Binary options glossary

Account currency

The base currency used for balances, deposits, payouts, and conversions inside a broker account.

Account freeze

A restriction that can temporarily block trading, deposits, or withdrawals while identity, payment, security, or account activity is reviewed.

Account holder mismatch

A difference between the verified account name and the name on a bank account, card, wallet, or withdrawal destination. It can trigger a hold or return.

Account verification tier

A verification level that can determine deposit, withdrawal, payment-method, or account-access limits.

Actual value

The released result of an economic event, shown beside forecast and previous values in a calendar.

APromotions

Affiliate link

An outbound broker link that can pay the publisher a commission when a qualifying user action occurs.

AStrategy & risk

Affordability

Whether an amount can be lost without borrowing, missing essential expenses, or creating financial hardship. A low minimum deposit does not establish affordability.

After-hours session

A trading period after an exchange's core session has closed. If a broker offers the asset then, check whether it uses live extended-hours pricing or another source.

All-or-nothing option

Another name for a binary option whose qualifying outcome pays a predetermined amount and whose non-qualifying outcome normally pays nothing.

American-style digital option

A digital option whose trigger may be observed during a stated period. The label does not necessarily give the user a manual early-exercise right.

ARegulation & safety

AML

Anti-money-laundering controls used to check identity, funding source, account activity, and withdrawal requests.

APlatform & service

App-store availability

Whether an official mobile application is distributed through a recognized app store. It can help users distinguish official apps from unofficial installation files.

Asian Up/Asian Down

A broker-specific digital contract comparing the final price with the average price observed during the contract. Availability and exact rules vary by platform.

Ask price

The lowest quoted price at which the referenced instrument can currently be bought. Check whether a broker uses the ask, bid, midpoint, or another quote for charts and settlement.

Asset

The market symbol or reference instrument used for a contract, such as a currency pair, stock, index, commodity, or cryptocurrency.

Asset class

A broad market group such as forex, stocks, indices, commodities, or cryptocurrencies. Compare class diversity as well as total symbol count.

Asset schedule

The days and hours when a broker makes a specific asset available for new contracts.

APlatform & service

Asset search

A platform control for finding symbols by name, ticker, or asset class. It becomes more important as the asset list grows.

Asset-or-nothing option

A binary option that delivers the value of the referenced asset when its condition is met rather than a fixed cash amount.

At-expiration digital option

A fixed-payout digital contract decided by whether its condition is satisfied at the stated expiry time.

APricing & settlement

At-the-money (ATM)

A strike or settlement point that is effectively equal to the current reference price.

APricing & settlement

At-the-money settlement rule

The rule defining what happens when settlement price equals the strike or barrier exactly.

ARegulation & safety

Authorised firm

A legal entity recorded by a named authority as permitted to conduct specified activities. The status may not cover every product, domain, client type, or country.

APricing & settlement

Automatic exercise

Settlement occurs automatically under the contract terms; the holder does not submit a separate exercise instruction.

BStrategy & risk

Backtest

An evaluation of fixed strategy rules against historical data using stated entry, payout, timing, and settlement assumptions. It does not prove future results.

BPayments & accounts

Bank transfer

A deposit or withdrawal sent through a banking network. Availability, processing time, fees, currencies, and limits can vary by country.

Barrier

A target level used by touch, no-touch, in, out, or range-style contracts.

Barrier breach

A recorded event in which price touches or crosses a barrier under the contract rule. The contract terms define whether touching, crossing, bid/ask pricing, or another condition counts.

Barrier distance

The absolute or percentage distance from the current reference price to a touch or boundary level. A larger distance can help explain a higher advertised payout.

Base currency

The first currency in a currency pair, representing one unit in the quoted exchange rate. It is separate from the account's balance currency.

Benchmark price

A reference price produced under a documented methodology for valuation or settlement. A named benchmark is more auditable than an unexplained market-price claim.

Bid price

The highest quoted price at which the referenced instrument can currently be sold. It may differ from the last traded price or midpoint shown on another chart.

Bid-ask spread

The difference between the current bid and ask prices. It can explain small differences between broker charts and external market displays.

BProducts & contracts

Binary option

A fixed-outcome contract that settles according to a stated condition at expiry or during the contract period.

Binary option premium

The amount paid to acquire a price-quoted binary option. On stake-based platforms, the closest equivalent is usually the trade amount.

BPlatform & service

Bollinger Bands

A moving-average envelope with upper and lower bands based on price volatility and configurable indicator settings.

