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Stock Market Glossary - Letter D
21 terms beginning with "D"
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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D Terms beginning with D
Day trader
Trader who holds positions exclusively within one trading day.
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Trading style with position opening and closing on the same day.
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Continuing falling price levels that can paralyze consumption and investments.
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Option metric that approximates how an option reacts to a move in its underlying asset.
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Protection for bank deposits within statutory or voluntary protection schemes.
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Account for the safekeeping of securities.
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Financial instrument whose value is derived from an underlying asset.
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Obligated liquidity provider for less liquid stocks on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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Decreasing share per share due to the issuance of new shares.
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Bond price including interest accrued since the last coupon payment.
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Certificate that represents the underlying asset with a discount but a limited maximum profit.
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Interest rate at which future cash flows are discounted to today's value.
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Valuation method that discounts future cash flows to today's value.
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ETF that pays income such as dividends or interest to investors periodically.
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Phase in which strong hands quietly give up holdings.
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Profit sharing that a company distributes to its shareholders.
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Ratio of expected or most recent dividend to the current share price.
Learn more →Double-tax treaty
Agreement between countries that coordinates taxation of cross-border income.
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Percentage loss from the last capital high to the next low.
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Measure of the interest-rate sensitivity of a bond or bond fund.
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