Bull
A trader who expects prices to rise and buys to profit from it.
In plain English
A trader who expects prices to rise and buys to profit from it.
A bull expects the market to go up. The image is a bull tossing its horns upward. Bulls buy, or go long, hoping to sell higher later.
Its opposite is the bear. On a currency pair, being bullish means you expect the base currency to strengthen against the quote.
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