Terms starting with O
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Order Matching
Orders, Execution & Market Structure
qualitative
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
Order-to-Trade Ratio
Orders, Execution & Market Structure
ratio (x, times)
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
Ordinary Resolution
Corporate Actions, Dividends & Governance
%
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
Oscillator
Indicators & Oscillators
qualitative
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
Other Income
Financial Statements & Accounting
₹ crore
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
Out of the Money
Derivatives, Futures & Options
qualitative
An option that would have no value if exercised immediately.
Call: Spot < Strike; Put: Spot > Strike
Outcome Bias
Market Psychology & Behavioural Finance
qualitative
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
Overbought
Indicators & Oscillators
qualitative
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
Overconfidence Bias
Market Psychology & Behavioural Finance
qualitative
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
Oversold
Indicators & Oscillators
qualitative
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