Glossary from A to Z
1039 technical terms around trading, briefly explained.
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A
- Absolute Return
- Account Balance
- Account Statement
- Accrued Interest
- Accumulation
- Active Management
- Active Market
- Adjustable Rate
- Advance-Decline Line
- Adverse Market
- Affiliated Person
- After Hours Trading
- Agency Trade
- All or None
- Alpha
- Alternative Investments
- American Option
- Analyst
- Annual General Meeting
- Annual Report
- Annual Return
- Annualized Rate
- Annuity
- Annuity Certain
- Appreciation
- Arbitrage
- Ask
- Ask Price
- Asset
- Asset Allocation
- Asset Class
- Assignment
- At-the-Money
- Auction Market
- Authorized Stock
- Automated Bond System
- Automated Trading System
- Average Daily Trading Volume
- Average Price
- Average True Range
B
- Backwardation
- Balance Sheet
- Bar Chart
- Base Currency
- Basis Grade
- Basis Point
- Basket
- Bear Market
- Bear Spread
- Benchmark
- Beta
- Bid
- Bid Price
- Bid-Ask Spread
- Binary Option
- Black Swan
- Block Trade
- Blow Off Top
- Blue Chip
- Board Lot
- Bollinger Bands
- Bond
- Bond Fund
- Book Value
- Bottom
- Bottom Fishing
- Break
- Breakout
- Broad-Based Index
- Broker
- Bull Market
- Bull Spread
- Business Cycle
- Buy
- Buy and Hold
- Buy Limit Order
- Buy Side
- Buy Stop Order
- Buy To Cover
- Buyout
C
- Call Option
- Candlestick Chart
- Capital Account
- Capital Gain
- Capital Loss
- Capital Market
- Capital Structure
- Carry Trade
- Cash Flow
- Cash Market
- Central Bank
- Chart Analysis
- Clearing House
- Closing Price
- Collateral
- Collateralized Debt Obligation
- Commodity
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Compound Interest
- Contango
- Contingent Order
- Contract for Difference
- Contract Size
- Conversion Rate
- Core Inflation
- Corporate Bond
- Cost of Carry
- Counterparty
- Covered Call
- Credit Default Swap
- Credit Rating
- Credit Risk
- Credit Spread
- Cross Rate
- Cumulative Return
- Currency Pair
- Currency Risk
- Current Yield
- Custodian
- Cyclical Stock
D
- Day Count Convention
- Day Order
- Day Trading
- Dead Cat Bounce
- Dealer
- Dealing Desk
- Death Cross
- Debt Market
- Debt Securities
- Default Risk
- Defensive Stock
- Deferred Shares
- Deficit
- Delisting
- Delivery Date
- Delta
- Dematerialization
- Depositary Receipt
- Depreciation
- Derivative Instrument
- Derivatives
- Direct Quote
- Discount Broker
- Discount Rate
- Discretionary Account
- Distribution
- Diversification
- Dividend Yield
- Dividends
- Double Bottom
- Double Top
- Dovish
- Downgrade
- Downtrend
- Drawdown
- Dual Currency Bond
- Due Diligence
- Duration
- Dynamic Hedging
E
- E-mini
- Earnings
- Earnings Estimate
- Earnings Momentum
- Earnings Multiplier
- Earnings Per Share
- Earnings Report
- Earnings Retention Ratio
- Earnings Season
- Earnings Surprise
- Earnings Threshold
- Earnings Yield
- EBITDA
- Economic Indicator
- Economic Value Added
- Efficient Market
- Electronic Trading
- Emerging Market
- Employee Stock Option
- End of Day Order
- Equity
- Equity Market
- Equity Research
- Eurodollar
- European Central Bank
- Ex-Dividend
- Ex-Dividend Date
- Exchange
- Exchange Rate
- Exercise
- Exercise Price
- Exotic Option
- Expected Return
- Expense Ratio
- Expiration
- Expiration Date
- Exponential Moving Average
- Extended Trading
- Extraordinary Item
- Extreme Point Rule
F
- Fiduciary Duty
- Fill
- Financial Asset
- Financial Derivative
- Financial Instrument
- Financial Leverage
- Financial Liability
- Financial Market
- Financial Risk
- Financial Sector
- Financial Statement
- Financial Year
- First In First Out
