Equity Cost Analysis
Meaning ⎊ Determining the minimum return investors demand for holding a particular equity asset.
Contagion Effect
Meaning ⎊ The spread of market panic or failure from one asset or platform to others, creating a domino effect of losses.
Beta Coefficient
Meaning ⎊ A metric measuring an assets volatility relative to the overall market, indicating its sensitivity to market movements.
Spread Capture
Meaning ⎊ Strategy of earning the bid-ask spread by placing limit orders on both sides of the market, profiting from oscillation.
Support and Resistance
Meaning ⎊ Price levels where market psychology creates a floor for falling prices or a ceiling for rising prices.
Trade Timing
Meaning ⎊ Act of selecting the precise moment for trade entry or exit to improve the overall outcome and profitability.
Gap Risk
Meaning ⎊ Risk that an asset's price moves dramatically, bypassing set stop-loss levels and resulting in worse-than-expected exits.
Loan Management
Meaning ⎊ The process of monitoring, paying, and tracking the borrowed capital used for trading.
Price Swings
Meaning ⎊ The natural upward and downward price movements of an asset driven by supply and demand.
Available Balance
Meaning ⎊ The portion of total account funds not locked in open positions and available for use.
Volatility Adjustment
Meaning ⎊ Scaling position sizes in response to changes in asset volatility to maintain a consistent level of risk exposure.
Market Sensitivity
Meaning ⎊ The measurement of an asset's price response to broader market movements or specific economic news.
Safety Margin
Meaning ⎊ A surplus of equity maintained above the required minimum level to buffer against market fluctuations.
Crypto Assets
Meaning ⎊ Digital assets that leverage blockchain technology and cryptography for secure and decentralized value transfer.
Loss Threshold
Meaning ⎊ A pre-determined limit on acceptable losses before a position is closed or an account is liquidated.
Zero Equity
Meaning ⎊ The state where an account's value has fallen to zero due to trading losses or excessive leverage.
Floating P&L
Meaning ⎊ The fluctuating paper profit or loss on an open position that changes based on market price volatility.
Stop-Loss
Meaning ⎊ A predefined exit order that closes a trade at a specific price to prevent further capital loss.
Available Cash
Meaning ⎊ The liquid cash balance within a brokerage account that is free to be deployed for new trades.
Entry Price
Meaning ⎊ The specific price at which an investor initiates a long or short position in the market.
Haircut
Meaning ⎊ A percentage reduction applied to an asset's value when used as collateral to account for market risk.
Bankruptcy Price
Meaning ⎊ The price level at which a trader's position equity is completely exhausted, resulting in a zero balance.
Account Value
Meaning ⎊ The comprehensive total value of all assets held within an investment or trading account.
Trading Activity
Meaning ⎊ The measurement of frequency and intensity of trading actions within a market.
Trade Planning
Meaning ⎊ Systematic preparation of every detail of a trade, including entry, exit, and risk limits, prior to market action.
Put Spread
Meaning ⎊ An options strategy consisting of buying and selling puts with different strikes to limit risk and cost.
Downside Hedge
Meaning ⎊ An investment action taken to reduce or offset the loss resulting from a decline in asset prices.


