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Glossary

Terms, defined plainly

Covered callOptions
Owning shares and selling a call against them: premium income, capped upside, stock downside remains.
Lesson: Covered calls and protective puts
EMATechnicals
Exponential moving average, weighting recent prices more heavily so it reacts faster than an SMA.
Lesson: Moving averages
Net incomeFundamentals
Profit remaining after all costs, interest and tax. Also called the bottom line.
Lesson: Revenue, earnings, and what sits between
Systematic riskRisk
Risk affecting the whole market, such as recessions or rate shocks. Diversification cannot remove it.
Lesson: Diversification and the risk you cannot remove