BPromotions

Bonus balance

Promotional credit kept separately from cash balance and often subject to turnover or cancellation rules.

BPromotions

Bonus cancellation

The process and consequences of declining or removing a bonus before its conditions are completed.

BProducts & contracts

Boundary option

A binary option settled by whether price finishes or remains inside or outside a defined range.

BStrategy & risk

Break-even win rate

The minimum win rate needed to offset losses at a stated payout. At an 80% payout it is about 55.56%.

BPlatform & service

Broker review

A structured assessment of payout, assets, market pricing, expiry, deposits, withdrawals, support, bonuses, platform quality, and legal context.

Broker-created price

A quote stream calculated or supplied by the broker rather than taken directly from a clearly identified external market source.

Call/Put binary option

A binary-platform label for a High/Low or Up/Down contract based on whether price finishes above or below a reference level. It is not the exercise right in a conventional call or put option.

Candlestick chart

A chart that displays open, high, low, and close prices for each interval. The chart interval is separate from contract expiry.

Card deposit

Account funding by debit or credit card, subject to issuer approval, card-network rules, regional availability, and broker verification.

Cash balance

Deposited funds and realized account value that are not classified as promotional credit.

Cash-or-nothing call

A cash binary that pays when the settlement value satisfies the contract's above-strike condition.

Cash-or-nothing option

A binary option that pays a fixed cash amount when its condition is met and zero otherwise.

Cash-or-nothing put

A cash binary that pays when the settlement value satisfies the contract's below-strike condition.

Cash-settled binary option

A successful contract settled with money rather than delivery of the referenced asset.

CPromotions

Cashback

A promotion that returns part of eligible losses, fees, or activity under stated conditions.

CFD

A leveraged contract for difference whose profit or loss changes with price movement. It is not a fixed-payout binary option.

Chargeback

A card-payment dispute initiated through the card issuer. Eligibility is not automatic and the process can lead to an investigation or account restriction.

Chart interval

The amount of time represented by each chart point or candle, which is separate from the contract's expiry duration.

CStrategy & risk

Chasing losses

Continuing or increasing activity mainly to recover earlier losses rather than following a predefined limit.

CRegulation & safety

Client-money segregation

An arrangement intended to keep customer funds separate from a firm's operating money. It does not by itself prove insolvency protection.

Clock expiry

An expiry control that sets an exact settlement time, such as 16:30:00, instead of a relative countdown.

CRegulation & safety

Clone firm

An operation that copies the identity, license number, address, or branding of a genuine firm without being that firm.

Closing price

The final or officially calculated price for a market session. Market-close contracts use a stated venue and calculation rule.

Color contrast

The visual difference between text, controls, status indicators, and their backgrounds, especially for critical order states.

Commodity binary option

A fixed-outcome contract referenced to a commodity such as gold or oil, subject to the broker's price source and trading schedule.

CRegulation & safety

Complaint reference number

A tracking identifier issued when a broker formally records a customer complaint. It helps preserve a traceable escalation history.

CStrategy & risk

Confidence interval

A range expressing uncertainty around an estimated win rate or other statistic. It helps prevent a small sample from being presented as a precise result.

Confirmation step

An explicit action that accepts the final contract terms before submission. Compare whether confirmation is mandatory, optional, or bypassed by one-click ordering.

Continuous barrier monitoring

A barrier can be triggered throughout the defined observation period rather than only at scheduled checks.

Contract condition

The exact rule that determines a winning or losing settlement, including direction, strike, barrier, range, and expiry.

Contract face value

The maximum fixed amount an exchange-style binary or event contract pays at successful settlement.

Contract family

A group of option types that share a settlement structure, such as up/down, touch/no-touch, or in/out.

Contract multiplier

A number applied to a stated settlement value to calculate the total amount paid per contract.

Conversion fee

A charge or exchange-rate spread applied when deposit, account, and withdrawal currencies differ.

Core trading session

The exchange's main trading period during which standard continuous trading normally occurs. Stock and index availability may be limited to these hours.

Cross currency pair

A forex pair that does not include the US dollar, such as EUR/JPY. Coverage of crosses shows whether the asset list extends beyond major USD pairs.

Crosshair

A movable chart guide used to inspect a price and timestamp around entry or settlement.

Crypto binary option

A fixed-outcome contract referenced to a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or Ethereum. It is different from buying crypto or trading crypto futures.

