TradeReply Education Center

Your go-to resource for understanding key financial terms and concepts.

Term

Summary

CAPITAL RESERVE

Capital Reserve is the allocated portion of capital from your total account balance intentionally set aside by the trader for non-trading purposes. It supports financial stability, long-term planning, and future opportunities.

CASH CONVERSION CYCLE (CCC)

Cash conversion cycle (CCC) is the time it takes for a company to convert its investments in inventory into cash flows from sales.

CASH FLOW

Cash flow is the total amount of money being transferred into and out of a business, especially affecting liquidity.

CASH RETENTION RATIO

Cash Retention Ratio measures the percentage of the account's initial balance still available as total cash. It reflects the trader's ability to preserve liquidity relative to their starting capital, aiding in financial performance analysis.

CASH VS MARGIN TRADING PERFORMANCE

Cash vs. Margin Trading Performance compares the profitability and risk of trades executed with available cash versus those made using borrowed funds (margin). It helps assess the impact of leverage on trading results.

CENTRALIZED EXCHANGE (CEX)

Centralized exchange (CEX) is a cryptocurrency exchange managed by a centralized organization, acting as an intermediary between buyers and sellers.

CHAIKIN MONEY FLOW (CMF)

Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) tracks buying and selling pressure using price and volume.

CHART PATTERN

Chart pattern is a distinct formation on a stock chart that creates a trading signal, or a sign of future price movements.

CIRCULATING SUPPLY

Circulating Supply refers to the total number of cryptocurrency coins or tokens in circulation, available to the market.

CLOSE PRICE TODAY

Close Price Today represents the final trading price of an asset at the end of the current trading day, serving as a key metric for performance analysis.

CLOSE PRICE YESTERDAY

Close Price Yesterday represents the final trading price of an asset at the end of the previous trading day, providing a baseline for daily return calculations.

COIN MIXING

Coin mixing is a process that improves privacy by obscuring the origins of cryptocurrency transactions.

COLD WALLET

Cold wallet is a cryptocurrency wallet that is not connected to the internet, used to store digital assets securely offline.

COLLATERAL

Collateral is an asset that a borrower offers to a lender to secure a loan.

COMMENTS

Comments are notes made by traders, including observations, rationale, and insights. They provide context for trades and transactions, aiding in the review and improvement of trading strategies.

COMMISSION FEES

Commission Fees are charges imposed by the broker for executing trades. These fees are calculated as a fixed amount per transaction or a percentage of the transaction value.

COMMODITIES

Commodities are basic goods used in commerce that are interchangeable with other goods of the same type.

CONSENSUS MECHANISM

Consensus mechanism is a protocol used in blockchain to achieve agreement on a single data value or a single state of the network.

CONTANGO

Contango is a situation where the futures price of a commodity is higher than the spot price.

CORRELATION WITH MARKET INDEX

Correlation with Market Index measures how an investment moves in relation to a market index. A correlation of 1 indicates perfect alignment, 0 indicates no relationship, and -1 indicates inverse movement.

COST OF CAPITAL

Cost of capital is the return rate that a company must earn on an investment to maintain its market value.

COST TO CARRY

Cost To Carry calculates the cost of holding a position, including interest or storage fees.

COVERED BOND

Covered bond is a debt security backed by a pool of high-quality assets.

COVERED CALL

Covered call is an options strategy where an investor holds a long position in an asset and sells call options on that same asset.

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP (CDS)

Credit default swap (CDS) is a financial derivative that allows an investor to 'swap' or offset their credit risk with that of another investor.