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Stock Market Glossary - Letter C

48 terms beginning with "C"

Explore more than 400 curated terms for investors, traders and long-term savers. Detailed definitions, practical context and no marketing jargon — from your first ETF savings plan to option strategies.

Updated: September 11, 2026

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C Terms beginning with C

Call option

Option right that can benefit economically from a rising underlying price.

Calmar ratio

Ratio of annualized return to maximum drawdown.

Candlestick

Technical chart representation with opening, closing, high and low prices of a period.

Capex

Capital Expenditures – Investments in long-term assets.

Capital gains tax

Direct tax on capital gains, part of the withholding tax in Germany.

Capital increase

Issue of new shares through which a company raises additional equity.

Capital market

Market for medium and long-term financing, especially stocks and bonds.

Capital Markets Conference

Event at which companies present their strategy and figures to investors.

Capital-loss offsetting pot

Bank-maintained balance for offsetting certain investment losses against later gains.

Carry Trade

Strategy in which you sell a low-interest currency and invest in a higher-interest one.

Cash flow

Actual cash flow of a company, adjusted for accounting effects.

Cash ratio

Proportion of liquid assets in the portfolio.

Cash settlement

Derivative settlement through a cash payment rather than delivery of the underlying.

central bank

Institution responsible for monetary policy and currency stability.

Central bank money

Money issued by a central bank as cash and bank reserves held with it.

Central securities depository

Institution that centrally holds securities and supports their transfer in settlement systems.

Certificate

Bearer bond whose value depends on an underlying asset.

CFD

Contract for Difference – leveraged product that reflects the price difference of an underlying asset.

Chart technique

Method of price forecasting using graphical patterns, trends and indicators.

Clean price

Price of a bond without accrued interest.

Clearing

Process that determines and secures trading counterparties’ obligations after a transaction.

Closed-end fund

Closed-end fund with a fixed number of shares, traded on the stock exchange.

Closing price

Last or officially determined security price at the end of a trading day.

Commitment

Active dialogue between investors and companies to improve their ESG practices.

Common stock

Standard share with full voting and dividend rights.

Compliance

Compliance with legal and internal requirements in financial companies.

Concentration risk

Excessive risk caused by strong exposure to few positions, regions or themes.

Contango

Market situation in which futures prices are higher than the current spot price.

Convertible

Convertible bond with the right to be exchanged for shares of the issuer.

Convertible bond

Bond that can be exchanged for issuer shares under defined conditions.

Core Satellite

Portfolio concept consisting of a stable core and targeted satellite positions.

Corporate action

Company measure that can change the number, structure or rights of securities.

Correlation

Statistical measure of the joint development of two assets.

Cost averaging effect

Effect of regular, equal investments that smoothes the average price.

Cost basis

Average purchase price of a securities position, with or without specified costs.

Counterparty risk

Risk that the other party to a contract does not fulfil its obligation.

coupon

Interest payment of a bond to the holder.

Covered call

Options strategy in which a call option is sold on shares already held.

Crash

Sudden, drastic decline in prices on the markets.

Credit default swap

Insurance against the default of a specific debtor.

Credit spread

Yield premium of a riskier bond over a comparable safer bond.

Creditworthiness

Creditworthiness of a debtor (government or company).

Crowd investing

Equity or mezzanine participation in companies or projects via platforms.

Cryptocurrency

Digital assets based on cryptographically secured blockchains.

Cumulative delta

Rolling total of aggressive buys minus aggressive sells.

Currency risk

Risk that exchange-rate moves change the value or return of an investment in home currency.

Custodian

Institution that safekeeps securities and performs additional control duties for funds.

Custody-account transfer

Transfer of securities and acquisition data from one bank to another.