- Fiscal Policy
- Fixed Exchange Rate
- Fixed Income Trading
- Fixed Interest Rate
- Fixed Rate Bond
- Fixed Term Contract
- Flat
- Float
- Fluctuation
- Foreign Exchange
- Foreign Exchange Market
- Foreign Exchange Rate
- Foreign Investment
- Forex Trading
- Forward Contract
- Forward Market
- Forward Points
- Forward Price
- Forward Rate
- Forward Spread
- Fractal
- Free Cash Flow
- Front Running
- Full-Service Broker
- Fundamental Analysis
- Fungible
- Futures Contract
G
- Gamma
- Gann angles
- Gap
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- General partner
- General provisions
- General Securities Representative Exam
- General Securities Sales Supervisor
- General solicitation
- General warranty
- Generation-skipping transfer tax
- Generic brand
- Geometric mean return
- German Stock Index
- Gift tax
- Gilt-edged securities
- Ginnie Mae
- Glass-Steagall Act
- Global fund
- Globalization
- Gold certificate
- Gold fix
- Gold standard
- Golden handshake
- Golden parachute
- Good delivery
- Good faith deposit
- Good till canceled order
- Goodwill
- Government bond
- Government National Mortgage Association
- Government Securities Clearing Corporation
- Government-Sponsored Enterprise
- Grace period
- Graduated payment mortgage
- Grant
- Grantor
- Gross Domestic Product
- Gross profit margin
- Growth rates
H
- H Shares
- Halted Issue
- Hammer
- Handle
- Hanging Man
- Hard Currency
- Hard Stop
- Harmonic Patterns
- Head and Shoulders
- Head Trader
- Heatmap
- Heavy
- Hedge
- Hedge Fund
- Hidden Order
- High
- High Frequency Trading
- High Yield
- High-Low Range
- Highs
- Hindsight Bias
- Histogram
- Historical Volatility
- Hit the Bid
- Hoarder
- Holder
- Hollow Candlestick
- Home Bias
- Hook
- Horizontal Channel
- Horizontal Spread
- Hot IPO
- Hot Money
- House Account
- House Call
- Hub and Spoke Structure
- Hybrid Security
- Hyperinflation
- Hypothecation
- Hypothesis Testing
I
- Illiquid
- Implied Volatility
- In-the-money
- Income Statement
- Index
- Indicators
- Indirect Quote
- Industrial Production
- Inflation
- Inflation Risk
- Inflation-Adjusted Return
- Inflation-Protected Securities
- Initial Margin
- Initial Public Offering
- Insider Trading
- Interest Rate Swap
- Intermarket Analysis
- Intermarket Spread
- International Securities Identification Number
- Intraday Trading
- Intrinsic Value
- Inverse Correlation
- Inverse ETF
- Inverted Market
- Investment Bank
- Investment Grade
- Investment Horizon
- Investment Objective
- Investment Policy Statement
- Investment Risk
- Investment Strategy
- Investment Trust
- Investment Universe
- Investment Vehicle
- Invisible Hand
- Invisible Market
- IPO
- Issued Shares
- Itemized Statement
- Iterative Process
J
- J-Curve
- January Effect
- Japanese Government Bonds (JGB)
- Jitney
- Jobber
- Joint Account
- Joint Life with Last Survivor Annuity
- Joint Supply
- Joint Tenants in Common (JTIC)
- Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship (JTWROS)
- Joint Venture
- Joint-and-Survivor Annuity
- Joint-Stock Company
- Jointly and Severally
- Journal
- Jumbo CD
- Jumbo Loan
- Jumbo Mortgage
- Jumbo Pool
- Jump Ball
- Jump Bond
- Jumping the Gun
- Junior Capital
- Junior Debt
- Junior Equity
- Junior Issue
- Junior Mortgage
- Junior Security
- Junk Bonds
- Junk Fees
- Junk Fund
- Junk Status
- Jurisdiction Risk
- Jury of Executive Opinion
- Just Compensation
- Just In Time (JIT)
- Just Noticeable Difference (JND)
- Just Price
- Justifiable Termination
- Justified Price
K
- Keltner Channel
- Key Currency
- Key Performance Indicators
- Key Rate
- Key Rate Basis
- Key Rate Benchmark
