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Orders, Execution & Market Structure

Order Matching

The exchange process that pairs a buy order with a sell order at a compatible price to create a trade.

Test: a trade occurs when the best bid price is greater than or equal to the best ask price qualitative
Orders, Execution & Market Structure

Order-to-Trade Ratio

The number of orders a participant submits for each trade actually executed, used by exchanges to price message traffic.

Order-to-Trade Ratio = Total Orders Submitted (including modifications and cancellations) / Number of Trades Executed ratio (x, times)
Corporate Actions, Dividends & Governance

Ordinary Resolution

A shareholder resolution requiring a simple majority of votes cast in favour to pass.

Test: votes in favour exceed votes against among members voting, in person, by proxy or electronically %
Indicators & Oscillators

Oscillator

An indicator that moves within a bounded range, used to describe the pace of price change rather than its direction.

Test: the indicator's output is confined between fixed limits, such as 0 to 100 or -100 to +100 qualitative
Financial Statements & Accounting

Other Income

Income earned outside the company's main operations, such as interest, dividends received, rent or gains on asset sales.

Other Income = Total Income - Revenue from Operations ₹ crore
Derivatives, Futures & Options

Out of the Money

An option that would have no value if exercised immediately.

Call: Spot < Strike; Put: Spot > Strike qualitative
Market Psychology & Behavioural Finance

Outcome Bias

Judging the quality of a decision by how it turned out rather than by the information available when it was made.

Test: two identical decision processes are evaluated differently solely because their outcomes differed qualitative
Indicators & Oscillators

Overbought

A description of an oscillator reading above a conventional upper threshold, such as RSI above 70.

Test: oscillator value exceeds its conventional upper threshold, typically 70 for RSI or 80 for stochastics qualitative
Market Psychology & Behavioural Finance

Overconfidence Bias

The tendency to overestimate one's own knowledge, judgement or ability to predict outcomes.

Test: stated confidence intervals are too narrow, so outcomes fall outside them far more often than the stated confidence implies qualitative
Indicators & Oscillators

Oversold

A description of an oscillator reading below a conventional lower threshold, such as RSI below 30.

Test: oscillator value falls below its conventional lower threshold, typically 30 for RSI or 20 for stochastics qualitative