{"id":68452,"date":"2024-04-15T00:19:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T07:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/?page_id=68452"},"modified":"2024-04-21T15:18:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T22:18:36","slug":"glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Understanding financial markets includes understanding some jargon. This glossary provides plain English definitions and descriptions of the most common key terms used on One-Twenty Two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>20DMA (20-Day Moving Average)<\/strong>: A technical indicator that shows the average closing price of a stock over the past 20 days, often used to identify trends and support\/resistance levels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>50DMA (50-Day Moving Average)<\/strong>: Similar to the 20DMA, this indicator shows the average closing price over the past 50 days and is used to gauge medium-term trends and momentum.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>200DMA (200-Day Moving Average)<\/strong>: A technical indicator representing the average closing price of a stock over the past 200 days, often used to identify long-term trends.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AI (Artificial Intelligence)<\/strong>: Refers to the technologies and processes that simulate human intelligence through software and hardware, including learning, reasoning, and self-correction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>All-Time High<\/strong>: The highest price level reached by a stock or index during its existence, often signaling strong market or stock performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drduru.com\/onetwentytwo\/t2108-resource-page\/\">AT50<\/a> (Above the 50DMA)<\/strong>: The percentage of stocks trading above their respective 50-day moving averages, used as an indicator of market breadth and to gauge short-term trading conditions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>AT200 (Above the 200DMA)<\/strong>: The percentage of stocks trading above their respective 200-day moving averages, indicating long-term market trends.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bear Market<\/strong>: A market condition where the prices of securities are falling, and widespread pessimism causes the negative sentiment to be self-sustaining.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bearish Signal<\/strong>: An indication based on technical analysis or market action that suggests stock prices are expected to fall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Big Cap Tech Stocks<\/strong>: Large capitalization companies in the technology sector, often leading market performance due to their size and influence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"bollinger_band\"><strong>Bollinger Band (BB)<\/strong>: A technical analysis tool defined by a set of lines plotted two standard deviations (positively and negatively) away from a simple moving average (SMA) of a stock&#8217;s price.<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bond Yields<\/strong>: The return an investor realizes on a bond, which inversely correlates with bond prices; rising yields can signal increasing interest rates or inflation expectations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Breakdown<\/strong>: A technical term referring to a security&#8217;s price movement through an identified level of support, which is often followed by continued price declines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Breakout<\/strong>: A term used when a stock price moves outside a defined support or resistance level with increased volume. It can indicate a continuation or a reversal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bull Market<\/strong>: A market condition characterized by rising stock prices, generally by 20% or more from recent lows, often driven by strong economic indicators and investor confidence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bullish Signal<\/strong>: An indication, either through technical analysis or market conditions, that suggests stock prices are expected to rise.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"confirmed\"><strong>Confirmed breakdown\/breakout<\/strong>: A closing that suggests the market will sustain a breakdown or breakout. The typical confirmation happens on the second lower close after a breakdown or the second higher close on a breakout.<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cryptocurrency<\/strong>: Digital or virtual currencies that use cryptography for security, often decentralized and based on blockchain technology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>DMA (Daily Moving Average)<\/strong>: Refers to a moving average calculation that uses a specific number of the most recent closing prices of a security, updated daily.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fedspeak<\/strong>: Comments and speeches by Federal Reserve officials, which are closely monitored for clues about future monetary policy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jobs Report<\/strong>: Regularly released government data summarizing employment trends, including job additions, which influence monetary policy and market expectations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Market Breadth<\/strong>: A technique used to gauge the direction of the overall market by analyzing the number of stocks above an important trend line; sometimes defined as the number of stocks advancing relative to those declining.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Overbought Conditions<\/strong>: A technical condition that occurs when there is excessive buying of a stock or market, potentially indicating a price reversal or significant slowdown in upward movement.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Oversold Conditions<\/strong>: A situation in technical analysis where the price of a stock or market is thought to have fallen too sharply and is due for a correction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Rate Cuts<\/strong>: Reductions in the interest rate at which banks can borrow from the Federal Reserve, typically used to stimulate economic growth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Resistance<\/strong>: A price level at which a stock or market repeatedly stops rising, due to the emergence of selling pressure that overcomes buying demand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Resilience<\/strong>: The ability of a stock or the market to withstand external pressures without significant price decline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Short-Term Trading Call<\/strong>: A market outlook based on short-term trading analysis, often influenced by recent price movements and technical indicators, reflecting a trader\u2019s stance such as &#8220;bullish&#8221;, &#8220;bearish&#8221;, or &#8220;skeptical&#8221;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SMA (Simple Moving Average)<\/strong>: A technical indicator calculated by averaging the closing prices of a security over a specified number of periods, smoothing out price data by constantly updating as new prices become available.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><div id=\"support\"><strong>Support<\/strong>: A price level at which a stock or market repeatedly stops falling, due to the emergence of buying pressure that overcomes selling demand.<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>VIX (Volatility Index)<\/strong>: Also known as the fear index, it measures the market&#8217;s expectation of 30-day volatility derived from the price inputs of options on the S&amp;P 500 (SPY) index.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Volatility<\/strong>: The degree of variation of a trading price series over time, usually measured by the standard deviation of logarithmic returns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding financial markets includes understanding some jargon. 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