SIMPLE MORE KNOWLEDGE CAPTRADER GLOSSARY

Margin account, cash flow, etc. - learn all the important descriptions of terms relevant to your trading in our glossary.

A

Stock options

Share buyback

Stock split

Algo Trader

Arbitrage

Asset allocation

Assets

Outstanding shares

Exercise of options

C

CAGR

Calendar Spread

Call Ratio Backspread

Call option

Cash Cow

Cash Secured Put

Cash flow

Contango

Covered Call

D

DAX Futures

Delisting

Delta

Diagonal Spread

Discretionary style

Dividend

Dividend Aristocrats

Dividend discount

Dividend entitlement

Dividend funds

Dividend yield

Dow Jones Futures

Due diligence

E

EBIT

EBITDA

EBITDA multiple

Effective annual interest rate

Equity

Return on equity

Equity curve

Natural Gas Futures

Euro Bund Future

Euro Futures

EVZ - The volatility index for the euro

Ex dividend and ex day

Exposure

F

Fear and Greed Index

Free cash flow

Debt capital

Debt ratio

Futures

Futures options

G

Gamma

Return on assets

Goodwill

Earnings per share

Return on profit

Profit carried forward

Profit growth

Gold Futures

GTC Order

GTD Order (Good Till Date)

GVZ - The volatility index for gold

H

I

Implied volatility

Index futures

Index options

Intrinsic value of an option

IOC Order (Immediate or cancel order)

Iron Butterfly

Iron Condor

J

Jade Lizard

K

Consolidation Shares

Correlation shares

Price-to-book ratio (P/B ratio)

Price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio)

Price/sales ratio (P/S ratio)

Course correction

L

Limit If Touched Order

Limit order

Long Call

Long Put

Long Straddle

Long Strangle

M

Margin account

Market If Touched Order (MIT)

Market Maker

Market Order

Moneyness

N

Nasdaq 100 Futures

NIKKEI 225 Futures

Nonfarm payrolls

O

Operating profit

Options

Options-Greek

Option Chain (Option Chain)

Option premium

Option strategies

Order book

Orderflow

Order validity

OTC Over the Counter

OVX - The Volatility Index for Oil

P

Pair Trades

Payout ratio

PEG ratio

Poor Man's Covered Call

Protective Put

Put option

Q

R

Ratio Call Spread

Ratio Put Spread

Record Date

Rides

Commodity Futures

Russell 2000 Futures

S

S&P 500 Futures

Sell Limit

Sell Stop

Short Call

Short Put

Short Straddle

Short Strangle

Silver futures

Ordinary shares

Stock dividend

Stop Loss Order

Free float

T

Take profit order

Technical analysis

Trailing stop order

U

Sales growth

V

Debt-equity ratio

VIX Futures

Volatility index VIX

VVIX (the volatility of volatility)

VXX

W

Growth rate

Currency futures

Warren Buffett indicator

WTI Futures

X

Y

Z

Cash flows

Current value