- Key Rate Charge
- Key Rate Class
- Key Rate Convexity
- Key Rate Correlation
- Key Rate Curve
- Key Rate Duration
- Key Rate Exposure
- Key Rate Factor
- Key Rate Framework
- Key Rate Hedge
- Key Rate Index
- Key Rate Level
- Key Rate Maturity
- Key Rate Model
- Key Rate Movement
- Key Rate Point
- Key Rate Profile
- Key Rate Quote
- Key Rate Range
- Key Rate Return
- Key Rate Risk
- Key Rate Sensitivity
- Key Rate Shift
- Key Rate Spread
- Key Rate Structure
- Key Rate Swap
- Key Rate Tenor
- Key Rate Volatility
- Key Rate Yield
- Key Ratio
- Key Reversal
- Key Risk Indicator
- Key Value
- Knock-In Option
- Knock-Out Option
L
- Lagging Indicator
- Leading Indicator
- Leverage
- Limit Order
- Line Chart
- Liquidity
- Listing
- Load Fund
- Loan Stock
- Loan-to-Value
- Locked Market
- Logarithmic Scale
- Long Hedge
- Long Position
- Long the Basis
- Long-Dated
- Long-Term Assets
- Long-Term Capital Gain or Loss
- Long-Term Capital Management
- Long-Term Debt
- Long-Term Debt to Capitalization Ratio
- Long-Term Debt to Equity Ratio
- Long-Term Debt/Capitalization
- Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities
- Long-Term Funds
- Long-Term Growth Rate
- Long-Term Investment
- Long-Term Investor
- Long-Term Liabilities
- Long-Term Reserves
- Look-Ahead Bias
- Look-Thru
- Lookback Option
- Loose Credit
- Loose Monetary Policy
- Loss Carryback
- Loss Carryforward
- Loss Constant
- Loss Ratio
- Lot
M
- MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence)
- Margin
- Margin Call
- Market Capitalization
- Market Correction
- Market Cycle
- Market Depth
- Market Efficiency
- Market Index
- Market Maker
- Market Order
- Market Risk
- Market Timing
- Market Trend
- Market Value
- Market Volatility
- Market-on-Close Order
- Market-on-Open Order
- Market-to-Book Ratio
- Mid-Cap
- Mid-Price
- Minimum Price Fluctuation
- Momentum
- Momentum Indicator
- Momentum Investing
- Momentum Trader
- Monetary Policy
- Money Flow
- Money Management
- Money Market
- Money Purchase Pension Plan
- Money Supply
- Money Weighted Rate of Return
- Morningstar Risk Rating
- Mortgage-Backed Security
- Moving Average
- Moving Average Ribbon
- Multiplier
- Municipal Bond
- Mutual Fund
N
- Naked Call
- Naked Option
- Naked Put
- Naked Short
- Naked Short Selling
- Naked Trading
- Narrow Market
- National Market System
- Natural Hedge
- Negative Carry
- Negative Convexity
- Negative Duration
- Negative Equity
- Negative Yield Curve
- Negotiated Market
- Negotiated Underwriting
- Net Asset Value
- Net Change
- Net Interest Margin
- Net Position
- Net Present Value
- Net Profit Margin
- Net Yield
- Neutral Strategy
- New Issue
- No Par Value Stock
- No-Load Fund
- Non-Accrual Loan
- Non-Deliverable Forward
- Non-Discretionary Account
- Non-Performing Asset
- Non-Recourse Loan
- Non-Sufficient Funds
- Note
- Notice Period
- Notional Amount
- Notional Value
- Null Hypothesis
- Number Cruncher
- NYSE
O
- Off-Balance Sheet
- Off-Board
- Off-Board Trading
- Off-Book
- Off-Book Trading
- Off-Exchange
- Off-Exchange Trading
- Off-Floor Order
- Off-Floor Trading
- Off-Market
- Off-Market Trading
- Off-Premises
- Off-Premises Trading
- Off-Price
- Off-Price Retailer
- Off-Price Retailer Trading
- Off-Price Specialist
- Off-Price Trading
- Offsetting Risk
- Offsetting Transaction
- Offshore Investment
- Open Interest
- Opening Price
- Opening Range
- Options
- Order
- Oscillator
- Out-of-the-Money
- Outperformance
- Outright Futures Position
- Over-the-Counter
- Overbought
- Overhead Resistance
- Overlapping
- Overnight Position
- Overreaction
- Oversold
- Overtrading
- Overvaluation
