Tangible assets are the assets on a company's books and balance sheets that have a physical form. They comprise the machinery, office equipment and buildings used by a company (fixed assets) and of the materials that are used in producing products (current assets).

Unborrowable stock is the stock that no one is willing to lend out to short-sellers. When shares in a company become unborrowable, the traditional means of short selling them is impossible.

VIX is short for the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index. It is a measure used to track volatility on the S&P 500 index and is the most well-known volatility index on the markets.

A working order is a general term for either a stop or limit order to open. It is used to advise your broker to execute a trade when an asset reaches a specific price.

WTI stands for West Texas Intermediate (occasionally called Texas Light Sweet), an oil benchmark that is central to commodities trading. It is one of the three major oil benchmarks used in trading, the others being Brent crude and Dubai/Oman.

In trading, execution is the completion of a buy or sell order from a trader. It is carried out by a broker.

The point when a trading position automatically closes is known as the expiry date (or expiration date).

EBITDAR is the abbreviation of ‘earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and restructuring or rent costs’. It is used to analyze a company’s financial performance and profit potential where the company is undergoing a restructure or if its rent expenses are higher than average.

EBITDA is a way of evaluating a company’s performance without factoring in financial decisions or the tax environment. The literal meaning of EBITDA is ‘earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

When traders talk about the ECB, they are referring to the European Central Bank, the central bank for the Eurozone.