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Plain-English definitions across every market XMarketRadar covers.

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.T, .KS and .KQ suffixes

Japan and Korea

Provider suffixes distinguish Japanese and Korean listing identities; they are not interchangeable exchange claims.

JPN KOR

Accrued interest

Fixed income

Accrued interest is coupon interest accumulated since the prior coupon date under the security's day-count convention.

All markets

Accumulation classes reinvest under fund terms while distribution classes may pay income; they are distinct share-class identities.

All markets

Adjusted price basis

Technical analysis

An adjusted price series changes historical bars for specified corporate actions so comparisons retain a consistent basis.

All markets

ADR

United States

An American Depositary Receipt represents an interest in shares of a non-U.S. issuer and trades in the United States.

USA

ADX and DMI

Technical analysis

XMarketRadar derives +DI, −DI and ADX from Wilder-smoothed directional movement and true range; ADX describes trend strength rather than direction.

All markets

Agricultural commodity

Commodities and forex

An agricultural commodity is a crop, livestock or related physical product whose grades, harvest cycles and delivery rules are contract-specific.

All markets

Alpha

Portfolio and risk

Alpha is a model-dependent return component not explained by the selected benchmark and assumptions.

All markets

Anchored VWAP

Technical analysis

XMarketRadar's 52-week-low anchored VWAP starts at the lowest-low bar in the configured lookback and weights typical price by reported volume from that anchor.

All markets

Annual and quarterly periods

Financial statements

Annual and quarterly results cover different reporting intervals and must retain period end, period type and filing context.

All markets

Area chart

Technical analysis

An area chart fills the space below a selected price line; the fill does not add market evidence.

All markets

ASBA

IPO

Application Supported by Blocked Amount keeps an Indian issue application amount blocked in the investor's bank account until allotment processing.

IND

Ask

Market structure

The ask is the lowest displayed price a seller is currently offering.

All markets

Additional Surveillance Measure is an Indian exchange monitoring framework; inclusion is not itself a finding of wrongdoing.

IND

Asset allocation

Portfolio and risk

Asset allocation groups comparable portfolio value by a stated asset, region, currency or other classification at one snapshot.

All markets

Asset turnover

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Auditor

Financial statements

An auditor is the identified independent firm or practitioner reporting under the applicable assurance standard and scope.

All markets

AUM

Funds

Assets under management is the stated value of assets managed by a fund or manager at a particular date.

All markets

Average True Range (ATR)

Technical analysis

ATR measures bar-to-bar range including overnight gaps; XMarketRadar uses Wilder's recursive smoothing.

All markets

Backwardation

Derivatives

Backwardation describes a futures curve in which later delivery prices are below nearer prices for the comparison used.

All markets

Balance sheet

Financial statements

A balance sheet reports assets, liabilities and equity at a stated reporting date.

All markets

Base and quote currency

Commodities and forex

In a currency pair, one unit of the base currency is expressed in units of the quote currency.

All markets

Basic EPS

Financial statements

Basic earnings per share uses the issuer's reported basic share-count basis for the stated period.

All markets

Bear market

Market foundations

Bear market is an informal description of a broadly falling market over a stated period, not a forecast of the next move.

All markets

Benchmark

Portfolio and risk

A benchmark is the stated reference series used for a like-period comparison; its identity and currency must be disclosed.

All markets

Beta

Portfolio and risk

Beta estimates how returns varied with a selected benchmark over a stated sample; it is not the product's beta-status badge.

All markets

Beta status

Product

A beta feature is usable but still being validated for coverage, stability and interface changes.

All markets

Bhavcopy

India

A bhavcopy is an exchange-published end-of-session file of trading or contract data.

IND

Bid

Market structure

The bid is the highest displayed price a buyer is currently offering.

All markets

Bid-ask spread

Market structure

The spread is the difference between the displayed best ask and best bid.

All markets

Block deal

India

An Indian block deal is a large trade executed through the exchange's designated block-deal mechanism under current rules.

IND

Bollinger %B

Technical analysis

Bollinger %B locates the close within or beyond the bands: (close − lower band) divided by (upper band − lower band).

All markets

Bollinger Bands

Technical analysis

Bollinger Bands place configurable population-standard-deviation bands around a moving average; XMarketRadar's standard setting is 20 periods and 2 deviations.

All markets

Bollinger Bandwidth

Technical analysis

Bollinger Bandwidth expresses the distance between the upper and lower bands as a percentage of the middle band.

All markets

Bond

Fixed income

A bond is a debt security with contractual cash flows, maturity and issuer or guarantor credit exposure under its terms.

All markets

Bond liquidity risk

Fixed income

Bond liquidity risk is the possibility that a bond cannot be transacted promptly near a reference value because activity or depth is limited.

All markets

Bonus issue

Corporate actions

A bonus issue distributes additional shares to eligible holders in a stated ratio.

IND GBR CAN AUS

Book value per share

Valuation and ratios

BVPS divides the applicable book equity by the compatible outstanding share count at a stated date.

All markets

Breakout and breakdown

Technical analysis

A breakout or breakdown describes a completed-bar move beyond a disclosed prior boundary; intrabar touches can follow different rules.

All markets

Bulk deal

India

An Indian bulk deal crosses the exchange-published quantity threshold for a company's listed shares during a trading day.

IND

Bull market

Market foundations

Bull market is an informal description of a broadly rising market over a stated period, not a universal numerical threshold.

All markets

CAGR

Portfolio and risk

Compound annual growth rate is the constant annual rate connecting a starting value and ending value over a stated duration.