Crypto deposit

An on-chain cryptocurrency transfer to a broker deposit address. The asset, network, address, and any memo must match exactly.

Crypto futures

Leveraged futures or perpetual contracts on cryptocurrencies. They can involve margin and liquidation and are not binary options.

Crypto index price

A calculated cryptocurrency reference price combining data from one or more venues under rules for source selection, outliers, and outages.

Crypto network

The blockchain rail used to transfer a token, such as Ethereum or Tron. The same token can exist on multiple incompatible networks.

Crypto perpetual

A crypto futures contract without a fixed expiry that uses funding payments and can expose leveraged positions to liquidation.

Crypto spot market

A market where cryptocurrencies are bought and sold for immediate settlement rather than through a futures contract. A binary contract may reference this market without transferring ownership.

Cryptocurrency

A digitally recorded asset whose market price forms across crypto trading venues. Broker platforms may list market-reference, synthetic, or OTC-labeled crypto instruments.

Currency pair

Two currencies quoted as an exchange rate, such as EUR/USD or USD/JPY, with an identified pair and price source.

Demo account

A practice environment using virtual funds. It can test workflow but cannot prove live execution or withdrawal quality.

Demo balance reset

A control that restores or changes the virtual balance in a demo account so platform testing can continue.

Demo-market realism

How closely demo quotes, payouts, asset availability, and order timing match the live account. Demo results do not prove live execution or withdrawal quality.

Demo-to-live feature parity

The extent to which demo and live modes provide the same assets, controls, expiries, payouts, and interface.

Demo/live mode indicator

A persistent label showing whether the account is using virtual or real funds.

Deposit address

A wallet address assigned for receiving a crypto deposit, sometimes specific to an asset, network, account, or transaction.

DPromotions

Deposit bonus

Promotional credit linked to a deposit and usually governed by eligibility, cap, turnover, expiry, and withdrawal rules.

Deposit limit

The minimum or maximum amount accepted through a specific payment method, currency, region, or account status.

Deposit pending

A state in which a broker or payment provider has detected a transfer but has not yet credited the account.

Deposit reversal

The return or cancellation of a deposit after a failed, rejected, disputed, or corrected payment.

Derivative

A contract whose value depends on an underlying asset, reference price, or event. Binary options, futures, CFDs, and conventional options use different derivative structures.

DMarkets & assets

Derived index

A broker-provided simulated market whose movement is generated by a defined model rather than a live exchange-traded instrument.

Destination tag or memo

An additional identifier required by some blockchain networks or custodial wallets to assign a transfer to the correct account.

Device compatibility

The browsers, operating systems, and device versions supported by a platform. Limited compatibility can produce inconsistent order flows.

Device management

Controls for viewing and revoking devices or sessions connected to an account.

Digital option

A broker-specific fixed-payout label. Some platforms use digital options broadly; others reserve the term for strike-selectable contracts whose payout changes with the selected strike.

Digits options

Broker-specific digital contracts settled using the last digit of a final recorded tick rather than ordinary market direction.

DPricing & settlement

Discrete barrier monitoring

A barrier is checked only at specified observation times or ticks, so moves between observations may not count.

DRegulation & safety

Dispute route

The sequence for filing a complaint with the broker and, where applicable, an ombudsman, regulator, or dispute-resolution body.

DRegulation & safety

Domain spoofing

The use of a lookalike domain, subdomain, or misspelling intended to resemble a legitimate website.

Dormant account

An account classified as inactive after a stated period, potentially affecting access, fees, verification, or available balances.

Double barrier

Two price levels that define an upper and lower boundary for an In/Out or range contract. Check whether settlement uses only the final price or the full path before expiry.

Double no-touch option

A fixed payout is made only if neither the upper nor lower barrier is reached during the observation period.

Double one-touch option

A fixed payout is triggered if either an upper or lower barrier is reached during the observation period.

Drawing tools

Chart controls for adding lines, levels, channels, and annotations. Their value is usability and review, not a guarantee of prediction quality.

EPayments & accounts

E-wallet

A third-party digital payment account used to send or receive funds without using a direct bank-card transfer for every transaction.

Economic calendar

A schedule of macroeconomic releases used to understand event timing and volatility context, not trade direction.

Effective payout rate

Net profit as a percentage of stake after required charges. State whether the calculation excludes the returned stake.

EPlatform & service

Encryption in transit

Protection applied to data sent between the user's device and the platform. It is a baseline security control, not proof of overall broker safety.

