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Face Value	The face value is the nominal value that is put on each share in a company.
Failed Signal	When the market fails to go in the direction of a technical analysis chart signal.
Fair Value	When an option or warrant is priced at the same level as an outcome of an options pricing model.
FIFO	First in, first out. A method of accounting for stocks, where the costs of the oldest stocks are deducted from revenues in computing profits.
Financial Future	A futures contract where the underlying asset is a financial instrument such as a currency or an interest rate.
Fiscal Year	Twelve-month period on which taxes are calculated, in the U.K. April 6th to April 5th but a company may use any twelve-month period after which the books are closed and profit or loss is established.
Fixed Assets	Property, machinery and any other physical assets.
Flat Market	Usually a period of low activity when the market is portrayed by horizontal price movement.
Flotation	The issue of shares in a company for the first time on a stock exchange or unlisted securities market.
Forward Market	Currencies, commodities and securities can be dealt with either for immediate delivery known as the Spot Market or at sometime in the future on the price agreed now, forward market.
Free Cash Flow	The cash generated by a business that is left over after the prior claims needed to keep the business running have been met.
Futures Contracts	A contract to buy or sell a specified quantity of a particular commodity or instrument at a named date at some point in the future.
Futures Option	An option that gives its holder the right to buy a futures contract.