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A case’s stated result divided by its defined initial planned-risk reference, with numerator and denominator conventions disclosed.
Example: An invented net gain of 6 against an initial 3-unit planned-risk reference is +2R under those definitions.
Keep in mind: A missing or zero reference makes the ratio unsuitable; do not redefine initial risk after the outcome.
A token linked to an asset or economic exposure outside the blockchain, such as a bond or property. Actual ownership, redemption and enforceable rights depend on its legal structure and documents.
Example: A token mentions a property, but the buyer still needs to know who owns it and what redemption rights exist. A digital label is different from an enforceable deed or claim.
A yield or return measure adjusted for a relevant inflation measure or expectation under a specified convention.
Example: For a simple invented one-period return of 4% and inflation of 3%, 1.04/1.03 − 1 is about 0.97%.
Keep in mind: Subtracting inflation is an approximation; market real-yield conventions and expected versus realised inflation can differ.
Bringing a portfolio back to the mix you originally chose after price moves have shifted it. Investor.gov names three ways: selling some of what has grown too large and buying what has shrunk, buying only the smaller parts with new money, or directing new contributions to them.
Example: In a hypothetical record, EUR 60 of one holding and EUR 40 of another become EUR 80 and EUR 40. The mix is now about 67% and 33%; restoring a chosen mix may incur costs or tax consequences.
Giving recent experiences too much weight compared with the wider relevant record.
Example: Three recent demo wins feel more convincing than the complete mixed record recorded earlier.
Keep in mind: A short recent sequence alone does not establish permanent skill, failure or future probabilities.
The percentage gain needed from a reduced value to return to a stated earlier value.
Example: After an invented account falls from 100 to 80, recovering 20 from the remaining 80 requires a 25% gain.
Keep in mind: The required gain is arithmetic, not a promise of recovery or a reason to increase risk.
A written, offline summary of what crypto you hold, where the backups are, and the steps needed to recover access, designed so that it does not by itself reveal any secret.
Example: An offline checklist says where authorised recovery instructions are held and who should act. It helps organisation without placing all the secrets into one easily stolen document.
Permission from a relevant regulator for a named firm to carry out specified activities. Its scope, jurisdiction and current status must be checked.
Example: A licence for one type of work is not automatically permission for every service someone advertises.
Keep in mind: A copied registration number or a genuine company name does not establish that your contact or product is covered.
Using collateral received from a customer as collateral for the recipient's own borrowing or other obligations. The agreement and applicable rules determine whether this is allowed. Lending or reusing customer assets is a broader category.
Example: A storage provider accepts an item, then pledges it to someone else under its terms. Customer asset reuse creates dependencies beyond simple safekeeping.
Keep in mind: Asset reuse, lending and pledging are related activities but their permitted scope and legal treatment depend on the agreement.
A fraud in which a scammer builds trust through a friendship, romance or other relationship, then steers the victim toward a fake investment platform. Invented profits and pressure for larger deposits hide the theft. The term pig butchering is sometimes used for this type of scam.
Example: A new online friend builds trust, then recommends a platform that displays invented profits and blocks withdrawals. Independent verification is needed even when the conversation feels personal.
An oscillator comparing recent upward and downward close-to-close changes under a selected smoothing rule, normally displayed on a 0–100 scale.
Example: A worksheet groups upward and downward changes to describe their recent balance.
Keep in mind: RSI is not a direct measure of economic value or a guarantee of reversal.
A chosen price area where earlier rises paused or turned downward in a stated chart record.
Example: A learner marks a zone around earlier highs before observing a later approach.
Keep in mind: The label is not a ceiling that prevents later prices from rising through it.
A later return toward a watched boundary after a break, under a stated proximity and timing rule.
Example: After crossing a marked area, an invented price series later approaches it again.
Keep in mind: A return need not occur and does not have to hold or reverse at the boundary.
A rushed recovery-seeking action after a loss rather than a fresh decision meeting the prewritten rules.
Example: After a demo loss, someone doubles the next position simply because they want the balance back today.
Keep in mind: A previous loss does not create a market obligation to repay it.
A change in selected direction or structure that meets a stated classification rule.
Example: After a defined rising sequence, later observations meet the learner’s prewritten rule for a change of direction.
Keep in mind: One opposite-coloured candle is not automatically a reversal, and confirmation can require later data.
A change to a previously published estimate when the issuer updates data or methods under its stated process.
Example: A fictional jobs estimate first reports 100, then a later publication changes that prior estimate to 90.
Keep in mind: Retain both versions and their publication times; the revised value was not necessarily available earlier.
A description of willingness to accept risk based on stated observations or interpretations, not one universal market switch.
Example: Households may become more cautious about uncertain spending; markets can also show changing willingness to hold risky assets.
Keep in mind: A risk-on or risk-off label does not fix every currency’s direction or prove why a move occurred.
A prewritten amount used as a planning limit for a specified risk scenario. Its account reference, period and cost assumptions must be stated.
Example: In a hypothetical demo worksheet, a learner writes a 5-unit planned-loss budget before choosing a position size.
Keep in mind: This is a teaching assumption, not a recommended live limit or a guarantee of maximum loss.
The possibility of reaching a stated condition where an activity cannot continue under its financial or practical constraints. Any numerical estimate needs a model.
Example: A demo account may be unable to meet its minimum order or margin requirement before its balance reaches zero.
Keep in mind: The ruin threshold and assumptions matter; a model percentage is not a guarantee about an actual account.
A comparison of planned loss with proposed gain, using consistent units and cost assumptions. The order of the ratio must be stated.
Example: A hypothetical 5-unit loss and 10-unit gain can be written risk:reward 1:2, or reward/risk 2.
Keep in mind: A favourable ratio does not establish how often either result occurs.
How dependent a conclusion is on particular reasonable assumptions or narrow parameter choices, assessed through a stated sensitivity-review plan.
Example: A learner reports the results with both the base cost assumption and a predeclared higher-cost scenario.
Keep in mind: Choosing the best variation and hiding the others is not a robustness check.
In this retail holding-cost context, a debit or credit applied when a position passes a provider’s specified cut-off under its terms.
Example: A hotel’s extra-night policy illustrates why a time boundary can change the bill.
Keep in mind: The cut-off, calculation, sign and schedule must be checked; rollover is not always a charge.
A scam in which a token's creators abandon the project and take the money, leaving buyers with tokens that are worth little or nothing.
Example: Organisers sell entry passes to a project, then take the funds or remove essential support. In crypto, a sudden removal of liquidity or malicious control can leave holders unable to exit.
An identified, dated specification of a method, including the exact conditions and assumptions used for its decisions.
Example: Version 1 requires a close strictly above a boundary; version 2 allows equality. These are different rules.
Keep in mind: Do not rewrite earlier decisions as if a later revision already existed.