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.
Systematic Risk
Risk affecting the entire market that cannot be removed by diversification.
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.