Every market term,
plainly explained.
840 curated entries across 14 categories — each with a definition, the formula, its unit and a worked example whose arithmetic you can check.
An educational reference. Stockion defines terms — it does not give investment advice, recommend securities or forecast prices.
Stock Futures
A futures contract whose underlying is a single listed company's shares.
Browse by category
Fourteen subjects, running from what a share is to how it is taxed.
Market Basics & Instruments
What actually trades, who trades it and what the words on a broker screen mean.
60 termsOrders, Execution & Market Structure
How an order becomes a trade — order types, the book, matching, settlement.
55 termsFinancial Statements & Accounting
Reading the three statements a company files, and the line items that matter.
70 termsFundamental Analysis & Valuation
Turning reported numbers into a view of what a business is worth.
65 termsTechnical Analysis & Chart Patterns
The vocabulary of price charts — candles, trends, formations and what they claim.
60 termsIndicators & Oscillators
Calculated overlays on price: moving averages, momentum, volatility, volume.
65 termsDerivatives, Futures & Options
Contracts whose value derives from something else, and the Greeks that price them.
60 termsRisk & Portfolio Management
Sizing, diversification and the measures that describe how badly things can go.
55 termsFunds, ETFs & Index Investing
Pooled vehicles, index construction, expense drag and tracking quality.
50 termsBonds & Fixed Income
Lending instead of owning — coupons, yields, duration and credit.
60 termsEconomy, Macro & Market Cycles
The macro data that moves markets and the cycles it describes.
60 termsCorporate Actions, Dividends & Governance
What a company does to its own shares, and who is accountable for it.
55 termsMarket Psychology & Behavioural Finance
The documented ways human judgement goes wrong with money.
60 termsIndian Market, Regulation & Taxation
SEBI, the exchanges, depositories and the tax treatment of Indian securities.
Formulas worth knowing
One defining calculation from each corner of the dictionary.
Share
A single unit of ownership in a company, giving its holder a proportional claim on the company's profits and on whatever is left…
Orders, Execution & Market StructureBid Price
The highest price a buyer in the order book is currently willing to pay for a security.
Financial Statements & AccountingBalance Sheet
A statement of what a company owns and owes at a single point in time, with the two sides always equal.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationFundamental Analysis
The study of a company's financial statements, industry and economics in order to estimate what its shares are worth.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsTechnical Analysis
The study of past price and volume data in order to describe market behaviour and frame trading decisions.
Indicators & OscillatorsOscillator
An indicator that moves within a bounded range, used to describe the pace of price change rather than its direction.