- Overwrite
P
- Parabolic SAR
- Pattern
- Payout Ratio
- Penny Stocks
- Perpetual Futures
- Physical Delivery
- Pips
- Pivot Points
- Point and Figure Chart
- Portfolio
- Position
- Pre-Market
- Premium
- Price
- Price Action
- Price Discovery
- Price Earnings Ratio
- Price Level
- Price Target
- Primary Market
- Prime Broker
- Principal
- Private Equity
- Pro-Rata
- Profit
- Profit Factor
- Profit Margin
- Profit Taking
- Profit/Loss Ratio
- Program Trading
- Proprietary Trading
- Prospectus
- Protective Put
- Public Company
- Public Offering
- Pullback
- Purchase
- Purchasing Power Parity
- Put Option
- Pyramiding
Q
- Quality of Execution
- Quant Fund
- Quant Model
- Quantitative Analysis
- Quantitative Easing
- Quantitative Trading
- Quarterly Earnings Report
- Quasi-Money
- Quick Assets
- Quick Ratio
- Quick Turnover
- Quiet Period
- Quotation
- Quote Currency
- Quote Request
- Quoted Ask
- Quoted Bid
- Quoted Company
- Quoted Currency
- Quoted Dividend
- Quoted Exchange
- Quoted Index
- Quoted Interest
- Quoted Investment
- Quoted Market
- Quoted Options
- Quoted Price
- Quoted Rate
- Quoted Security
- Quoted Shares
- Quoted Spread
- Quoted Stock
- Quoted Trade
- Quoted Trading
- Quoted Underwriting
- Quoted Value
- Quoted Volume
- Quoted Warrant
- Quoted Yield
- Quoted Yield to Maturity
R
- Rally
- Random Walk Theory
- Range
- Rate of Change
- Real Time
- Rebalancing
- Recession
- Redemption
- Reflation
- Regression
- Regulation T
- Reinvestment
- Relative Strength Index
- Relative Value
- Repo Rate
- Repurchase Agreement
- Reserve Currency
- Resistance
- Resistance Level
- Retracement
- Return
- Return on Investment
- Reversal
- Reverse Split
- Risk
- Risk Capital
- Risk Factor
- Risk Management
- Risk Parity
- Risk Premium
- Risk Tolerance
- Risk-Adjusted Return
- Risk-Free Rate
- Risk-Off Trade
- Rollover
- Round Lot
- Round-Trip Trading
- RSI
- Russell 2000
- Russell 3000
S
- Scalping
- Secondary Market
- Sector Rotation
- Securities
- Securities Market
- Settlement
- Shareholder
- Shareholder Equity
- Shareholder Value
- Short Covering
- Short Interest
- Short Position
- Short Selling
- Short Squeeze
- Short Term Interest Rate
- Simple Moving Average
- Single Stock Futures
- Slippage
- Speculation
- Spot Market
- Spot Price
- Spot Rate
- Spread
- Standard Deviation
- Stochastic Oscillator
- Stock Exchange
- Stock Index
- Stock Split
- Stock Symbol
- Stop-Loss Order
- Strike Price
- Subordinated Debt
- SuperDOT
- Support Level
- Swap
- Swing High
- Swing Low
- Swing Trading
- Synthetic Futures
- Systematic Risk
T
- Technical Analysis
- Tick
- Time Decay
- Time Horizon
- Time Series Analysis
- Time Spread
- Time Stamp
- Time Value
- Time Value of Money
- Top-Down Analysis
- Total Debt to Equity Ratio
- Total Return
- Total Return Swap
- Total Risk
- Trade Balance
- Trade Date
- Trade Deficit
- Trade Surplus
- Trade War
- Trade Weighted Index
- Trader
- Trading
- Trading Floor
- Trading Platform
- Trading Range
- Trading Session
- Trading Volume
- Trailing Stop
- Tranche
- Transaction
- Transaction Cost
- Transaction Date
- Transaction Risk
- Treasury Bill
- Treasury Bond
- Treasury Inflation Protected Securities
- Treasury Note
- Treasury Stock
- Trend
- Turnover
U
- Uncovered Option
- Underlying
- Underlying Asset
- Underlying Commodity
- Underlying Futures Contract
- Underlying Interest
- Underlying Security
- Underperform
- Underpricing
- Underweight
- Underwriting
- Unemployment Rate
- Unfilled Order
- Unhedged
- Unilateral Transfer
- Unit of Trading
- Unleveraged
- Unlisted
- Unlisted Security
- Unlisted Trading
- Unrealized Gain
