Margin Deposit: The minimum amount of cash required in your account when purchasing stocks, deducted from your available balance.
Outstanding Balance (Unpaid Amount): The amount a brokerage firm is yet to collect from an investor in relation to stock transactions. Investors can buy stocks with only a portion of the total investment amount, similar to margin trading, and later deposit the remaining amount.
High Price (Intraday High): The highest price of a stock during a given trading session.
Low Price (Intraday Low): The lowest price of a stock during a given trading session.
Futures: A type of derivative contract where assets or financial instruments are bought and sold at a predetermined price for future delivery.
Sector Rotation (Cyclical Movement): When a stock experiences a surge due to positive factors, other related stocks may also rise in value.
Turnaround Stock: A stock that experiences a significant improvement in its financial performance, leading to a sharp price increase and offering high returns to investors.
Matched Trading (Cross Trading): When an investor places buy and sell orders for the same stock in a predetermined manner, setting conditions such as stock type, quantity, counterpart, and price.
Block Deal: A system that allows large-volume stock transactions to be executed between buyers and sellers outside the regular market.
Milestone Jinx: A phenomenon where a stock index slows down or stagnates as it approaches a significant threshold.
Scalping: A high-frequency trading strategy in which a trader makes dozens or even hundreds of trades per day to earn small profits on each transaction.
Day Trading: A trading strategy where stocks bought during the day are sold before the market closes on the same day. Also known as intraday trading.
Blue Chip: Large-cap stocks with strong financial structures that are resilient to economic fluctuations, considered high-quality and stable investments.
Manipulated Stock (Pump and Dump Stocks): Stocks targeted for price manipulation schemes to generate profits through artificial price inflation.
Yellow Chip: Mid-cap stocks that have growth potential but are not as established as large-cap blue-chip stocks.
Stock Index: A value derived by calculating the prices of selected stocks according to a specific methodology, representing the overall stock market trend.
Earnings Per Share (EPS): A company’s net profit divided by the total number of outstanding shares, indicating the profit generated per share.
Price-to-Book Ratio (P/B Ratio): The ratio comparing a stock’s price to its book value per share.
Price-to-Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio): A valuation metric calculated by dividing a stock’s price by its earnings per share (EPS), showing how many times the earnings are reflected in the stock price.
Return on Equity (ROE): A measure of a company’s profitability, calculated as net income divided by shareholder’s equity, indicating how efficiently a company is utilizing its capital.
