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Glossary

Capitulation

A phase of heavy, indiscriminate selling in which holders give up regardless of price, often on unusually high volume.

Carry Trade

Borrowing in a low-interest currency to hold a higher-yielding one, aiming to earn the difference in rates.

Slippage

The difference between the price expected when an order is placed and the price at which it actually fills. It grows with order size, thin liquidity…

Forex

The market for exchanging one currency for another. It trades over the counter between banks and brokers rather than on a central exchange, around the clock…

Momentum

The tendency of an asset's recent direction to persist, and the family of strategies built on that observation.

NFT

A token representing a unique item rather than an interchangeable unit, recorded on a blockchain.

Blockchain

A shared record of transactions maintained by many independent computers, where each block of entries is cryptographically linked to the one before it. Rewriting history therefore…

Valuation

An estimate of what an asset is worth, whether from multiples such as P/E, from discounted future cash flows, or from comparison with similar assets.

Bond

A loan to a government or company that pays interest and returns the principal at maturity. Bondholders rank ahead of shareholders if the issuer fails.

Order Book

The live list of outstanding buy and sell orders at each price, showing how much would have to be bought or sold to move the price.