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Value Stock
A share trading at a low price relative to accounting measures such as earnings, book value or cash flow.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationValue Trap
A share that looks cheap on backward-looking multiples but is cheap because its business is deteriorating.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementVariance
The average of the squared deviations of returns from their mean.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsVega
The change in an option's price for a one-percentage-point change in implied volatility.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementVolatility
The degree to which an asset's returns vary around their average, usually measured as annualised standard deviation.
Market Basics & InstrumentsVolume
The number of shares traded in a security over a stated period, counting each trade once.
Indicators & OscillatorsVolume Oscillator
The percentage difference between a short and a long moving average of volume.
Indicators & OscillatorsVolume Profile
A histogram showing how much volume traded at each price level over a chosen period, plotted horizontally.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureVolume-Weighted Average Price
The average traded price over a period, weighted by the volume executed at each price.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceVoluntary Delisting
A company's own decision to remove its shares from the exchange, requiring a public shareholder exit offer.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceVoting Rights
The entitlement of an equity shareholder to vote on resolutions, normally one vote per share held.
Indicators & OscillatorsWalk-Forward Analysis
A testing method that optimises parameters on one segment of history and evaluates them on the immediately following unseen segment…
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsWeekly Expiry
A derivative contract that expires each week rather than monthly, concentrating an option's whole life into a few days.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationWeighted Average Cost of Capital
The blended after-tax cost of a company's debt and equity funding, weighted by their market values.
Indicators & OscillatorsWeighted Moving Average
A moving average in which weights decline linearly from the most recent period to the oldest in the window.
Indicators & OscillatorsWhipsaw
A rapid reversal that triggers an entry or exit signal and then immediately reverses again, producing a loss.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceWhistle-Blower Policy
A mandated mechanism allowing employees and directors to report unethical behaviour or fraud without fear of retaliation.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesWholesale Price Index
An index tracking prices of goods traded in bulk between businesses, before they reach the retail stage.
Indicators & OscillatorsWilliams %R
An oscillator ranging from 0 to -100 that measures the close relative to the high of the last n periods.
Financial Statements & AccountingWorking Capital
The capital tied up in day-to-day operations, measured as current assets less current liabilities.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeYield Curve
A plot of yields on bonds of the same credit quality across different maturities.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeYield to Call
The return on a bond assuming the issuer redeems it at the earliest call date rather than at maturity.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeYield to Maturity
The total annualised return from holding a bond to maturity, accounting for coupons, the purchase price and the redemption amount.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeZero-Coupon Bond
A bond paying no periodic interest, issued at a discount and redeemed at face value.