End-of-day expiry

A contract that settles at a specified market or broker day boundary rather than after a short countdown.

Ends Between/Ends Outside

A broker-specific range contract decided by whether the final price ends inside or outside two barriers.

Energy commodity

An energy product such as crude oil or natural gas used as a contract reference. Trading schedules and benchmark sources can differ by product.

ERegulation & safety

Enhanced due diligence (EDD)

Additional identity, wealth, funding-source, or transaction checks applied when standard verification is not considered sufficient.

Entry price

The reference level recorded when a broker accepts a contract, distinct from any indicative price shown before submission.

Equity index

A calculated measure representing the prices or performance of a selected group of stocks. An index contract does not provide ownership of its constituents.

European-style binary option

A binary option whose settlement condition is evaluated at expiry rather than exercised before expiry.

Event contract

A contract settled by whether a stated event or condition occurs. Some event contracts use binary outcomes, but venue and regulatory structure can differ.

Exotic currency pair

A pair combining a major currency with a less frequently traded or emerging-market currency. Pricing and session coverage can be less consistent than for major pairs.

Exotic option

An option with non-standard payoff or exercise conditions, including some barrier, touch, range, and multi-level structures.

EStrategy & risk

Expected value

The probability-weighted average net result under stated win, loss, refund, and payout assumptions. A high payout alone does not establish positive expected value.

EPlatform & service

Expiry countdown

The platform display showing the time remaining until a contract expires. A synchronized countdown is especially important for short-duration contracts.

Expiry cutoff

The final moment at which a contract can be opened or modified before settlement. This can differ from the displayed expiry time.

Expiry step

The smallest increment by which a duration or settlement time can be changed.

Expiry time

The moment when a binary-option condition is evaluated for final settlement.

Expiry-only observation

The contract checks its condition once at the stated settlement time rather than monitoring the full price path.

FPayments & accounts

Fiat currency

Government-issued currency such as USD, EUR, JPY, or INR, as distinct from cryptocurrency or promotional credit.

FRegulation & safety

Final response letter

A broker's written conclusion on a complaint, including its decision and any available escalation route.

FRegulation & safety

Financial ombudsman

An independent or statutory dispute-resolution service available only where its jurisdiction and eligibility rules apply.

FRegulation & safety

Firm reference number

An identifier assigned in a regulatory register. A copied or valid number does not prove that a website belongs to that firm.

FPlatform & service

First-response time

The time between submitting a support request and receiving the first substantive response. It is more informative than a 24/7 availability label alone.

FPricing & settlement

Fixed cash payout

A successful outcome pays a stated currency amount independent of how far price moves beyond the threshold.

Fixed-return option

A label for an option whose successful return is defined before entry rather than changing with the size of the price move.

Fixed-time trade (FTT)

A broker-specific fixed-duration direction mode, commonly using Up/Down choices and a published payout.

FMarkets & assets

Forecast value

The market consensus estimate for an economic release before the actual value is published.

Forex binary option

A fixed-outcome contract referenced to a currency pair, with settlement determined by the broker's stated expiry and price source.

FMarkets & assets

Forex market

The market for exchanging currencies. Retail forex exposure may be offered through spot, rolling, CFD, futures, or fixed-outcome products.

FStrategy & risk

Forward test

A test applied to new observations after strategy rules are fixed, using demo, paper, or live-recorded outcomes.

FPricing & settlement

Full-loss settlement

The losing outcome returns none of the contract stake. It exposes the downside behind a headline payout.

Futures contract

An agreement tied to a future settlement or delivery price. Futures use different margin, loss, and holding-period mechanics from binary options.

FMarkets & assets

FX fixing

A reference exchange rate calculated at a specified time under a documented methodology. It can provide a clearer settlement reference than an unexplained broker quote.

GPricing & settlement

Gross return

The total amount returned after a winning contract, including the original stake where the broker displays it that way.

GRegulation & safety

Guaranteed-return claim

A statement implying that profit or capital recovery is certain despite uncertain market and counterparty outcomes. Treat it as a major warning sign.

HPlatform & service

Help center

A searchable collection of account, payment, platform, and policy instructions. Compare coverage, freshness, language quality, and searchability.

HMarkets & assets

High-impact event

An economic release expected to have a comparatively large effect on volatility or market attention.

HProducts & contracts

High/low option

A common binary option that settles by whether price finishes above or below a reference level at expiry.

