Category Archives: Glossary

Funds held by banks to ensure sufficient liquidity for daily operations and to cover unexpected financial needs.

A standard unit of measurement used for crude oil and petroleum products.

A unit used to measure changes in interest rates or yields, equal to 0.01%.

The total amount of funds currently available in an account after all transactions are accounted for.

The interest rate at which a central bank lends money to commercial banks.

A technical indicator designed to measure market volatility by analyzing the range of price movements over a given period.

This term describes a situation where a buy or sell price is significantly different from the current market price. It occurs when a buy limit is placed well below market value or a sell offer is set far above it. For example, placing a buy order at $300 when a stock trades at $500 isContinue Reading

The Average Directional Index (ADX) is a technical indicator used to measure the strength of a market trend. It does not indicate direction, but rather how strong or weak the trend is, allowing traders to assess whether market conditions favor entering or exiting a trade.

A strategy where an investor purchases additional units of a security at a lower price to reduce the overall average cost per share.

The typical length of time a trader keeps a position open before closing it.