Trading Dictionary
139+ Trading Terms Explained
Plain-English definitions for active traders - from order types and chart patterns to options Greeks and trader slang.
Gamma is the options Greek that measures the rate of change in delta for every $1 move in the underlying stock — high gamma means delta shif
A gap is a price discontinuity on a chart where a stock opens significantly higher or lower than the previous session's close, leaving a vis
A momentum strategy where a trader enters a stock that gapped up (or down) at the open and continues moving in the direction of the gap — ra
A gap fill occurs when price retraces to close the open space left by a gap — returning to the level where the gap originated — and is one o
A golden cross is a bullish technical signal that occurs when a shorter-term moving average (typically the 50-day SMA) crosses above a longe
Guidance is forward-looking financial projections that a company's management provides for upcoming periods — typically covering expected re
