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A - Z Trading Terms

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Access Requirements
Accumulation/Distribution Line
Admission to Trading
Aggressive order
Alerts system
Algorithm
Algorithmic Trading
All or None Order
Alternative/Multilateral Trading System
Appropriateness Test
Approved Publication Arrangement (APA)
Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM)
Arbitrage Strategy
Arrival Price
Ask
Ask Size
Asset Allocation
Asset-Backed Security (ABS)
Auction
Automated Trading
Automated/Systematic Trading
Average Price

B

Bar Chart
Basis Point (bps)
Bear Market
Benchmark
Best Execution
Bid-Ask Spread
Blue Chip Stocks
Bond
Book Value
Breakout
Bull Market
Butterfly/Iron Condor/Collar Strategy
Buy Limit Order
Buy Stop Order
Buying power

C

Candlestick Chart
Capital Markets
Central Counterparty (CCP)
Charting
Circuit Breaker
Classification of Clients
Clearing
Clearing Eligible
Clearings / Clearing Broker / Clearing House
Client Assets
Close-out mode
Closing Price
Collateral
Commission / Commission per Share
Conflicts of Interest
Consolidated Tape
Credit Default Swap (CDS)
Cross-Market Behavior
Custom Scanner

D

Daily Stop Loss
Dark Pool
Day Trading Strategies
Dealer
Delivery vs. Payment (DVP)
Derivative
Direct Market Access (DMA)
Dissemination
Distortion and Misleading Behaviour
Distribution Policy
Dividend
Dividend Yield

E

Earnings Announcements / Earnings Per Share (EPS)
ECN
Economic Calendar
Electronic Order Book Trading
Equilibrium Price
Equity
Equivalence Assessment
Exchange
Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)
Execution-only Service

F

Face Value
Fair and Orderly Markets
Financial Instrument
FINRA
Fiscal Policy
Fixed Cost
Fixed Income
Fundamental Data

G

Gross Profit

H

Hard Position Limit
Hard-to-Borrow
Hedging
High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
Historical/Live Options Chart
Hotkeys

I

IBAN
Iceberg/Reserve Order
Improper Disclosure
Indication of Interest (IOI)
Indirect Trading
Inducement
Inflation
Initial capital
Initial Margin Requirement
Initial Public Offering
Initial Public Offering (IPO)
Inside Information
Insider Dealing
Insider Dealing / Insider Trading
Interdealer Broker
Interest Rate Risk
Interest Rate Swap
Intermediary
Interpositioning
Intraday Trading Strategies
Investment Bank
Investment Grade Bond
Investment Services
IPO Agent (Distributor)
IPO Manager
ISIN
Issue Price

L

Lagging Indicator
Large Cap
Last In First Out (LIFO)
Latency (Latency Period)
Layering
Leverage
Leverage ratio
Limit Order
Liquidity
Lit Market
Lit Order
Long Margin Interest
Long Position
Long-Term Capital Gain

M

Maintenance margin
Margin
Margin Account
Margin call
Margin Trading
Market Abuse
Market Capitalization (Market Cap)
Market Data
Market Disorder
Market Efficiency
Market Fragmentation
Market Integrity
Market Maker
Market Manipulation
Market Operator
Market Order
Market Price
Market Risk
Martingale Strategies
Maturity Date
Micro Cap
Momentum
Multi-leg Options
Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF)
Mutual Fund

N

Naked Position
NASDAQ
NAV (Net Asset Value)
NBBO
Nifty/Bank Nifty Options Chart
Nominal Value
Non-Central Clearing
Non-Deliverable Forward (NDF)
Non-Execution Venue
NYSE

O

Off-Book Trading
Off-Exchange Trading (OTC)
Offer Price (Ask Price)
On-Exchange Trading
Open Interest
Open Order
Option
Option Chain
Option Chart Patterns
Option Hedging Strategies
Option Selling/Buying Strategy
Option Strategy Analysis
Option Strategy Builder
Option Trading Chart
Option Trading Chart Analysis
Option Trading Data Analysis
Option Trading Technical Analysis
Options Chain Analysis
Options Contract
Options Trading Strategies
Order Book
Order Destination
Order Flow
Order Management System (OMS)
Order Matching Engine
Order Types
Over-the-Counter (OTC)
Overnight Risk

P

Paintbar
Par Value
Passive Order
Pattern Day Trader Rule (U.S.)
Payment Date
Payment for Order Flow
PB (Prime Brokerage)
Penny Stock
PIP (Price Interest Point)
Plain Vanilla Options
Pool
Portfolio
Portfolio Diversification
Position
Position Size
Post-Trade Transparency
Pre-market
Preferred stocks
Price Action Strategy
Price Discovery
Price Manipulation
Price Priority
Principal Trading
Put
Put Spread

Q

Quotation
Quote Stuffing

R

Rally
Range-Bound
Real-Time Alert
Real-Time Scanning
Realized P&L
Rebalancing
Rebate
Recession
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
Retail Investor
Return on Investment (ROI)
Reversal Pattern
Risk Management
Risk-Reward Ratio
Rollover
Round Trip Trade
RSI Divergence

S

Scalping
Scalping Strategy
Secondary Market
Securities
Sell Order
Sell-Off
Settlement
Sharpe Ratio
Short Interest
Short Margin Interest
Short Selling (Shorting)
Signal
Single-leg Options
Slippage
Smart Order Routing (SOR)
Spoofing
Spread
Stablecoin
Stock Split
Stop Order
Stop-Limit Order
Stop-Loss Order
Straddle/Strangle Strategy
Support Level
Swing Trading
Swing Trading Strategies
Systematic Trading

T

T+1, T+2, T+3
Take-Profit Order (TP)
Technical Analysis
Technical Analysis for Options
Technical Indicator
The Strat
Tick
Tick Size
Time in Force
Trading Management/Global Trading System
Trading Strategies
Trading Systems
Trailing Stop

U

Underlying Asset
Unrealized Gain/Loss
Unsecured Debt
Uptick
Uptick Rule
Uptrend
US Treasuries

V

Valuation
Value at Risk (VaR)
Value Date
Vega
VIX (Volatility Index)
Volatility
Volatility Contraction
Volume
VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price)

W

Warrant
Wash Trading
Watchlist
Whipsaw
Withdrawal Risk

Y

Yield
Yield Curve

Z

Z-Trader
Zero-Coupon Bond
Zero-Day Options (0DTE)

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