All markets

Call option

Derivatives

A call gives its holder the contractual right, but not obligation, to buy or receive the stated exercise payoff under its terms.

All markets

Candlestick chart

Technical analysis

A candlestick chart draws each OHLC bar with a body between open and close and wicks to high and low.

All markets

Candlestick pattern

Technical analysis

A candlestick pattern is a named arrangement of open, high, low and close bars; recognition is descriptive, not predictive.

All markets

Capital expenditure

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Cash and cash equivalents

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Cash settlement pays a calculated amount while physical settlement delivers or receives the specified asset under the contract rules.

All markets

Cash conversion

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Cash-conversion cycle

Valuation and ratios

The cash-conversion cycle combines inventory, receivable and payable timing estimates under compatible definitions and periods.

All markets

Cash-flow statement

Financial statements

A cash-flow statement classifies cash movements into operating, investing and financing activities for a stated period.

All markets

Central bank

Commodities and forex

A central bank is the monetary authority identified for a currency or jurisdiction; mandates and policy instruments vary.

All markets

Central Pivot Range (CPR)

Technical analysis

Central Pivot Range derives a pivot, bottom-central and top-central reference from prior-period high, low and close.

All markets

Chaikin ADL cumulatively applies the close-location multiplier to reported volume and is unavailable when required OHLCV inputs are absent.

All markets

Chaikin oscillator

Technical analysis

The Chaikin oscillator subtracts the slow SMA-seeded EMA of Chaikin ADL from its fast SMA-seeded EMA.

All markets

Chart pattern

Technical analysis

A chart pattern is a named geometric arrangement detected under explicit rules and is descriptive rather than predictive.

All markets

Chart timeframe

Technical analysis

A timeframe defines the duration represented by each bar; a period setting counts bars, not a fixed number of calendar days.

All markets

A circuit limit is an exchange-defined price band or market-wide threshold that can restrict trading after specified moves.

IND

Clean price excludes accrued interest while dirty price includes it under the stated day-count convention.

All markets

Commodity

Commodities and forex

A commodity is a standardized physical good or reference used in spot, forward or derivative markets under stated grade and unit conventions.

All markets

Commodity Channel Index

Technical analysis

XMarketRadar compares typical price with its trailing mean and mean absolute deviation over the configured period.

All markets

Commodity contract specification

Commodities and forex

A commodity contract specification defines grade, quantity, quote unit, tick, expiry, delivery and settlement rules.

All markets

Commodity contract unit

Commodities and forex

A commodity contract unit states the quantity and measurement basis represented by one listed contract.

All markets

Commodity delivery

Commodities and forex

Commodity delivery follows the contract's location, quality, notice and settlement rules and cannot be inferred from an OHLC price bar.

All markets

Commodity geopolitical drivers

Commodities and forex

Policy, conflict and trade disruptions can affect commodity flows; their market effect must be evidenced rather than assumed.

All markets

Commodity quote unit

Commodities and forex

A commodity quote unit states the currency and physical measurement basis of a displayed price.

All markets

Commodity seasonality and weather

Commodities and forex

Seasonality and weather can affect commodity supply and demand, but an observed calendar pattern is not a guaranteed outcome.

All markets

Commodity storage and transport

Commodities and forex

Storage and transport costs and constraints can affect location spreads and futures curves under a disclosed market context.

All markets

Companies House

UK and Europe

Companies House is the UK corporate registry and publishes filed company records.

GBR

Compounding

Deposits

Compounding adds earned interest to the base on which later interest is calculated at the stated frequency.

All markets

Concentration

Portfolio and risk

Concentration describes how much portfolio exposure is attached to one holding, sector or other named grouping.

All markets

Configured means required settings exist; connected means current authorization to the external service also succeeds.

All markets

Consolidated statements include controlled entities under the reporting basis while standalone statements cover the reporting entity alone.

IND

Contango

Derivatives

Contango describes a futures curve in which later delivery prices are above nearer prices for the comparison used.

All markets

A continuing indicator state persists across bars while a fresh signal is true only on the transition bar defined by the calculation.

All markets

Contract multiplier

Derivatives

A contract multiplier converts one quoted derivative point into the contract's stated monetary exposure.

All markets

Corporate action

Corporate actions

A corporate action is an issuer event that can affect securities, entitlements, quantities, prices or cash flows under published terms.

All markets

Correlation

Portfolio and risk

Correlation measures the linear co-movement of two return series on a scale from minus one to plus one.

All markets

Cost basis

Portfolio and risk

Cost basis is the amount allocated to a holding or lot after user-declared transactions and applicable corporate-action adjustments.

All markets

Cost of carry

Derivatives

Cost of carry describes financing, storage, income and other disclosed components used to relate spot and forward or futures prices.

All markets

Cost of goods sold

Financial statements

Cost of goods sold is the filing-reported direct cost associated with goods or services sold under the issuer's accounting presentation.

All markets

Coupon

Fixed income

A bond coupon is the contractual interest payment basis stated for the security.

All markets

Covariance

Portfolio and risk

Covariance measures how two synchronized return series vary together in the scale implied by their return units.

All markets

CPI inflation

Economic indicators

Consumer price inflation measures change in a published consumer basket index over a stated comparison period.

All markets

Credit rating

Fixed income

A credit rating is an agency's opinion under its own scale; symbols are not directly interchangeable across agencies.

All markets

Credit spread

Fixed income

A credit spread is a yield difference against a disclosed reference curve for compatible maturity and currency.

