Terms starting with D
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Dark Cloud Cover
A two-candle formation in which a falling candle opens above the prior rising candle's close and closes below its midpoint.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceData Mining
Searching data for patterns until something appears significant, without a prior hypothesis.
Market Basics & InstrumentsDay High
The highest price at which a security traded during the current session.
Market Basics & InstrumentsDay Low
The lowest price at which a security traded during the current session.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureDay Order
An order that remains valid only for the current trading session and is cancelled automatically at the close if unfilled.
Indicators & OscillatorsDeath Cross
The crossing of a shorter moving average below a longer one, conventionally the 50-day below the 200-day.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeDebenture
A debt instrument issued by a company, which in India may be secured against assets or unsecured.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingDebt Fund
A mutual fund investing primarily in bonds, debentures and money-market instruments.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationDebt Service Coverage Ratio
Cash available for debt service divided by the total of interest and principal due in the period.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationDebt-to-Equity Ratio
Total borrowings divided by shareholders' equity, measuring how much of the business is funded by lenders relative to owners.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationDebtor Turnover Ratio
Revenue divided by average trade receivables, showing how many times a year credit sales are collected.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeDefault
A failure by a borrower to pay interest or principal when due, or a breach of another obligation under the debt agreement.
Market Basics & InstrumentsDefensive Stock
A share whose earnings hold up through downturns because demand for its products barely changes with the economy.
Financial Statements & AccountingDeferred Tax
The tax effect of timing differences between how items are treated in the accounts and how they are treated for tax purposes.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesDeflation
A sustained fall in the general price level, the opposite of inflation.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceDelisting
The removal of a company's shares from trading on a stock exchange.
Market Basics & InstrumentsDelivery-Based Trading
Buying shares with the intention of taking them into a demat account, rather than squaring off within the session.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsDelta
The rate at which an option's price changes for a one-unit change in the underlying.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationDemat Account
An account with a depository in which securities are held in electronic form in the investor's name.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationDematerialisation
The conversion of physical share certificates into electronic holdings in a demat account.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceDemerger
The separation of a business division into an independent company, with shares issued to the existing shareholders.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationDepository
An institution that holds securities in electronic form and enables their transfer between accounts.
Market Basics & InstrumentsDepository Receipt
A negotiable instrument issued in one country that represents shares of a company listed in another.
Financial Statements & AccountingDepreciation
The systematic allocation of a tangible asset's cost over its useful life as an expense in each period.