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Holding Period

Definition of Holding Period

The holding period of a financial security is the time period between buying and selling the said security. It is the total amount of time for which the security has been held in the portfolio of an investor. At times, there’s a mandatory holding period attached to a security. During this mandatory holding period, the security can not be sold.

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Advance/Decline Line

An Advance/Decline Line can help you plot the daily difference between the number of advancing and declining stocks.

As a result, the Advance/Decline Line is a technical indicator used to gauge market sentiment, price trends, and trend reversals.

Here’s how the Advance/Decline Line is calculated:


  • Calculate the number of stocks that finished in the red.
  • Calculate the number of stocks that finished in the green.
  • Subtract #1 from #2 to find out the net movement aka Net Advance.
  • Repeat #1, #2, and #3 the next day and add the values for Net Advance.
  • Add both the previous day’s and the present day’s Net Advance. Repeat for future calculations.

Gravestone Doji

A Gravestone Doji is a candlestick pattern that signals the reversal of a bullish trend into a bearish one. The key marker of a Gravestone Doji pattern is the open, low, and closing prices being near to one another.

This is a price action type trading strategy that is formed with a tall upper shadow, which is a signal of a bearish reversal.

Industry Analysis

Industry Analysis is a method of understanding the level of competition, potential profit/loss, supply and demand cycle, & other crucial factors within an industry.

Differential Voting Rights

Differential Voting Rights or DVRs are special types of shares that carry more or less voting rights, depending on the issuing company. For example, a DVR share that carries less than usual voting rights may generate relatively high dividends.

A publicly traded company that wants to issue DVR shares must go through a postal ballot. There are other caveats as well. But broadly speaking, a company must have a healthy finanical track record if they want to issue DVR shares.

Income Stocks

Income stocks are shares of companies that help you earn a steady income, typically in the form of dividend payouts. At the same time, income stocks are known to have lower risk compared to others and thus, relatively decent returns over a period of time. But the consistently growing dividend yield makes up for the perceived lack of returns.

Futures Contract

A futures contract is a derivative instrument that is legal agreement between two parties for the mandatory purchase or sale of an underlying asset at a pre-agreed price and date.

Every futures contract contains a standard lot size on top of the agreed price and date as they are a standardized derivative traded on a stock exchange, most commonly on NSE and BSE.

The price of a futures contract is known to vary from the spot price of the same underlying asset due to factors like the cost of carry, interest rates, and more.



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