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Translation glossary: Traders' Glossary

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BiasThe difference between the expected value of an estimator and the actual value to be estimated. 
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BiasThe difference between the expected value of an estimator and the actual value to be estimated. 
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Bid and AskHighest price and lowest price that an investor will pay for a tradable. 
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Bid and AskHighest price and lowest price that an investor will pay for a tradable. 
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Bimodal DistributionIn which observations are displayed as having two distinct peaks. 
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Bimodal DistributionIn which observations are displayed as having two distinct peaks. 
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Black BoxA proprietary, computerized trading system whose rules are not disclosed or readily accessible. 
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Black BoxA proprietary, computerized trading system whose rules are not disclosed or readily accessible. 
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Black-Scholes Option Pricing ModelA model developed to estimate the market value of option contracts. 
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Black-Scholes Option Pricing ModelA model developed to estimate the market value of option contracts. 
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Block TradesLarge transactions of a particular stock sold as a unit. 
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Block TradesLarge transactions of a particular stock sold as a unit. 
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Blow-Off TopA steep and rapid increase in price followed by a steep and rapid drop in price. 
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Blow-Off TopA steep and rapid increase in price followed by a steep and rapid drop in price. 
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BondsA long-term debt security with a stated interest rate and fixed due dates, issued by a corporation or a government, when interest and principal must b 
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BondsA long-term debt security with a stated interest rate and fixed due dates, issued by a corporation or a government, when interest and principal must b 
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BooleanDescribes a variable that may have one of only two possible values: true or false. After George Boole, English logician, credited with the invention o 
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BooleanDescribes a variable that may have one of only two possible values: true or false. After George Boole, English logician, credited with the invention o 
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Box-Jenkins Linear Least SquaresThe additive structure of Box-Jenkins models with a polynomial structure. 
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Box-Jenkins Linear Least SquaresThe additive structure of Box-Jenkins models with a polynomial structure. 
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Box-Jenkins MethodFrom G.E.P. Box and G.M. Jenkins, who authored Time Series Analysis: Forecasting and Control. The method refers to the use of autoregressive integrate 
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Box-Jenkins MethodFrom G.E.P. Box and G.M. Jenkins, who authored Time Series Analysis: Forecasting and Control. The method refers to the use of autoregressive integrate 
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Box-Jenkins Nonlinear Least SquaresThe multiplicative structure of Box-Jenkins models using the Gauss-Newton algorithm with numerical derivatives. 
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Box-Jenkins Nonlinear Least SquaresThe multiplicative structure of Box-Jenkins models using the Gauss-Newton algorithm with numerical derivatives. 
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BozuLiterally \"bald\" or \"monk\" in Japanese; in candlestick terminology refers to a situation during which a trading cycle opens or closes on a high or 
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BozuLiterally \"bald\" or \"monk\" in Japanese; in candlestick terminology refers to a situation during which a trading cycle opens or closes on a high or 
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BracketingA trading range market or a price region that is non-trending. 
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BracketingA trading range market or a price region that is non-trending. 
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Broker-dealerA firm that handles transactions for its customers and also purchases securities for its own account, selling them to customers. 
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Broker-dealerA firm that handles transactions for its customers and also purchases securities for its own account, selling them to customers. 
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Broker\'s DeckOrders physically held by the floor broker in the trading pit. 
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Broker\'s DeckOrders physically held by the floor broker in the trading pit. 
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Bull MarketA securities market characterized thus on rising prices. 
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Bull MarketA securities market characterized thus on rising prices. 
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Buy and HoldThe acquisition of a tradable for the long term rather than quick turnover. 
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Buy and HoldThe acquisition of a tradable for the long term rather than quick turnover. 
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C LanguageWidely used systems development language, also block-structured, but with more facilities to control the machine at the level of the hardware. 
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C LanguageWidely used systems development language, also block-structured, but with more facilities to control the machine at the level of the hardware. 
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Call OptionA contract that gives the buyer of the option the right but not the obligation to take delivery of the underlying security at a specific price within 
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Call OptionA contract that gives the buyer of the option the right but not the obligation to take delivery of the underlying security at a specific price within 
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Calmar RatioTakes the average rate of return for the last 36 months and divides it by the maximum drawdown for the same period. It is usually calculated on a mont 
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Calmar RatioTakes the average rate of return for the last 36 months and divides it by the maximum drawdown for the same period. It is usually calculated on a mont 
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Capital Gains DistributionA distribution to investment company shareholders from net long-term capital gains realized by a regulated investment company on the sale of portfolio 
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Capital Gains DistributionA distribution to investment company shareholders from net long-term capital gains realized by a regulated investment company on the sale of portfolio 
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Capital LossesLosses resulting from selling at a loss. 
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Capital LossesLosses resulting from selling at a loss. 
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CBOTChicago Board of Trade. 
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CBOTChicago Board of Trade. 
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Central Limit TheoremFrom statistics, the theorem that the distribution of sample means taken from a large population approaches a normal, Gaussian, curve. 
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Central Limit TheoremFrom statistics, the theorem that the distribution of sample means taken from a large population approaches a normal, Gaussian, curve. 
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