All markets

Cross rate

Commodities and forex

A cross rate is an exchange rate between two currencies derived or quoted without using the local reference currency as one side.

All markets

Currency and monetary scale

Financial statements

Currency identifies the monetary unit while scale states whether a filing amount is units, thousands, millions or another published basis.

All markets

A base currency appreciates when the quoted pair rate rises and depreciates when it falls, with direction reversed for the quote currency.

All markets

Currency conversion

Commodities and forex

Currency conversion applies an exact directed exchange rate, observation time and disclosed fees to a monetary amount.

All markets

Currency exposure

Portfolio and risk

Currency exposure groups portfolio value or risk by the exact native or converted currency basis disclosed by the view.

All markets

Currency pair

Commodities and forex

A currency pair identifies exact base and quote currencies in a fixed direction.

All markets

Current assets

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Current borrowings

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Current liabilities

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Current ratio

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Debt issued and repaid

Financial statements

Debt issued and repaid are financing cash flows for borrowing proceeds and principal repayments under the filing presentation.

All markets

Debt to assets

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Debt to equity

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Default risk

Fixed income

Default risk is the possibility that an obligor fails to make contractual payments or otherwise breaches debt terms.

All markets

Delta

Derivatives

Option delta is the modelled change in option value for a small change in the underlying, holding other inputs constant.

All markets

Deposit interest

Deposits

Deposit interest is the contractual amount earned under the stated rate, day count, compounding and payout terms.

All markets

Deposit maturity

Deposits

Maturity is the date or term endpoint when deposit principal and applicable interest become payable under the product terms.

All markets

Principal is the original amount placed in a deposit before interest, withdrawals, tax or fees.

All markets

Depreciation and amortisation

Financial statements

Depreciation and amortisation allocate the recorded cost of tangible and intangible assets over applicable periods.

All markets

Derivative

Derivatives

A derivative is a contract whose value or cash flows depend on a stated underlying, reference or event under published terms.

All markets

Contract or lot size states the standardized quantity represented by one derivative contract under the exchange specification.

All markets

Derivative margin

Derivatives

Derivative margin is collateral required under exchange, clearing or broker rules and is not the same as contract value or maximum loss.

All markets

Diluted EPS

Financial statements

Diluted earnings per share reflects reported potentially dilutive instruments under the issuer's accounting standard.

All markets

Direct and inverse currency quotes

Commodities and forex

Direct and inverse quotes reverse the pair direction; one rate is the reciprocal of the other only at the same observation and compatible basis.

All markets

Direct and regular plans are distinct fund plan identities whose distribution arrangements and expenses can differ.

IND

Divergence

Technical analysis

Divergence describes price and an indicator moving differently over a selected comparison; interpretation depends on method and period.

All markets

Diversification

Portfolio and risk

Diversification spreads exposure across holdings or risk drivers; it does not eliminate market loss.

All markets

Dividend

Corporate actions

A dividend is a distribution declared by an issuer to eligible holders.

All markets

Dividend yield

Valuation and ratios

Dividend yield divides a stated dividend amount or rate by an exact listing price under a disclosed trailing or forward convention.

All markets

Dividends paid

Financial statements

Dividends paid is the cash-flow statement amount distributed to eligible equity holders during the stated period.

All markets

Doji and spinning top

Technical analysis

Doji and spinning-top candidates have a small real body relative to range; their threshold and preceding context must be stated.

All markets

Donchian Channel

Technical analysis

XMarketRadar uses prior-window highest high and lowest low, excluding the current bar from its own breakout comparison.

All markets

Dow Theory

Technical analysis

Dow Theory is a historical framework for describing trend horizons, swing structure and confirmation across compatible market series.

All markets

Drawdown

Portfolio and risk

Drawdown is the decline from a prior peak to a later trough or current value over a stated series and period.

All markets

DRHP

IPO

A Draft Red Herring Prospectus is a preliminary Indian public-offer document filed before final issue details are complete.

IND

Duration

Fixed income

Duration measures the timing of bond cash flows and, in modified form, approximates price sensitivity to yield changes.

All markets

Earnings per share

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Earnings yield

Valuation and ratios

Earnings yield expresses earnings relative to price or market value on a disclosed basis and period.

All markets

EBIT

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

EBITDA

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

EBITDA margin

Valuation and ratios

EBITDA margin expresses compatible EBITDA as a percentage of revenue for the same reporting period.

All markets

EDGAR

United States

EDGAR is the SEC's public system for company and regulated-entity filings.

USA

Energy commodity

Commodities and forex

An energy commodity is a fuel or power-related physical product whose location, quality and delivery timing materially affect its price.

All markets

Engulfing and harami patterns

Technical analysis

Engulfing and harami patterns compare the ordered real-body boundaries and direction of two completed candles.

All markets

Enterprise value

Valuation and ratios

Enterprise value combines equity market value with disclosed debt-like claims and cash adjustments under a stated scope.

All markets

A creation unit is the large block in which authorised participants normally create or redeem ETF shares with the fund.

All markets

ETF market price is exchange-traded while NAV is the fund's published per-unit value; premiums and discounts compare synchronized observations.

All markets

EV/EBITDA

Valuation and ratios

EV/EBITDA compares disclosed enterprise value with EBITDA from a compatible period and definition.

All markets

Ex-dividend date

Corporate actions

The ex-date is the date from which a purchase normally no longer carries entitlement to the declared dividend.

All markets

Exceptional items

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Exchange

Market foundations

An exchange is an organized venue with rules for listing and trading identified instruments.

All markets

An ETF is a fund whose shares trade on an exchange while the fund also publishes NAV evidence under its rules.

