Glossary Letter: C

Cross-region consistency is the practice of keeping brand wording, support pathways, and public-facing information aligned across different markets, regions, or jurisdictions.
A chart template is a saved chart layout that can store settings such as colours, chart type, indicators, and drawing objects.
A candlestick chart is a price chart that shows the open, high, low, and close for each chosen timeframe using a single candle.
Core inflation is an inflation measure that excludes the most volatile price categories, usually food and energy, to help show the underlying trend in consumer prices.
A cross currency pair is an FX pair that does not include the US dollar, such as EUR/GBP or AUD/NZD, and it is used to trade the relative value of two non-USD currencies.
Credit spreads measure the extra yield investors demand to hold corporate or riskier debt over safer benchmarks, and they are widely used as a barometer of risk appetite and financial stress.
Correlation describes how closely two instruments move in relation to each other over a period of time, and it can strengthen or break down as market regimes change.
A commission is a fee charged on a trade, often separate from the spread.
Contract size is the standardised quantity of the underlying represented by one contract.

CPI

The Consumers Price Index (CPI) measures the rate of price changes for a "basket" of goods and services purchased by households.
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