Stock market terms starting with T

Trade-for-Trade Segment Orders, Execution & Market Structure qualitative A settlement category in which every trade must be settled by delivery, with intraday squaring-off prohibited. Test: buy and sell quantities in the security cannot be netted within the day; each trade settles individually by delivery

Trader Market Basics & Instruments qualitative A market participant who buys and sells to profit from price movement over short horizons rather than from the underlying business. Test: the entry and exit decisions rest on price, volume and positioning, with a horizon measured in minutes to months

Trading Account Market Basics & Instruments qualitative The account with a broker through which buy and sell orders are placed on an exchange. Test: the account is opened with a trading member of an exchange and is used to route orders, not to hold securities

Trading Psychology Market Psychology & Behavioural Finance qualitative The emotional and cognitive discipline required to follow a plan under uncertainty and financial pressure. Test: decisions taken under pressure match the rules set in advance, rather than being renegotiated in the moment

Trailing Price-to-Earnings Fundamental Analysis & Valuation ratio (x, times) The price-to-earnings ratio computed using earnings actually reported over the last twelve months. Trailing P/E = Current Market Price / Earnings per Share over the Trailing Twelve Months

Trailing Stop-Loss Orders, Execution & Market Structure qualitative A stop-loss whose trigger price follows a favourable move at a fixed distance and never moves back. For a long position: Trigger = Highest Price Since Entry - Trail Amount

Transaction Cost Orders, Execution & Market Structure % The full cost of trading a security, comprising explicit charges and the implicit costs of spread and market impact. Total Cost = Brokerage + STT + Exchange Fees + SEBI Fees + Stamp Duty + GST + Spread + Impact Cost

Treasury Bill Bonds & Fixed Income % A short-term government security issued at a discount to face value and redeemed at par, with no coupon. Yield = [(Face Value - Price) / Price] x (365 / Days to Maturity) x 100

Trend Technical Analysis & Chart Patterns qualitative A sustained directional tendency in price, described as up, down or sideways over a stated timeframe. Uptrend: successively higher highs and higher lows; Downtrend: successively lower highs and lower lows

Trend Following Technical Analysis & Chart Patterns qualitative A rules-based approach that enters in the direction of an established price move and exits when that move ends. Test: entry and exit are determined by a stated trend rule, with no forecast of turning points and no valuation input

Trendline Technical Analysis & Chart Patterns qualitative A straight line drawn to connect successive swing lows in a rise or successive swing highs in a fall. Test: the line touches at least two swing points and is confirmed by a third touch without being violated between them

Treynor Ratio Risk & Portfolio Management ratio (x, times) Return above the risk-free rate per unit of systematic risk, measured by beta. Treynor Ratio = (Portfolio Return - Risk-Free Rate) / Portfolio Beta

Triple Bottom Technical Analysis & Chart Patterns qualitative Three troughs at approximately the same price level separated by two peaks. Test: three lows within a small percentage of each other, with the highest intervening peak acting as the completion level

Triple Top Technical Analysis & Chart Patterns qualitative Three peaks at approximately the same price level separated by two troughs. Test: three highs within a small percentage of each other, with the lowest intervening trough acting as the completion level

TRIX Indicators & Oscillators % The percentage rate of change of a triple-smoothed exponential moving average of price. TRIX = Percentage change of EMA(EMA(EMA(Close, n), n), n)

Turnover Market Basics & Instruments ₹ crore The rupee value of trading in a security over a period, obtained by multiplying each trade's quantity by its price. Turnover = Sum of (Trade Quantity x Trade Price) over the period

Terms starting with T