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        | 1. TOKYO OPEN 2. TOKYO CLOSE
 3. LONDON OPEN
 4. LONDON CLOSE
 5. NEW YORK OPEN
 6. NEW YORK CLOSE
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        | 1. 1PM 2. 10PM
 3. 9PM
 4. 6AM
 5. 2AM
 6. 11AM
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        | FIRST LISTED CURRENCY.  The base currency is the “basis” for the buy or the sell. If you buy EUR/USD this simply means that you are buying the base currency and simultaneously selling the quote currency. |  | 
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        | QUOTE CURRENCY OR COUNTER CURRENCY |  | Definition 
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        | LONG, "GOING LONG", "TAKING A LONG POSITION" |  | Definition 
 
        | BUYING THE BASE CURRENCY, ANTICIPATING THE VALUE TO RISE, AND THEN SELLING IT AT A HIGHER PRICE. |  | 
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        | "SHORT POSITION", "TAKING A SHORT POSITION" |  | Definition 
 
        | SELLING A CURRENCY AND THEN BUYING IT AT A LOWER PRICE. |  | 
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        | THE PRICE AT WHICH YOU SELL YOUR CURRENCY. |  | 
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        | THE PRICE AT WHICH YOU WILL BUY. |  | 
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        | THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BID AND THE ASK PRICE. |  | 
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        | A pip is the last decimal place of a quotation. The Pip is how you measure your profit or loss. If the EUR/USD moves from 1.2250 to 1.2251, that is ONE PIP. |  | 
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