| AT | Algorithmic Trading/Trader |
| BM&F | Bolsa de Mercadorias e Futuros (Brazilian Commodities and Futures Exchange) |
| Bovespa | Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo (São Paulo Stock Exchange) |
| CATS | Computer Assisted Trading System |
| CFTC | Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| CMN | Conselho Monetário Nacional (Brazilian National Monetary Council) |
| CPF | Cadastros de Pessoa Física (Registry of Taxpaying Individuals) |
| CVM | Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (Brazilian Securities Commission) |
| DJI | Dow Jones Industrial Average |
| DMA | Direct Access Market |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Febraban | Federação Brasileira de Bancos (Brazilian Federation of Banks) |
| FIX | Financial Information Exchange Protocol |
| FP | Productive Forces |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GNP | Gross National Product |
| GTS | Global Trading System |
| HFT | High Frequency Trading/Trader |
| IBGE | Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technologies |
| IPO | Initial Public Offering |
| IT | Information Technology |
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
| PQO | Programa de Qualificação Operacional (Operational Qualification Program) |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| S&P | Standard and Poor’s |
| SEC | Security and Exchange Commission |
| SRP | Social Relations of Production |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| USA | United States of America |
| WTr | Web Trading |