D
Glossary
DCA (dollar-cost averaging)
Buying fixed amounts at regular intervals regardless of price, smoothing entry timing risk over many purchases.
More D terms
All A-Z →- Day tradingOpening and closing all positions within a single trading session — no overnight exposure.
- DeFiDecentralized finance: lending, borrowing, and trading on blockchain protocols without intermediaries.
- DividendA payment from a company to its shareholders, typically issued quarterly from profits.
- DovishA monetary-policy stance favouring lower interest rates to support growth, even at the cost of higher inflation.
- DrawdownThe peak-to-trough decline of an asset or portfolio over a specific period.