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Trading Psychology
The emotional and cognitive discipline required to follow a plan under uncertainty and financial pressure.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationTrailing Price-to-Earnings
The price-to-earnings ratio computed using earnings actually reported over the last twelve months.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureTrailing Stop-Loss
A stop-loss whose trigger price follows a favourable move at a fixed distance and never moves back.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureTransaction Cost
The full cost of trading a security, comprising explicit charges and the implicit costs of spread and market impact.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeTreasury Bill
A short-term government security issued at a discount to face value and redeemed at par, with no coupon.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsTrend
A sustained directional tendency in price, described as up, down or sideways over a stated timeframe.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsTrend Following
A rules-based approach that enters in the direction of an established price move and exits when that move ends.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsTrendline
A straight line drawn to connect successive swing lows in a rise or successive swing highs in a fall.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementTreynor Ratio
Return above the risk-free rate per unit of systematic risk, measured by beta.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsTriple Bottom
Three troughs at approximately the same price level separated by two peaks.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsTriple Top
Three peaks at approximately the same price level separated by two troughs.
Indicators & OscillatorsTRIX
The percentage rate of change of a triple-smoothed exponential moving average of price.
Market Basics & InstrumentsTurnover
The rupee value of trading in a security over a period, obtained by multiplying each trade's quantity by its price.
Indicators & OscillatorsUltimate Oscillator
An oscillator combining buying pressure measured over three different lookback periods into a single weighted reading.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsUnderlying Asset
The security, index, commodity or rate whose price determines a derivative's value.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesUnemployment Rate
The proportion of the labour force that is without work and actively seeking it.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesUnion Budget
The government of India's annual statement of estimated receipts and expenditure, presented on 1 February.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingUnits
The divisions of a mutual fund scheme that represent an investor's proportional ownership of the pool.
Market Basics & InstrumentsUnlisted Company
A company whose shares are not admitted to trading on any stock exchange, so they can only be transferred privately.
Market Basics & InstrumentsUnrealised Gain
The paper profit on a position that is still held, measured as the difference between the current price and the purchase price.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementUnsystematic Risk
Risk specific to a single company or sector that can be reduced by holding a diversified portfolio.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureUpper Circuit
The state in which a security is trading at the top of its permitted price band, with buy orders pending and no sellers.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsUptrend
A price sequence in which each significant high exceeds the previous high and each significant low exceeds the previous low.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementValue at Risk
The loss a portfolio is not expected to exceed over a stated period at a stated confidence level.