Profit Taking
Meaning ⎊ Strategy of closing a trade at a target price to secure a financial gain, preventing reversal of paper profits.
Breakout Confirmation
Meaning ⎊ Verification that a price move through a barrier is genuine, often requiring high volume or sustained momentum.
Order Processing
Meaning ⎊ End-to-end journey of a trade from request submission and validation through matching and settlement.
Sell Side
Meaning ⎊ Collection of all sell orders and their volumes in an order book, representing current supply in the market.
Market Supply
Meaning ⎊ Total quantity of an asset that market participants are willing to sell at specific prices, shown in the ask side.
Gap Risk
Meaning ⎊ Risk that an asset's price moves dramatically, bypassing set stop-loss levels and resulting in worse-than-expected exits.
Market Maker
Meaning ⎊ An entity that provides continuous liquidity by quoting both buy and sell prices to facilitate efficient trading.
Stop Limit Order
Meaning ⎊ Advanced order that becomes a limit order once a trigger price is reached, combining stop-loss and price control.
Fill or Kill
Meaning ⎊ Limit order requiring immediate, complete execution of the entire quantity or the entire order is cancelled.
Trade Management
Meaning ⎊ The active process of monitoring, adjusting, and closing a trade according to a plan.
Asset Quality
Meaning ⎊ The reliability, liquidity, and stability of an asset when used as collateral.
Available Balance
Meaning ⎊ The portion of total account funds not locked in open positions and available for use.
Scaling
Meaning ⎊ The process of gradually increasing or decreasing a trade position to manage risk and entry timing.
Account Restrictions
Meaning ⎊ Limitations imposed on a trading account, preventing specific actions due to non-compliance or margin issues.
Take-Profit
Meaning ⎊ An automated order to close a profitable position once a target price is reached, securing gains.
House Rules
Meaning ⎊ Internal brokerage policies that define margin requirements beyond the minimum standards set by regulators.
Exposure
Meaning ⎊ The total financial value of an investor's positions that are subject to market price fluctuations.
Transaction History
Meaning ⎊ A chronological record of every financial activity, trade, and adjustment within an investment account.
Haircut
Meaning ⎊ A percentage reduction applied to an asset's value when used as collateral to account for market risk.
Margin
Meaning ⎊ Collateral required to hold leveraged positions, ensuring traders can cover potential losses and preventing insolvency.
Liquidation
Meaning ⎊ Forcible closure of a position when collateral value drops, ensuring lenders are repaid and the system remains solvent.
Volume
Meaning ⎊ The total count of assets or contracts exchanged between buyers and sellers within a designated timeframe of market activity.
Downside Hedge
Meaning ⎊ An investment action taken to reduce or offset the loss resulting from a decline in asset prices.
American Style
Meaning ⎊ A type of option contract that permits the holder to exercise their rights at any point until the expiration date.
Trend Strength
Meaning ⎊ The quantifiable degree of momentum and market conviction driving a sustained directional price movement over time.
Hedge Frequency
Meaning ⎊ The rate of adjusting derivative positions to maintain a target risk profile, balancing transaction costs against market risk.



