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    KARAT

  • Unit of fineness, scaled from one to 24. 24 karat gold (or pure gold) has at least 999 parts pure gold per thousand; 18-karat has 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts alloy, etc.
  • KEY REVERSAL  

  • In technical analysis, a crucial change in price direction, signalling an end to either a bull or bear market.
  • KERB

  • A trading session when open-outcry transactions occur freely outside of scheduled ring times and when all or some of the LME metals are traded simultaneously.
  • KILO BAR

  • A popular small gold bar. A one-Kg bar .995 fine = 31.990 troy ounces, and a one-KG bar 9999 fine = 32.148 troy ounces.
  • KNOCK-IN  

  • In options, an exotic option in which the option becomes valid only when a pre-agreed price level (usually different to the strike price) is touched during the lifetime of the option.
  • KNOCK-OUT  

  • An exotic option which is automatically terminated or "knocked out" if the price of the underlying asset reaches a predetermined level (usually different to the strike price) during the lifetime of the option

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