Terms starting with O
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Off-Market Transfer
A movement of securities between demat accounts that is settled directly through the depository rather than through an exchange trade.
Market Basics & InstrumentsOffer for Sale
A sale of shares by existing shareholders to the public, in which the proceeds go to those sellers and not to the company.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationOld Tax Regime
India's original personal income tax structure, with higher slab rates but a wide range of deductions and exemptions.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceOmission Bias
Judging harmful actions as worse than equally harmful failures to act.
Indicators & OscillatorsOn-Balance Volume
A running total that adds a period's volume when the close rises and subtracts it when the close falls.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsOpen Interest
The total number of derivative contracts that remain open and have not been closed or settled.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceOpen Market Buyback
A buyback in which the company purchases its own shares on the exchange over a period, rather than through a tender offer.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesOpen Market Operations
A central bank's buying or selling of government securities to add or remove liquidity from the banking system.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceOpen Offer
A mandatory offer to buy shares from public shareholders, triggered when an acquirer crosses a control threshold.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureOpen Order
An order that has been accepted by the exchange but not yet executed, cancelled or expired.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsOpen, High, Low, Close
The four prices that summarise a trading period: the first trade, the highest, the lowest and the last.
Market Basics & InstrumentsOpening Price
The price at which a security's first trade of the session is executed, determined in India by a pre-open call auction.
Financial Statements & AccountingOperating Cash Flow
The cash generated by a company's core business activities during a period, after working capital movements and taxes paid.
Financial Statements & AccountingOperating Expenses
The costs of running the business that are not direct costs of production, such as employee benefits, selling costs and administration.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationOperating Leverage
The degree to which a company's fixed costs amplify the effect of a revenue change on its operating profit.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationOperating Margin
Operating profit as a percentage of revenue, showing what the core business keeps before interest and tax.
Financial Statements & AccountingOperating Profit
Profit from the core business after all operating costs including depreciation, but before interest and tax.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceOptimism Bias
The tendency to expect better outcomes for oneself than the base rate justifies.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsOption
A contract giving its buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an underlying at a set price by a set date.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsOption Chain
A table listing all available strikes for an underlying and expiry, with prices, volumes and open interest for calls and puts.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsOption Intrinsic Value
The value an option would have if exercised immediately, which is never less than zero.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsOption Premium
The price paid by an option's buyer to its writer for the rights the contract confers.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsOption Writer
The party that sells an option and takes on the obligation to perform if the holder exercises.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureOrder Book
The exchange's live record of all unexecuted buy and sell limit orders in a security, ranked by price and then by time.