HProducts & contracts

Higher/Lower

A broker-specific digital contract predicting whether the final price will be above or below a separately selected barrier.

IPayments & accounts

Identity liveness check

A camera-based verification step intended to confirm that the person completing identity checks is physically present.

IRegulation & safety

Impersonation scam

Contact from someone falsely claiming to represent a broker, regulator, bank, lawyer, or recovery service.

IPricing & settlement

In-the-money (ITM)

A contract state in which the stated settlement condition has been met.

IProducts & contracts

In/Out Ends

A boundary contract settled by whether the final price ends inside or outside a defined range.

IProducts & contracts

In/Out Stay

A boundary contract based on whether price remains inside or outside a defined range throughout the contract period.

IPayments & accounts

Inactivity fee

A fee charged after an account has had no qualifying activity for a stated period, based on the broker's timing, amount, and deduction rules.

IPricing & settlement

Inclusive strike condition

Equality counts toward success, as in at or above or at or below the stated strike.

IProducts & contracts

Index binary option

A fixed-outcome contract referenced to a stock-market index, subject to the broker's stated market hours and settlement source.

IMarkets & assets

Index constituent

An individual security included in the calculation of an equity index. Constituents help explain which markets influence an index reference.

IRegulation & safety

Insolvency protection

The legal and operational treatment of customer balances if a broker or payment provider fails. Coverage varies by entity, product, and jurisdiction.

IPayments & accounts

Intermediary bank fee

A charge deducted by a bank between the sending and receiving institutions during an international transfer.

IRegulation & safety

Investor compensation scheme

A jurisdiction-specific arrangement that may compensate eligible customers when a covered firm cannot meet certain obligations.

KPlatform & service

Keyboard navigation

The ability to use menus, forms, dialogs, and controls without a mouse.

KProducts & contracts

Knock-in option

An option that becomes effective only after a specified barrier is reached.

KProducts & contracts

Knock-out option

An option that terminates or loses effect when a specified barrier is reached.

KRegulation & safety

KYC

Know-your-customer identity checks that can be required before full account access, larger deposits, or withdrawals.

LProducts & contracts

Ladder option

A multi-strike format that displays several target levels, each with its own condition and payout.

Language coverage

The languages available across the trading platform, support channels, policies, cashier, and help content. A translated homepage alone is not full coverage.

LMarkets & assets

Last traded price

The price of the most recently reported transaction on a venue. It can differ from the current bid, ask, midpoint, or mark price.

LRegulation & safety

License scope

The products, legal entity, domains, jurisdictions, and clients covered by a financial-services license.

Live chat

A real-time messaging channel for broker support. Compare operating hours, language coverage, waiting time, and answer quality.

LPayments & accounts

Local payment method

A country-specific bank, wallet, instant-payment, or transfer option offered in the broker cashier.

Localization quality

The accuracy and consistency of translated terminology, dates, currencies, number formats, and interface labels.

LPayments & accounts

Locked funds

Cash or promotional value that cannot currently be withdrawn because of bonus terms, pending transactions, verification, disputes, or account restrictions.

Login alert

A notification generated after a new or unusual account login so unauthorized access can be identified quickly.

LStrategy & risk

Loss limit

A voluntary or platform-enforced cap on losses over a session, day, week, or other period. Check how it is calculated and changed.

LPricing & settlement

Loss rebate

A contract returns a stated portion of the stake after an unsuccessful settlement. It changes the break-even calculation.

LPricing & settlement

Lower barrier

The lower of two target levels used in a range or double-barrier contract.

MPlatform & service

MACD

A momentum indicator calculated from the relationship between moving averages, usually with adjustable parameters.

MPlatform & service

Maintenance window

A scheduled period when pricing, trading, cashier, or platform services may be unavailable, unlike an unexpected outage.

Major currency pair

A heavily traded forex pair that normally includes the US dollar and another major currency. Availability does not guarantee identical pricing across venues.

Market holiday

A date when an exchange or reference market is fully or partly closed. It can change asset availability, hours, and the price source used by a broker.

Market-reference symbol

A broker asset label intended to track a recognizable external market instrument rather than a separately branded OTC symbol.

MRegulation & safety

Material connection

A payment, affiliate relationship, free benefit, employment link, or other connection that could affect an endorsement.

MPricing & settlement

Maximum payout

The highest published or observed payout under a particular product and condition, not the ordinary payout on every contract.

Mid-price

The value halfway between the current bid and ask prices. Platforms may use it for charting, strike selection, or settlement.

