TradeReply Education Center
Your go-to resource for understanding key financial terms and concepts.
USED CREDIT LINE
Used Credit Line represents the portion of the total credit line that has already been utilized. It includes funds borrowed for trades, margin loans, or other obligations, providing insight into current borrowing activity and liabilities.
UTILITY TOKEN
Utility token is a type of cryptocurrency token that is intended to provide access to a specific product or service within a blockchain ecosystem.
VALIDATOR
Validator is a participant in a proof of stake (PoS) blockchain who is responsible for validating transactions and maintaining the blockchain.
VALUE INVESTING
Value investing is an investment strategy where stocks are selected that trade for less than their intrinsic values.
VALUE STOCK
Value stock is a share in a company with solid fundamentals that is trading below its intrinsic value.
VOLATILITY
Volatility measures the degree of variation in returns over time, reflecting the level of risk and uncertainty associated with a transaction, trade, or portfolio.
VOLATILITY INDEX (VIX)
Volatility index (VIX) is a real-time market index that represents the market's expectations for volatility over the coming 30 days.
VOLUME WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICE (VWAP)
Volume weighted average price (VWAP) is a trading benchmark calculated by dividing the total dollar value of trades by the total trading volume over a particular time period.
WASH TRADING
Wash trading is the practice of buying and selling the same financial instruments to create misleading, artificial activity in the marketplace.
WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Wealth management is a service that combines financial and investment advice, accounting, tax services, and legal planning.
WEB3
Web3 is the third generation of the internet, focused on decentralized protocols and blockchain technology.
WEEK
Week represents the specific week extracted from a DATETIME field, enabling weekly granularity for analysis. Formatted as a 2-digit number, 01–53.
WHALE
Whale is a term used to describe individuals or entities that hold large amounts of a particular cryptocurrency.
WHITEPAPER
Whitepaper is an authoritative report or guide that informs readers about the philosophy, objectives, technology, and use case of a cryptocurrency or blockchain project.
WIN RATE
Win Rate measures the percentage of successful outcomes, with the environment defined by the scope. It evaluates the effectiveness of strategies based on profit and loss at the transaction, trade, and portfolio levels.
WINS
Wins represent the number of profitable trades or transactions, calculated by comparing realized profit and loss. They highlight success in trading and contribute to performance analysis.
WITHDRAWAL
Withdrawal applies exclusively at the account level, reflecting funds removed from the trading account. It reduces the overall account balance and may indirectly impact trading capacity.
WORKING CAPITAL
Working Capital represents a company’s short-term liquidity, calculated as the difference between current assets and current liabilities, indicating its ability to meet short-term obligations.
YEAR
Year represents the specific year extracted from a DATETIME field, offering yearly granularity for analysis. Formatted as a 4-digit number, e.g., 2024.
YIELD FARMING
Yield farming is the practice of staking or lending crypto assets to generate high returns or rewards in the form of additional cryptocurrency.
ZERO-KNOWLEDGE PROOF
Zero-knowledge proof is a method by which one party can prove to another that a statement is true without revealing any information beyond the validity of the statement.
ZK-SNARKS (ZERO-KNOWLEDGE SUCCINCT NON-INTERACTIVE ARGUMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE)
ZK-SNARKS (Zero-Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Arguments of Knowledge) is a cryptographic proof that allows one party to prove it possesses certain information without revealing the information itself.