All markets

Exit load

Funds

An exit load is a fund charge that may apply when units are redeemed within specified conditions or time periods.

IND

The expense ratio expresses recurring fund operating expenses as a proportion of average assets under the stated methodology.

All markets

Expiry

Derivatives

Expiry is the date or session when a derivative contract expires under its contract specification.

All markets

Exponential moving average

Technical analysis

XMarketRadar's EMA seeds with the first N-value SMA and then updates recursively with greater weight on recent values.

All markets

F&O ban period

Derivatives

An Indian derivative enters the ban period when exchange-wide open interest crosses the published market-wide position-limit threshold.

IND

Face value

Fixed income

Face value is the contractual principal amount used for redemption and often coupon calculation, distinct from market price.

All markets

FCA

UK and Europe

The Financial Conduct Authority regulates financial services and markets conduct in the United Kingdom.

GBR

Fibonacci retracement

Technical analysis

A Fibonacci retracement is a proportional chart annotation calculated between two user-selected price anchors; it is not an exchange-published level.

All markets

Filing source

Financial statements

A filing source identifies the exchange, regulator or issuer document from which a reported value was persisted.

All markets

Finance costs

Financial statements

Finance costs are filing-reported interest and related financing expenses for the stated period.

All markets

Financing cash flow

Financial statements

Financing cash flow reports cash movements with capital providers under the filing's classification.

All markets

Fixed assets

Financial statements

Fixed assets are filing-reported long-lived tangible operating assets under the issuer's accounting presentation.

All markets

Fixed deposit

Deposits

A fixed deposit places principal with a deposit-taking institution for stated interest, maturity and withdrawal terms; it is not an exchange-listed bond.

All markets

Foreign exchange

Commodities and forex

Foreign exchange is the market and process for expressing and exchanging one currency against another.

All markets

Forex sessions

Commodities and forex

Forex session labels group activity by major financial centres even though the global market spans overlapping time zones.

All markets

Form 10-K

United States

Form 10-K is a U.S. annual report filed with the SEC under applicable requirements.

USA

Form 10-Q

United States

Form 10-Q is a U.S. quarterly report filed with the SEC under applicable requirements.

USA

Form 8-K

United States

Form 8-K reports specified material U.S. company events within the applicable filing timetable.

USA

Forward points

Commodities and forex

Forward points are added to or subtracted from a spot reference under the stated quote convention to obtain a forward rate.

All markets

Free cash flow

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Free float

Market structure

Free float is the portion of shares considered available for public trading under the venue or index provider's rules.

All markets

Free-cash-flow yield

Valuation and ratios

FCF yield compares free cash flow with a disclosed equity-value or enterprise-value denominator.

All markets

Free-float market capitalisation

Valuation and ratios

Free-float market capitalisation applies the methodology provider's eligible float factor to listing market value.

All markets

Fund drawdown measures decline from a prior NAV or price peak while risk depends on the stated return series, window and method.

All markets

Futures basis

Derivatives

Futures basis is the difference between a futures price and the referenced spot or cash price.

All markets

A futures contract is a standardized exchange-listed agreement for a specified underlying, expiry, contract unit and settlement; its price applies to that exact contract.

All markets

Futures rollover

Derivatives

Rollover describes closing or expiring one futures maturity and taking exposure in another; volume shifts do not prove one participant's action.

All markets

Gamma

Derivatives

Option gamma is the modelled rate of change of delta as the underlying changes.

All markets

GBp and GBP

UK and Europe

GBp denotes pence while GBP denotes pounds sterling; 100 GBp equals GBP 1.

GBR

GDP

Economic indicators

Gross domestic product measures the value of final goods and services produced in an economy over a stated period under national-accounting rules.

All markets

Golden cross and death cross

Technical analysis

These labels commonly describe fresh 50/200-session moving-average crossovers; a continuing state is not another fresh cross.

All markets

Goodwill

Financial statements

Goodwill is an acquisition-related balance recognized under applicable accounting rules and is distinct from other identifiable intangibles.

All markets

Option Greeks are local sensitivities produced by a disclosed model and inputs; they are not guaranteed realized price changes.

All markets

Gross margin

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Gross profit

Financial statements

Gross profit is revenue less reported cost of goods sold when both are available on a compatible basis.

All markets

Growth options retain returns in NAV while distribution options can make declared payouts under fund terms; they are distinct identities.

All markets

Graded Surveillance Measure applies staged exchange controls to specified Indian securities; inclusion is not itself a finding of wrongdoing.

IND

Hammer and hanging man

Technical analysis

Hammer and hanging-man candidates can share long-lower-wick geometry but use different preceding-trend context.

All markets

Historical volatility

Derivatives

Historical volatility is annualized population standard deviation of logarithmic observed returns over a stated window and is not implied volatility.

All markets

Hurst exponent

Technical analysis

XMarketRadar estimates the rolling Hurst exponent from 100 closing-price bars using classical rescaled-range analysis over log returns. Values below 0.5 describe anti-persistence, values near 0.5 are consistent with randomness, and values above 0.5 describe persistence. Treat it as finite-sample regime evidence, not a significance test, forecast, or trading instruction.

All markets

Ichimoku

Technical analysis

Ichimoku uses configured high-low midpoints for Tenkan, Kijun and cloud spans; XMarketRadar requires the disclosed warm-up before cloud position is available.

All markets

IIP

Economic indicators

India's Index of Industrial Production measures output changes for a published industrial basket.