MPayments & accounts

Minimum deposit

The lowest amount accepted by a broker or payment method for funding an account.

MPayments & accounts

Minimum trade

The smallest stake allowed on an individual contract.

MPlatform & service

Moving average

An indicator that smooths price data over a selected period using a stated calculation method and chart interval.

NPlatform & service

Native mobile app

An application built for a mobile operating system such as Android or iOS. Compare order flow, security controls, updates, and feature parity.

NPricing & settlement

Net profit

The amount gained on a winning contract after excluding the returned stake and applicable charges. It is not the same as gross return.

NPayments & accounts

Network fee

A blockchain transaction charge paid when crypto is transferred, separate from any fee charged by the broker or payment provider.

NPromotions

No-deposit bonus

Promotional credit granted without an initial cash deposit, usually with eligibility and withdrawal conditions.

NProducts & contracts

No-touch option

A barrier-style contract that pays only when price does not reach the stated target during the contract period.

NProducts & contracts

Non-deliverable binary option

A contract settled financially without exchanging the underlying asset or currencies.

OPricing & settlement

Observation window

The period during which a touch, no-touch, stay, or barrier condition is monitored. Some contracts observe the full path, while others use only the final price.

OStrategy & risk

Observed win rate

Winning settled contracts divided by valid settled contracts in a defined sample, with a stated period, sample size, payout, and treatment of void contracts.

OPlatform & service

One-click trading

An order mode that submits a contract without a separate confirmation step. It is faster but can increase accidental-order risk.

OProducts & contracts

One-touch option

A barrier-style contract that settles successfully if price reaches the stated target before expiry.

ORegulation & safety

Operating entity

The legal company that contracts with the user for the specific domain, account, region, and product.

OPlatform & service

Order submission latency

The delay between pressing the order button and receiving acceptance or rejection, including the recorded entry time and accepted price.

OPlatform & service

Order ticket

The interface used to select the asset, stake, direction or condition, strike or barrier, expiry, and payout before confirmation.

OMarkets & assets

OTC instrument

An off-exchange or broker-created instrument that can use a separate price stream and trading schedule from the referenced market.

OStrategy & risk

Out-of-sample test

An evaluation on data that was not used to design, select, or tune a strategy. It separates development results from unseen test results.

OPricing & settlement

Out-of-the-money (OTM)

A contract state in which the stated settlement condition has not been met.

OStrategy & risk

Overfitting

Designing or selecting rules that match historical noise so closely that they may fail on new data.

PPlatform & service

Partial outage

An incident affecting only certain functions, regions, assets, or payment services while the rest of the platform still loads.

PProducts & contracts

Path-dependent binary option

A contract whose outcome depends on what price does during the observation period, not only where it finishes.

Payment ownership

Evidence that the bank account, card, e-wallet, or crypto account used for funding belongs to the verified broker-account holder.

Payment processor

A third party that authorizes, routes, settles, or records deposits and withdrawals between the user and broker.

PRegulation & safety

Payment redirection scam

An attempt to replace an expected payment destination with an unrelated bank account, wallet, merchant, or individual.

Payout

The published return for a successful contract. It is not a probability, forecast, or guarantee.

Payout rate

The percentage return displayed for a contract before confirmation, subject to product and account conditions.

Payout schedule

The set of payout rates offered by asset, contract type, strike, barrier, expiry, or market condition. It is more informative than one maximum figure.

Percentage-return payout

A successful outcome pays a return calculated as a stated percentage of the original stake.

PRegulation & safety

Phishing

A message or webpage designed to obtain passwords, identity documents, payment details, or account codes by deception.

Pip

A standard small unit used to describe a change in a forex exchange rate. Its value depends on the pair and quote precision.

Pre-market session

An exchange trading period before the core market session. Liquidity and reference pricing may differ from regular hours.

Precious metal

A metal such as gold, silver, platinum, or palladium used as a market reference under a stated benchmark and trading schedule.

Previous value

The prior reported result for an economic indicator before the next release.

Price feed

The stream of quotes used by the platform to display prices and determine contract settlement.

Price-source transparency

How clearly a broker identifies the instrument, quote source, timing, and settlement basis used for a contract.

Processing time

The stated or observed period between a withdrawal request and completion, rejection, or a request for more documents.

PRegulation & safety

Product intervention measure

A restriction or prohibition imposed by an authority on the marketing, distribution, or sale of a financial product.

