Welcome to the comprehensive Stock Trading Definitions resource, designed to help you navigate and master the terminology essential for systematic trading. Below, you will find various categories covering all critical aspects of trading, including risk management, technical analysis, quantitative analysis, and more.

Stock Trading Definitions By Category:

Discover our complete listing of important stock trading definitions using the categories below. Within each catagory, each stock trading term is defined in simple terms to quickly and easily boost your understanding of these trading terms.

  1. Stock Market Definitions
  2. Risk Management Definitions
  3. Trading Strategy Definitions
  4. Technical Analysis Definitions
  5. Trading Indicator Definitions
  6. Quantitative Analysis & Backtesting Definitions
  7. Portfolio Management Definitions
  8. Order Execution Definitions
  9. Trading Mechanics & Tools
  10. Trading Psychology Definitions
  11. Cryptocurrency Trading Definitions
  12. Regulatory & Compliance Definitions

Each category links to a dedicated page providing clear, concise stock trading definitions for essential trading terms. Click on any category to dive deeper into the terminology of that area.

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Adrian Reid Founder and CEO
Adrian is a full-time private trader based in Australia and also the Founder and Trading Coach at Enlightened Stock Trading, which focuses on educating and supporting traders on their journey to profitable systems trading. Following his successful adoption of systematic trading which generated him hundreds of thousands of dollars a year using just 30 minutes a day to manage his system trading workflow, Adrian made the easy decision to leave his professional work in the corporate world in 2012. Adrian trades long/short across US, Australian and international stock markets and the cryptocurrency markets. His trading systems are now fully automated and have consistently outperformed international share markets with dramatically reduced risk over the past 20+ years. Adrian focuses on building portfolios of profitable, stable and robust long term trading systems to beat market returns with high risk adjusted returns. Adrian teaches traders from all over the world how to get profitable, confident and consistent by trading systematically and backtesting their own trading systems. He helps profitable traders grow and smooth returns by implementing a portfolio of trading systems to make money from different markets and market conditions.