Trading Dictionary
139+ Trading Terms Explained
Plain-English definitions for active traders - from order types and chart patterns to options Greeks and trader slang.
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Vega
Options & Derivatives
Vega measures how much an option's price changes for every 1 percentage point change in implied volatility — a vega of 0.10 means the option
VIX
Market Basics
The CBOE Volatility Index — a real-time measure of the market's expectation for 30-day volatility in the S&P 500, derived from the prices of
Volume
Market Basics
Volume is the total number of shares (or contracts) traded during a given time period — it's the primary confirmation tool for all price act
VWAP
Technical Analysis
VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price) is the average price a security has traded at throughout the session, weighted by volume — it's the mos