PPromotions

Promo code

A code entered during registration or deposit to activate a campaign under specific terms.

Proof of address

A document or verified data source used to confirm residential address, commonly subject to document-age and format requirements.

QMarkets & assets

Quote currency

The second currency in a pair, showing how much is required for one unit of the base currency. It is not necessarily the broker account currency.

QPlatform & service

Quote latency

The delay between a source-price update and its appearance on the platform. It is material for short-expiry contract review.

QMarkets & assets

Quote timestamp

The recorded time associated with a displayed price update. Matching timestamps is necessary when comparing broker and external prices.

RProducts & contracts

Range option

Also called a boundary or In/Out contract; settlement may use the final price or the full path between two barriers.

RStrategy & risk

Reality check

A periodic notice showing elapsed time, activity, or account results so the user can reassess continued participation.

Recovery fee scam

A demand for upfront payment to recover trading losses or blocked funds; this is a major fraud warning sign.

Recovery time

The time taken to restore normal service after an incident. It measures operational response rather than incident count alone.

RMarkets & assets

Reference price

The designated quote used to set a contract condition or determine its outcome, including a source, quote side, and timestamp.

RPricing & settlement

Refund rate

The percentage of stake returned when a contract ties, is voided, or qualifies for loss protection. Refund rules can change the effective result.

Regulatory perimeter

The boundary between products and activities supervised by an authority and those outside its remit.

Regulatory permission

A specific activity or product an authorized entity may provide under a particular regulatory framework.

Regulatory register

An official database showing a firm's status, permissions, contact details, history, and sometimes disciplinary records.

Relative Strength Index (RSI)

A momentum oscillator commonly displayed on a scale from 0 to 100. Its presence does not predict contract outcomes.

Remote-access scam

An approach that asks a user to install screen-sharing or remote-control software so another person can access the device or account.

Resolution time

The time required to close or materially resolve a support issue. It distinguishes fast acknowledgements from effective assistance.

Responsive design

A layout that adapts controls and content to different screen sizes without clipping stake, expiry, payout, or order status.

Restricted jurisdiction

A country or region where a broker states that accounts or specific products are unavailable.

Retail-client restriction

A rule limiting product access for customers classified as retail clients in a specified jurisdiction.

Review manipulation

The creation, suppression, purchase, or coordinated promotion of reviews intended to distort perceived customer experience.

Right-to-left support (RTL)

Interface support for languages written from right to left, such as Arabic and Urdu. Proper support requires layout mirroring as well as translation.

RProducts & contracts

Rise/Fall

A broker-specific digital contract predicting whether the final price will finish above or below the entry price.

RPromotions

Risk-free trade

A promotional label for a contract whose loss may be refunded under campaign rules; it does not remove broker or withdrawal risk.

SPayments & accounts

Same-method withdrawal

A rule requiring funds to be returned through the payment route used for deposit before another route can be used.

SStrategy & risk

Sample size

The number of eligible observations used to calculate a rate or performance statistic. Small samples produce less reliable estimates than larger, clearly defined samples.

Screen-reader compatibility

The degree to which interface labels and controls can be interpreted by assistive software.

Service status page

A public page reporting current and previous platform incidents. It provides more transparency than unexplained error screens.

SStrategy & risk

Session limit

A control restricting the duration or number of contracts within a defined trading session.

Session timeout

Automatic sign-out after inactivity or after a defined session period to reduce unauthorized access on unattended devices.

Settlement price

The final quote used to determine whether the contract condition was met.

Short-term binary option

A fixed-outcome contract with a brief expiry such as 5 seconds (5s), 30 seconds (30s), 1 minute (1m), or 5 minutes (5m).

SStrategy & risk

Signal service

A service that sends suggested assets, directions, or entry times. Signal claims should be evaluated separately from broker features and platform quality.

Single-barrier binary option

A binary payoff determined using one specified barrier level.

Slippage

A difference between an expected execution level and the level accepted by the platform.

SPayments & accounts

Source of funds

Information or documents explaining where money used for deposits or account activity originated.

SMarkets & assets

Spot price

The current quoted level of the referenced market instrument. It provides context for measuring strike or barrier distance.

Stays Between/Goes Outside

A broker-specific contract based on whether price remains between two barriers or crosses outside them during the observation period.

Stock binary option

A fixed-outcome contract referenced to a company share price rather than ownership of the underlying stock.

Strict strike condition

Price must be strictly above or below the reference; equality does not satisfy the condition.

