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Bull Market
A sustained period of rising prices, conventionally marked by a rise of 20% or more from a low.
Indicators & OscillatorsBullish Divergence
A condition in which price makes a lower low while an oscillator makes a higher low.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsBullish Engulfing
A two-candle formation in which a rising candle's body completely covers the preceding falling candle's body.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesBusiness Cycle
The recurring pattern of expansion and contraction in economic activity around a long-term growth trend.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationBusiness Income
Income from trading treated as a business rather than as investment, taxed at slab rates with expenses deductible.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsButterfly Spread
A three-strike position buying one option at each outer strike and writing two at the middle strike.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsCalendar Spread
Writing an option in a nearer expiry and buying the same strike in a further expiry, or the equivalent in futures.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureCall Auction
A matching mechanism that collects orders over a window and executes them all at a single price that maximises traded quantity.
Derivatives, Futures & OptionsCall Option
An option giving its buyer the right to buy the underlying at the strike price on or before expiry.
Bonds & Fixed IncomeCallable Bond
A bond the issuer may redeem before maturity, at a stated price on stated dates.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementCalmar Ratio
Annualised return divided by the maximum drawdown over the same period.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsCandlestick
A chart element showing a period's open, high, low and close as a body between open and close with wicks to the extremes.
Economy, Macro & Market CyclesCapacity Utilisation
The proportion of installed productive capacity that is actually being used.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationCapital Allocation
Management's decisions about where to deploy the cash a business generates: reinvestment, acquisitions, debt repayment, dividends or…
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationCapital Asset Pricing Model
A model that estimates the return required on an asset as the risk-free rate plus a premium proportional to its market risk.
Financial Statements & AccountingCapital Expenditure
Spending on acquiring or improving long-lived assets, recorded on the balance sheet and expensed over time through depreciation.
Market Basics & InstrumentsCapital Gain
The profit made when a capital asset is sold for more than its cost of acquisition.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationCapital Gains Tax
Tax on the profit realised when a capital asset is transferred.
Market Basics & InstrumentsCapital Loss
The loss incurred when a capital asset is sold for less than its cost of acquisition.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementCapital Market Line
The line showing the risk-return combinations available by mixing the risk-free asset with the optimal risky portfolio.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceCapital Reduction
A court-approved reduction of a company's share capital, by cancelling shares or returning capital to shareholders.
Financial Statements & AccountingCapital Work in Progress
Expenditure on assets still under construction, held on the balance sheet until the asset is ready for use.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceCapitulation
The point in a decline at which remaining holders abandon their positions, typically on heavy volume.
Indian Market, Regulation & TaxationCarry Forward of Losses
The ability to carry an unabsorbed loss into future years to set off against future income of the permitted type.