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Handle
A round number price level on a financial instrument. In trading, handle refers to the whole number part of a price quote, often used to describe major psychological price levels such as 1.3000 in forex.
Example
“A forex trader said 'EUR/USD is trading on the 1.08 handle,' meaning the pair was somewhere between 1.0800 and 1.0899.”