Strike distance

The absolute or percentage difference between the current reference price and the selected strike. It helps compare strike-selectable digital-option payouts.

Strike price

The reference level against which the contract outcome is evaluated.

Support ticket

A tracked service request assigned a reference number or status for account, payment, verification, or platform issues.

Support transcript

A downloadable or retained record of a support conversation that can document unresolved cases and commitments.

SMarkets & assets

Synthetic index

A simulated instrument generated by a broker-defined model and traded independently of normal exchange sessions.

TRegulation & safety

Testimonial

A statement describing one person's reported experience. It may not represent typical results or independently verified facts.

TPricing & settlement

Time to expiry

The remaining duration between contract acceptance and final evaluation. It provides a common way to compare countdown and exact-clock expiry controls.

TStrategy & risk

Time-out

A temporary account restriction that prevents new trading for a selected period.

TPlatform & service

Time-zone localization

Displaying schedules, event times, histories, and expiries in a clearly identified local or server time zone.

TPricing & settlement

Timer expiry

An expiry control that sets a duration from entry, such as 30 seconds, 5 minutes, or 1 day.

TProducts & contracts

Touch/No Touch

A barrier contract based on whether price reaches a target at any point before expiry.

TPlatform & service

Trade history

A record of submitted contracts, entry prices, expiry times, settlement prices, payouts, and results.

TStrategy & risk

Trading journal

A chronological record of contract terms, price source, expiry, payout, result, platform behavior, and testing notes.

TMarkets & assets

Trading session

The period in which an asset is available and its market-reference pricing is active.

TPayments & accounts

Transaction record

A dated record of deposits, withdrawals, trades, adjustments, bonuses, fees, and balance changes.

TProducts & contracts

Turbo option

A broker-specific product label. Verify whether it denotes a short expiry, a barrier-based product, or another contract rule; do not infer duration from the name alone.

TPromotions

Turnover requirement

The required trading volume before bonus-linked funds, rewards, or withdrawals become available.

UMarkets & assets

Underlying asset

The financial instrument, market price, index, event, or modeled value on which a contract outcome is based. It identifies what the broker's contract actually references.

URegulation & safety

Up-to claim

A headline maximum available only under selected products, account conditions, regions, or campaign rules. Compare it with ordinary conditions.

UProducts & contracts

Up/down option

A direction-based binary option that settles by whether the final price is above or below the entry or strike reference.

UPricing & settlement

Upper barrier

The higher of two target levels used in a range or double-barrier contract.

UPlatform & service

Uptime

The proportion of time a platform is available and functioning, measured alongside incidents and outages.

VProducts & contracts

Vanilla option

A conventional call or put with premium, strike, expiry, and market value before expiry. It is not a fixed-payout binary option.

VPricing & settlement

Variable payout

A payout that changes with strike, barrier, expiry, asset, account status, or market condition.

VStrategy & risk

Variance

A statistical measure of how widely outcomes vary around their average. Similar averages can produce very different loss sequences.

VPayments & accounts

Verification hold

A temporary restriction while identity, payment ownership, address, or source-of-funds checks are completed.

WRegulation & safety

Warning list

A regulator-maintained list of firms, domains, or promotions associated with unauthorized activity or other concerns. Absence is not proof of safety.

WPlatform & service

Watchlist

A saved list of frequently viewed assets that makes repeated symbol selection more efficient.

WPlatform & service

Web trading platform

A browser-based trading interface that does not require an installed application. Compare browser support, responsiveness, feature coverage, and stability.

WRegulation & safety

Win-rate claim

A published percentage describing successful outcomes that may omit sample size, period, payout, losses, or demo status.

WProducts & contracts

Window barrier option

A barrier option whose trigger is active only during a defined subperiod of the contract.

Withdrawal address whitelist

A security setting that permits crypto withdrawals only to approved wallet addresses, sometimes after an activation delay.

Withdrawal fee

A fixed or percentage charge deducted from a withdrawal under a payment or account rule.

Withdrawal limit

A minimum, maximum, frequency, status, or method rule that controls how funds can be withdrawn.

Withdrawal refusal

A rejected withdrawal request with a stated reason, applicable term, account status, and dispute route.

Withdrawal status

The current state of a request, such as pending, processing, paid, rejected, or awaiting documents.

WRegulation & safety

Withdrawal tax scam

An unexpected demand for a tax, insurance, verification, or release payment before an alleged balance can be withdrawn.