IND

Illiquid market

Market foundations

An illiquid market has limited tradable depth or activity and can exhibit wider spreads and greater price impact.

All markets

Implied volatility

Derivatives

Implied volatility is the volatility input that makes an option-pricing model match a stated option price.

All markets

Income statement

Financial statements

An income statement reports revenue, expenses and profit or loss for a stated reporting period and accounting basis.

All markets

An index fund seeks to track a specified index while an active fund follows manager-selected holdings and decisions.

All markets

Indicator warm-up

Technical analysis

Warm-up is the minimum valid history required before an indicator can publish a value under its implemented convention.

All markets

Industry

Market foundations

An industry is a more specific business classification within a named taxonomy and can differ across providers.

All markets

Intangible assets

Financial statements

Intangible assets are identifiable non-physical assets recognized under the applicable accounting rules.

All markets

Interest coverage

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Interest-rate differential

Commodities and forex

An interest-rate differential compares rates for two currencies on compatible horizons and can contribute to forward pricing under stated assumptions.

All markets

Interest-rate risk

Fixed income

Interest-rate risk is sensitivity of fixed-income value to changes in relevant rates and curves under stated assumptions.

All markets

Option premium can be described as intrinsic value plus remaining time value under the selected price and exercise convention.

All markets

Inventory

Financial statements

Inventory is the filing-reported carrying amount of goods and materials held under the issuer's accounting policy.

All markets

Inventory turnover

Valuation and ratios

Inventory turnover compares a disclosed cost or sales numerator with inventory under a stated average or period-end convention.

All markets

Investing cash flow

Financial statements

Investing cash flow reports cash movements for investments and long-lived assets under the filing's classification.

All markets

A price band is the published lower and upper application-price range for a book-built issue.

IND

Subscription times is demand received divided by securities offered for a stated investor category and observation time.

IND

Kagi chart

Technical analysis

A Kagi line turns only when price reverses by a configured percentage, absolute or ATR threshold, and switches between a thin yin and a thick yang line when it breaks the previous waist or shoulder.

All markets

Kaufman adaptive moving average

Technical analysis

KAMA changes its recursive smoothing constant using an efficiency ratio over the configured window.

All markets

Keltner Channel

Technical analysis

XMarketRadar centers Keltner bands on an SMA-seeded EMA and places them at the configured multiple of Wilder ATR.

All markets

KRX

Japan and Korea

Korea Exchange operates Korean securities and derivatives markets, including KOSPI and KOSDAQ listings.

KOR

Limit order

Market structure

A limit order specifies a worst permitted price but does not guarantee execution; XMarketRadar does not place orders.

All markets

Line chart

Technical analysis

A line chart connects one selected price value per interval and omits the other OHLC dimensions.

All markets

Linear regression channel

Technical analysis

The channel fits a least-squares line to the selected price window and places bands at a configured multiple of population residual deviation.

All markets

Liquidity

Market structure

Liquidity describes how readily an instrument can trade without a large price impact.

All markets

Listing

Market foundations

A listing is one security admitted to one exact venue; the same issuer can have multiple non-interchangeable listings.

All markets

Lot size

Market structure

Lot size is the required trading or application quantity increment for an instrument or issue.

All markets

LSE

UK and Europe

The London Stock Exchange is a UK securities venue with multiple markets and segments.

GBR

MACD

Technical analysis

Moving Average Convergence Divergence compares exponential moving averages and commonly includes a signal-line EMA and histogram.

All markets

Mark to market

Derivatives

Mark to market revalues a position using the applicable reference price and records variation under the contract's settlement process.

All markets

Market capitalisation

Market structure

Market capitalisation is share price multiplied by the applicable outstanding share count.

All markets

Market depth

Market structure

Market depth is displayed quantity across price levels at an observation time and remains unavailable without an authorized feed.

All markets

Market holiday

Market foundations

A market holiday is an exchange-calendar date without the normal trading session; a weekday alone does not prove a venue was open.

All markets

Market index

Market foundations

A market index is a rules-based measure of a specified basket or market segment under its provider's methodology.

All markets

Market order

Market structure

A market order requests execution at available prices and does not guarantee the displayed quote; XMarketRadar does not place orders.

All markets

Market price

Market foundations

Market price is the stated traded, quoted or reference price for an exact instrument, venue and observation time.

All markets

Marubozu candle

Technical analysis

A Marubozu candidate has a large real body and minimal upper and lower wicks under disclosed body-to-range tolerances.

All markets

MCX contract

Commodities and forex

An MCX contract is a commodity derivative listed by Multi Commodity Exchange of India under a published contract specification.

IND

Metals commodity

Commodities and forex

A metals commodity is a precious, base or ferrous metal reference with specified quality, unit and delivery conventions.

All markets

MiFID II

UK and Europe

MiFID II is the European Union framework covering investment services, trading venues, transparency and investor protection.

DEU FRA ESP ITA SWE DNK FIN AUT

Money Flow Index

Technical analysis

MFI is a bounded price-and-volume oscillator built from typical price, signed raw money flow and a configured lookback.

All markets

Morning- and evening-star candidates compare three completed candles using disclosed body, gap and third-candle penetration rules.

All markets

Moving average

Technical analysis

A moving average smooths a price series over a selected period; simple and exponential methods weight observations differently.

All markets

Moving-average crossover

Technical analysis

A crossover occurs when one configured moving-average series moves from one side of another to the other side on a completed bar.

All markets

Mutual fund

Funds

A mutual fund pools assets under a stated mandate and issues units or shares valued and transacted under its fund rules.

