General Trading Glossary

Blue chip is large stable NSE leader. Liquidity and lower spread for journal consistency.

Catalyst is event that can move price. Earnings, policy, and sector news on NSE names.

Cost basis is average price paid for holdings. Tax and P&L context on Indian demat books.

Daily review is a short end-of-session recap of trades, rule adherence, and MTM. Learn a 10–15 minute TradeLyser routine for NSE intraday and F&O traders.

An edge audit is a periodic review of all setup tags and strategy statistics to verify that a positive expectancy edge still exists and has not degraded.

An execution grade is a self-assessed score of how well a trader executed the planned trade — independent of whether the trade was profitable.

Funded account is prop-style capital after evaluation. Rules differ from personal NSE retail books.

Intraday means within same session. Default context for NSE 9:15–15:30 cash and F&O day books.

A journal template is a repeatable field set for every trade and session. Learn the minimum viable template for TradeLyser and Indian F&O workflows.

A long position profits when price rises. Cash vs F&O longs on NSE — tagging direction in TradeLyser.

Monthly review evaluates strategy edge, drawdown, and behavior over a full market cycle. Learn how to run a 60–90 minute TradeLyser monthly audit for F&O traders.

Overnight position holds through close. Gap risk on NSE stocks and F&O.

PDT is US margin rule for frequent day traders. Indian retail usually faces different margin norms.

Penny stock is very low-priced, often illiquid name. High manipulation and spread risk on BSE/NSE.

A post-trade note is a brief written reflection added to a trade journal entry immediately after a trade closes, capturing execution quality, emotions, and key lessons.

Prop firm provides capital and rules for traders. Evaluation and funded phases — tag separately.

The sample size rule states that trading statistics are only meaningful once a setup has generated enough trades to distinguish skill from statistical noise.

Session bias is a trader's systematic tendency to perform better or worse during specific market sessions or time windows, revealed through journal analytics.

A setup tag is a label applied to a trade that identifies which repeatable trade pattern or strategy was used — enabling setup-specific performance analytics.

A strategy scorecard is a summary dashboard of key performance metrics for a single trading strategy, enabling objective comparison across multiple strategies.

Tag taxonomy is the master list of setup, session, and behavior tags in your journal. Keep analytics clean across Nifty, Bank Nifty, and stock F&O books.

Tax-loss harvesting sells losers to offset gains. Investment tax tactic — separate from trading edge.

Trade management is how you handle open position. Adds, trails, and partials on live trades.

Trade post-mortem is structured analysis after significant or teaching trades — wins and losses. Learn when and how to run post-mortems in TradeLyser.

Trade replay is the practice of reviewing a trade's chart after the session, stepping through price action to evaluate entry, management, and exit decisions.

A trading journal is a structured log of every trade — entries, exits, setup, emotion, and outcome. Learn how Indian F&O traders use TradeLyser to build edge from data.

A trading plan documents markets, setups, risk, and review rhythm. Template habits for Indian traders using TradeLyser Strategy Board.

A trading process score is a composite metric that aggregates discipline, execution, emotion, and journal consistency into a single weekly or monthly performance index.

Wash sale rule disallows loss deduction if repurchased too soon — US tax; know if you trade US stocks.

Watchlist is curated symbols for the session. Focus and liquidity filter on NSE.

A weekly review is a structured end-of-week session where a trader analyses their journal data, compares plan vs execution, and sets intentions for the next week.