- Unrealized Loss
- Unsterilized Intervention
- Unsystematic Risk
- Unwind
- Up Tick
- Up Volume
- Up-and-In Option
- Up-and-Out Option
- Up-Market
- Up-Side
- Upstairs Market
- Upstairs Trader
- Upthrust
- Uptrend
- Upward Momentum
- Upwards Gap
- Usance
- User Fee
- Utility
V
- Value
- Value at Risk
- Value Date
- Value Investing
- Variable Rate
- Variance
- Variation Margin
- Vega
- Venture Capital
- Vertical Spread
- Volatility
- Volatility Arbitrage
- Volatility Cones
- Volatility Crush
- Volatility Derivative
- Volatility Drag
- Volatility ETF
- Volatility Index
- Volatility Quoting
- Volatility Ratio
- Volatility Risk
- Volatility Skew
- Volatility Smile
- Volatility Stop
- Volatility Surface
- Volatility Swap
- Volatility Term Structure
- Volatility Time
- Volatility Trader
- Volatility Trading
- Volatility Trigger
- Volume
- Volume Analysis
- Volume Indicator
- Volume Oscillator
- Volume Price Trend
- Volume Rate of Change
- Volume Weighted Average Price
- Voluntary Liquidation
W
- W Formation
- W-2 Form
- W-4 Form
- W-8 Form
- W-9 Form
- W-Shaped Recovery
- W-Type Bottom
- Wall Street
- Warrant
- Warrant Coverage
- Warrant Premium
- Warrant Price
- Warrant Stock
- Wash Sale
- Wasting Asset
- Wedge Chart Pattern
- Weekly Options
- Weighted Alpha
- Weighted Average
- Weighted Average Cost of Capital
- Weighted Average Coupon
- Weighted Average Life
- Weighted Close
- Weighted Moving Average
- White Candle
- Wholesale Price Index
- Wholesale Prices
- Wholesale Trade
- Wide Spread
- Wild Card Option
- Window Dressing
- With Profit Policy
- With Profits Fund
- Withholding
- Withholding Allowance
- Withholding Tax
- Working Capital
- World Fund
- Write Down
- Writer
X
- X-Asset
- X-Brace
- X-Compliance
- X-Currency
- X-Date
- X-Derivatives
- X-Efficiency
- X-Equities
- X-Factor
- X-Futures
- X-Growth
- X-Income
- X-Index
- X-Jump
- X-Kurtosis
- X-Leverage
- X-Markets
- X-Momentum
- X-Normal
- X-Open
- X-Options
- X-Pattern
- X-Portfolio
- X-Price
- X-Quant
- X-Quote
- X-Risk
- X-Spread
- X-Strategy
- X-Stream Trading
- X-Trade
- X-Trade Brokers
- X-Trader
- X-Value
- X-Volume
- X-Wave
- X-Yield
- X-Zone
- Xetra
- Xignite
Y
- Year-End Bonus
- Year-End Closing
- Year-End Dividend
- Year-End Earnings
- Year-End Price
- Year-End Rally
- Year-End Report
- Year-End Statement
- Year-End Summary
- Year-End Target
- Year-End Tax
- Year-End Trading
- Year-End Volume
- Year-End Yield
- Year-End Z-Score
- Year-Over-Year (YOY)
- Year-to-Date (YTD)
- Yearly High
- Yearly Low
- Yearly Rate of Return
- Yellow Knight
- Yellow Sheets
- Yen Carry Trade
- Yen ETF
- Yield
- Yield Basis
- Yield Burning
- Yield Curve
- Yield Elbow
- Yield on Cost (YOC)
- Yield Pickup
- Yield Rate
- Yield Ratio
- Yield Spread
- Yield Tilt Index Fund
- Yield to Call (YTC)
- Yield to Maturity (YTM)
- Yield to Put (YTP)
- Yield to Worst (YTW)
- Yield-Based Option
Z
- Z-Score
- Zero Based Budgeting
- Zero Bound
- Zero Cost Collar
- Zero Coupon Bond
- Zero Growth
- Zero Interest Rate Policy
- Zero Inventory
- Zero Line
- Zero Lot Line
- Zero Minus Tick
- Zero Plus Tick
- Zero Rated
- Zero Risk Bias
- Zero Uptick
- Zero Volatility Spread
- Zero-Beta Portfolio
- Zero-Confirmation Transaction
- Zero-Fee Crypto Trading
- Zero-Fee ETF
- Zero-Fee Exchange
- Zero-Fee Forex Trading
- Zero-Fee Index Fund
- Zero-Fee Mutual Fund
- Zero-Fee Stock Trading
- Zero-Fee Trading
- Zero-Fee Transaction
- Zero-Fee Transfer
- Zero-Fee Withdrawal
- Zero-Sum Game
- Zeroing In
- Zeta Model
- Zew Indicator
- Zig Zag Indicator
- Zombie Bank
- Zombie Company
- Zombie Debt
- Zombie Fund
- Zone of Resistance
- Zone of Support