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A sudden, significant change in value of a currency pair, plainly visible on 1 minute or shorter timeframe charts. Spikes are often caused by news releases.

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A After spike Aussie B Base Currency Basis Points BoE bow Bucket Shop Buy Limit Buy Stop C Cable Candles Churning Conflicting Releases Consolidation CPI Currency Codes Table D Deviation Dovish E EA ECB Elliott Wave EMA Expectation/Expected F Fed Fiber Fibonacci Numbers Fibonacci Ratios Fibonacci Retracements Fibonacci Timeframes FOMC Forty-two G GDP	G (cont.) GU GY H Hawkish HYIP I Islamic Account K Kiwi L Liquidity Loonie Lot Size M m/m Market Maker Market Order Martingale Microlot Minilot Moving Average MT4 N Nanolot NFP No Riba Account O OHLC P Pending Order Ponzi Scheme PPI Pre-release Profit Target Pulling the trigger Q q/q Quote Currency R RBA	R (cont.) RBNZ Requote Retrace Revision S Scalping Sell Limit Sell Stop Slippage SMA SNB SNW Spike Standard Lot Sterling Stop hunting Stop loss Stopped out Stops Straddle Swap Free Account Swap Rates swing high swing low Swissy T Take Profit Trading Platform Trailing Stop Trigger V Volatility W Whipsaw Y y/y Yard Z ZEW