All markets

NAV

Funds

Net asset value is a fund's assets less liabilities, usually expressed per unit under the fund's valuation rules.

All markets

Near and far contracts

Commodities and forex

Near and far label relative futures expiries and must retain each exact contract month and specification.

All markets

Net debt

Financial statements

Net debt commonly describes borrowings less reported cash and cash equivalents under a disclosed scope.

All markets

Net debt to equity

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Net profit

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Net profit margin

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Non-current borrowings

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Non-current liabilities

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Normalized ATR

Technical analysis

XMarketRadar expresses Wilder ATR as a percentage of the same bar's positive close; it is unavailable for a zero or missing close.

All markets

NYSE and Nasdaq

United States

NYSE and Nasdaq are distinct U.S. listing venues with different market models and symbol identity must retain the actual venue.

USA

OHLC bar

Technical analysis

An OHLC bar records the open, high, low and close for one stated interval and exchange session.

All markets

Open interest

Derivatives

Open interest is the number of derivative contracts reported as open rather than closed or expired.

All markets

Operating cash flow

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Operating expenses

Financial statements

Operating expenses are filing-reported costs of operations under the issuer's presentation and can exclude separately shown finance or tax items.

All markets

Operating margin

Valuation and ratios

Operating margin expresses compatible operating profit as a percentage of revenue for the same reporting period.

All markets

Operating profit

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Option break-even

Derivatives

Option break-even is the underlying price at expiry that offsets the stated premium under a simplified payoff, before costs and other effects.

All markets

Option build-up

Derivatives

Option build-up labels combinations of observed option price and open-interest changes over a stated comparison; it is descriptive, not a forecast.

All markets

The buyer pays premium for the contractual right while the writer assumes the corresponding obligation under the option terms.

All markets

Option chain

Derivatives

An option chain groups listed calls and puts by underlying, expiry and strike.

All markets

Option exercise style

Derivatives

Exercise style states when an option may be exercised, such as American or European style, under the contract specification.

All markets

Moneyness compares an option strike with the underlying reference price to label in-, at- or out-of-the-money under the stated call or put convention.

All markets

Option premium

Derivatives

Option premium is the quoted or paid price for an option contract, distinct from strike, underlying price and contract multiplier.

All markets

Options max pain

Derivatives

Max pain is a descriptive strike calculation over stated open-interest assumptions and is not a forecast of expiry price.

All markets

OTC market

United States

An over-the-counter market facilitates trading outside a national securities exchange order book.

USA

Other income

Financial statements

Other income is filing-reported income outside the issuer's main operating revenue classification.

All markets

Pattern day trader rule

United States

The U.S. pattern day trader designation is a broker-dealer margin-account rule with eligibility and equity requirements under current regulation.

USA

Payable days

Valuation and ratios

Payable days estimates payment time using payables and a compatible purchase or cost basis over a stated day-count convention.

All markets

Payables

Financial statements

Payables are filing-reported amounts owed by the issuer, commonly including trade and other current obligations.

All markets

PEG ratio

Valuation and ratios

PEG compares a stated P/E with a stated earnings-growth rate; period, units and estimate status must be disclosed.

All markets

Pip

Commodities and forex

A pip is a conventional quote increment for a currency pair; decimal placement depends on the pair and venue convention.

All markets

Pipette

Commodities and forex

A pipette is a fractional pip, commonly one tenth of the pair's conventional pip, subject to provider precision.

All markets

Pivot points

Technical analysis

Classic pivot points derive reference coordinates from a prior completed period's high, low and close under a stated formula.

All markets

PMI

Economic indicators

A Purchasing Managers' Index summarises survey responses, commonly with 50 as the no-change threshold under that survey's methodology.

All markets

Point-and-figure

Technical analysis

Point-and-figure charts record price reversals in columns and generally omit uniform time spacing.

All markets

A corporate-action adjustment changes declared lot quantity or cost basis according to the recorded event without inventing an issuer event.

All markets

Portfolio return compares value and compatible cash flows over a stated period; absolute return is the unannualised percentage change for that interval.

All markets

Position weight

Portfolio and risk

Position weight is one holding's value divided by the comparable total portfolio value for a stated snapshot.

All markets

Premature withdrawal closes or reduces a deposit before maturity and can change the applicable rate or incur a stated charge.

All markets

Price bar

Technical analysis

A price bar groups verified price observations for one interval and exchange session, commonly as open, high, low and close.

All markets

Price gap

Technical analysis

A price gap is a disclosed separation between consecutive bars or bodies on one consistent price basis; corporate actions and missing sessions must be excluded.

All markets

Price limit

Market structure

A price limit is a venue-defined restriction on permitted prices or moves under the applicable rule and session.

All markets

Price momentum

Technical analysis

Momentum describes price change over a configured number of bars; ROC is the percentage form implemented in the screener.

All markets

Price-to-book ratio

Valuation and ratios

P/B compares listing price or market value with book equity on a disclosed per-share or aggregate basis.

All markets

Price-to-earnings ratio

Valuation and ratios

P/E divides an exact listing price by earnings per share on a disclosed trailing, forward or other basis.

All markets

Price-to-sales ratio

Valuation and ratios

P/S compares listing market value with revenue for a stated period and share-count basis.

All markets

Primary and secondary markets

Market foundations

The primary market issues securities to investors; the secondary market transfers already-issued securities between market participants.

All markets

Profit and loss

Portfolio and risk

Profit or loss is a signed monetary or percentage result for a stated holding, period, currency and cost basis.

