Counterparty

Whoever is on the other side of your trade. Every buy needs a seller.

Related terms

CPI — Consumer Price IndexTHE inflation number. A hot CPI = rate-hike fear = risk assets sell.
Crypto ExchangeA venue where crypto trades (Binance, Coinbase, Kraken). Custody there ≠ your keys.
CandlestickOne time period drawn as body + wicks, recording open, high, low and close.
Central BankThe institution controlling a currency and its interest rate — Fed (USD), ECB (EUR), BoJ (JPY).
CFD — Contract for DifferenceA broker contract mirroring an asset's price. Trade long/short with leverage without owning it.
CHoCH — Change of CharacterThe FIRST structural break against the trend — the earliest reversal warning.

Terms stick when you use them. The Money Circle academy walks you through them step by step.