatrical self-hate.

Short label (FOMO, revenge, plan-followed) used to find patterns later.

Full equilibrium system (cloud, lines). Learn slowly; do not drop all five elements on M1 day one.

Ichimoku conversion/base lines. Moving equilibrium references inside the system.

Ichimoku cloud zone of equilibrium/tendencia context on higher TFs.

Commodity Channel Index — momentum/deviation Oscilador. Same humility rules as other Osciladors.

Range Oscilador similar in spirit to stochastics. Extremes ≠ auto reverse.

Mide rate of change-style momentum. Confirm with structure and riesgo.

Rate of Change — momentum of precio over a lookback.

Session-derived levels from prior period math. Optional map, not destiny.

Channel of highest high / lowest low over N periods — breakout Estudio tool.

ATR-based channel around a mean. volatilidad envelope cousin of Bollinger.

ATR trailing tendencia line popular in Retail charts. Whipsaws in ranges.

Distribution of volume by precio. Data quality varies a lot in Retail FX.

Open futures contracts. FX spot Retail is not the same dataset.

Exchange-traded FX derivative with standards and clearing — different plumbing than many CFDs.

Contract for Diferencia — OTC derivative Común in Retail. Read costs and counterparty carefully.

The other side of your contract. Broker/model riesgo is real.

Rules and oversight of the provider. Not a guarantee of profits — a riesgo filter.

Know Your Customer identity checks required by many regulated brokers.

Fill better or worse than expected. Both exist; planning for worse is mature.

Spread that widens/narrows with liquidity and news.

Per-trade fee separate from spread on some account types.

Account balance plus floating PnL. What drawdown is measured against.

How strong/weak a divisa is versus a basket of peers in a timeframe — relativo, not absolute truth.

SafeCandle/CSM-style ranking of majors. Educativo context on /mercado — no es una señal service.

relativo rank scale in a TF. High ≠ automatic buy of that divisa in every pair.

Attention bands (balance / strong / weak). Map, not entry traffic light.

How Fuerza organizes across timeframes — climate vs detail.

Estudio language for smooth vs choppy Fuerza paths over time.

Grid of pair scores from divisa Fuerza. Observation lab for blocks of pairs.

Fuerza hierarchy from monthly/weekly climate down to H1 detail.

Educativo idea that currencies rotate through relativo phases — not a crystal ball.

When a divisa sits at relativo extremes. Can continue or mean-revert — no auto reverse.

Estudio question: how much relativo room is left before extremes, given the TF.

How extended a divisa looks versus its peers. Context for questions, not ordens.

Educativo framing of watching a basket of majors rather than one pair in isolation.

Is the lower TF move a pause in higher-TF climate or a true regime change? Question, not slogan.

Optional Estudio filters; SafeCandle teaches them as context, Nunca as house signals.

Habit: higher TF → Fuerza → structure → journal — still zero obligation to trade.

Pullback ratios between defined swings. Clear swings or skip the tool.

Projection ratios beyond a swing for Estudio of measured moves — not guarantees.

Named shapes (flags, H&S, etc.). Subjective; riesgo and invalidation matter more than the name.

precio spikes beyond a zone then returns, often trapping breakout chasers.

Levels derived from prior period high/low/close formulas.

Depth and ease of trading. Sessions and events change it.

When two regional sessions are open together — often more activity.

Global riesgo appetite switch that reordens currencies and assets.