All markets

Profit before tax

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Put option

Derivatives

A put gives its holder the contractual right, but not obligation, to sell or receive the stated exercise payoff under its terms.

All markets

Put-call ratio

Derivatives

A put-call ratio divides a stated put measure by the comparable call measure, commonly volume or open interest, for one scope and time.

All markets

Quick ratio

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Range bar chart

Technical analysis

A range bar closes once the span it has covered between its own high and low reaches a configured percentage, absolute or ATR-based range, so oscillation completes a bar even when net movement would not.

All markets

Rate of change (ROC)

Technical analysis

ROC expresses the selected price's percentage change from the value a configured number of bars earlier.

All markets

A read-only broker connection can retrieve supported account data but cannot place, modify or cancel orders.

All markets

Realized and unrealized gain

Portfolio and risk

A realized gain follows a matched disposal while an unrealized gain compares current value with the remaining cost basis under the stated method.

All markets

Rebalancing

Portfolio and risk

Rebalancing changes portfolio weights toward a chosen allocation policy; XMarketRadar records research and does not place the trades.

All markets

Receivable days

Valuation and ratios

Receivable days estimates collection time using receivables and a compatible revenue basis over a stated day-count convention.

All markets

Receivables

Financial statements

Receivables are amounts filing-reported as owed to the issuer, with classification and allowances retained from the source.

All markets

Record date

Corporate actions

The record date is when the issuer determines holders of record for a corporate action.

All markets

Relative volume

Technical analysis

XMarketRadar compares the latest reported volume with the average of the preceding configured volumes, using 20 sessions by default.

All markets

Renko chart

Technical analysis

Renko records price bricks using a configured percentage, absolute or ATR-based box and does not treat uniform time as the horizontal unit.

All markets

Repo rate

Economic indicators

The policy repo rate is the rate used in a central bank's specified repurchase facility; institutional details vary by country.

All markets

Reporting date and period

Financial statements

A reporting date is the endpoint of evidence while a reporting period is the interval covered; they must not be treated as interchangeable.

All markets

Reserves

Financial statements

Reserves are filing-reported equity components whose purpose and availability depend on their legal and accounting classification.

All markets

Restatement

Financial statements

A restatement revises previously reported financial information and can change historical comparisons without a new trading period.

All markets

Retained earnings

Financial statements

Retained earnings are cumulative profits and losses retained in equity after applicable distributions and adjustments.

All markets

Return on assets

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Return on capital employed

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Return on equity

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Return on invested capital

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Revenue

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Rho

Derivatives

Option rho is a model estimate of option-value sensitivity to a stated interest-rate change while other model inputs are held constant.

All markets

RHP

IPO

A Red Herring Prospectus is an Indian public-offer document containing the issuer and offer disclosures available at that stage.

IND

Rights issue

Corporate actions

A rights issue offers eligible holders the right to subscribe for additional securities under published terms.

All markets

Risk-free rate

Portfolio and risk

A risk-free rate is the disclosed reference rate used by a model for a matching currency and horizon.

All markets

Risk-to-reward ratio

Technical analysis

A risk-to-reward ratio compares a hypothetical adverse distance with a hypothetical favourable distance under explicitly stated references and costs.

All markets

RNS announcement

UK and Europe

A Regulatory News Service announcement distributes regulated and company news for UK market participants.

GBR

RSI

Technical analysis

The Relative Strength Index is a bounded momentum oscillator; XMarketRadar uses Wilder's recursive smoothing.

All markets

SEC

United States

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is the federal securities-market regulator.

USA

Sector

Market foundations

A sector is a broad issuer classification under a named taxonomy and source.

All markets

Sector exposure

Portfolio and risk

Sector exposure groups classified holdings by one canonical sector vocabulary while reporting unclassified holdings separately.

All markets

Security

Market foundations

A security is a financial instrument with legal and economic terms, identity and applicable market rules.

All markets

SEDAR+

Canada

SEDAR+ is Canada's system for filing, disclosing and searching securities-regulatory information.

CAN

Settlement cycle

Market structure

The settlement cycle is the timetable for exchanging securities and cash after a trade.

All markets

Share buyback

Corporate actions

A buyback is an issuer program to repurchase its own shares under the applicable rules.

All markets

Share capital

Financial statements

Share capital is the filing-reported issued capital under the issuer's legal and accounting basis.

All markets

Share issuance and buyback cash flows report cash received from issuing equity and cash used to repurchase it under the filing classification.

All markets

Share of associates & JVs

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Sharpe ratio

Portfolio and risk

The Sharpe ratio divides excess return by return volatility using a stated period and risk-free-rate convention.

All markets

Short- and long-term debt

Financial statements

Short- and long-term debt separate borrowings by the filing's current and non-current classification.

All markets

Sideways market

Market foundations

A sideways market describes price moving within a selected range without a sustained directional trend under the stated method.

All markets

Simple moving average

Technical analysis

SMA is the arithmetic mean of the last N selected values and is unavailable until the full window exists.

All markets

Slippage

Market structure

Slippage is the difference between a reference or expected execution price and the actual execution price under a stated method.

All markets

An SME or growth platform is a venue segment with its own eligibility, disclosure and trading conventions.

IND GBR CAN JPN

Sortino ratio

Portfolio and risk

The Sortino ratio compares excess return with downside deviation under a disclosed target, frequency and annualisation convention.

All markets

Spot and forward FX rates

Commodities and forex

A spot rate applies to the stated prompt settlement basis while a forward rate applies to a specified later settlement date.

All markets

Spot and futures

Commodities and forex

Spot refers to the cash or prompt market while a futures price applies to a standardised contract for a specified expiry.

