Mining

Moving Average Convergence Divergence — a momentum indicator showing the relationship between two moving averages.

Borrowed funds from a broker used to trade. A margin call demands more capital when positions move against you.

Share price multiplied by outstanding shares. The total market value of a company.

An order to buy or sell immediately at the best available price. Fast but no price control — slippage can hurt on illiquid assets.

The largest peak-to-trough loss a portfolio has ever experienced. A useful tolerance check before sizing positions.

A trading style that bets on extremes — buying oversold, selling overbought — assuming prices revert to a long-term average.

A trading style that buys recent winners on the thesis that trends persist over short horizons.