All markets

Spot price

Derivatives

Spot price is the stated current cash or prompt-market reference for an underlying and must be synchronized before comparison with derivatives.

All markets

Standard deviation

Technical analysis

XMarketRadar's chart study uses trailing population standard deviation with divisor N over a complete selected-price window.

All markets

Stochastic oscillator

Technical analysis

XMarketRadar locates close within the configured high-low range, then applies the configured smoothing to %K and %D; a zero-width range is unavailable.

All markets

Stochastic RSI

Technical analysis

XMarketRadar applies the stochastic range calculation to Wilder RSI values and returns unavailable for a zero-width RSI window.

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Stock split

Corporate actions

A stock split changes shares outstanding and price per share proportionally without itself changing total holder value.

All markets

Stock, share and equity

Market foundations

A stock or equity represents an ownership interest in an issuer; a share is one unit of that interest under the security's terms.

All markets

Strike price

Derivatives

The strike is the contract price at which an option's stated exercise right applies.

All markets

STT

India

Securities Transaction Tax is an Indian tax applied to specified securities transactions under current law.

IND

Supertrend

Technical analysis

Supertrend is an ATR-based trailing band that XMarketRadar labels Bullish when its active line is below price and Bearish when the active line is above price.

All markets

Support and resistance

Technical analysis

Support and resistance label price areas where prior trading behaviour is studied; they are not guaranteed barriers.

All markets

T1 quantity

India

T1 quantity commonly labels recently purchased Indian shares awaiting settlement and therefore not yet fully available as settled holdings.

IND

Tax expense

Financial statements

Tax expense is the filing-reported current and deferred tax charge or credit for the stated period.

All markets

Theta

Derivatives

Option theta is the modelled change in option value as time passes, holding other inputs constant.

All markets

Tick-size tier

Market structure

A tick-size tier sets the minimum permitted price increment, often based on price, venue or security class.

JPN KOR GBR USA CAN IND

A ticker is a venue- or provider-scoped identifier; provider suffixes preserve listing identity and must not be treated as decoration.

All markets

Total assets

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Total borrowings

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Total equity

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Total expenses

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Total liabilities

Financial statements

This filing metric has its canonical definition in the Financial Metric Guide.

All markets

Tracking difference is fund return minus benchmark return over the same period, distinct from the variability measured by tracking error.

All markets

Tracking error measures the variability of a fund's returns relative to its benchmark returns over a stated method and period.

All markets

Trading session

Market structure

A trading session is the exchange-local interval and calendar used to group eligible trades and bars.

All markets

Trailing and forward P/E

Valuation and ratios

Trailing P/E uses historical earnings while forward P/E uses explicitly estimated future earnings; their evidence bases are not interchangeable.

All markets

Trendline

Technical analysis

A trendline is a user-drawn or calculated line connecting selected price points and is an annotation rather than verified future support.

All markets

TSE / JPX

Japan and Korea

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is operated within Japan Exchange Group and uses exact listed-issue identity.

JPN

TSX and TSXV

Canada

TSX and TSX Venture Exchange are distinct Canadian listing venues and must retain their venue identity.

CAN

UCC

India

A Unique Client Code identifies a client in Indian exchange and broker records.

IND

A dash means a value is absent, unsupported, stale under the screen's rules or not computable from verified inputs; it does not mean zero.

All markets

Underlying

Derivatives

The underlying is the asset, rate, index or reference to which a derivative contract is linked.

All markets

Value at Risk

Portfolio and risk

Value at Risk is a modelled loss threshold for a stated confidence level, horizon and return method; it is not a maximum possible loss.

All markets

Vega

Derivatives

Option vega is the modelled sensitivity of option value to a change in implied volatility.

All markets

Volatile market

Market foundations

A volatile market shows comparatively large or frequent return variation over a stated window and frequency.

All markets

Volatility

Portfolio and risk

Volatility measures variation in returns over a stated frequency and window, often annualised.

All markets

Volatility squeeze

Technical analysis

XMarketRadar labels compression when Bollinger Bands sit within the configured Keltner Channel and identifies release on the transition out of compression.

All markets

Volume

Market structure

Volume is the quantity traded during a stated period.

All markets

Volume indicators

Technical analysis

Volume indicators transform reported price and volume under named conventions and remain unavailable when trustworthy volume is missing.

All markets

VWAP

Market structure

Volume-weighted average price weights traded prices by their reported volume over a stated period.

All markets

Weighted moving average

Technical analysis

A weighted moving average applies a disclosed weight sequence to the selected trailing values rather than equal SMA weights.

All markets

Williams %R

Technical analysis

XMarketRadar locates close in the configured high-low window on a scale from −100 at the low to 0 at the high.

All markets

Working capital

Financial statements

Working capital is current assets less current liabilities on a compatible reporting-date basis.

All markets

WPI inflation

Economic indicators

Wholesale Price Index inflation measures change in a published wholesale-price basket and is used in India.

IND

XIRR

Portfolio and risk

XIRR is the annualised internal rate of return for irregularly dated cash flows and a final value.

All markets

Yield curve

Fixed income

A yield curve plots yields against maturities for a defined issuer, credit class or market at a stated time.

All markets

Yield to maturity

Fixed income

Yield to maturity is the discount rate that equates a bond's price with scheduled cash flows if stated assumptions hold.

All markets

ZigZag chart

Technical analysis

ZigZag records confirmed price pivots after a configured percentage, absolute or ATR-based reversal and does not invent intrabar high-low ordering.

All markets