Data Sources
10-K Report
A detailed annual filing containing financial statements and risks.
Rippli Academy
Knowledge Library
Data Sources
10-Q Report
A quarterly financial update filed by public companies.
Trading Mechanics
ATR (Average True Range)
A measure of market volatility.
Trading Mechanics
Accumulation
A phase where informed participants quietly buy.
User Features
Active Investing
A strategy focused on beating the market through analysis and timing.
User Features
Alerts & Notifications
Customizable alerts that notify users when specific market conditions or events occur.
Trading Mechanics
Algorithmic Trading
Using automated systems to execute trading strategies.
Financial Terms
Alpha
The excess return an investment generates above its benchmark.
Data Sources
Alpha Vantage
A provider of free APIs for real-time and historical financial market data.
Trading Mechanics
Arbitrage
Profiting from price differences across markets.
Trading Mechanics
Ask Price
The lowest price a seller is willing to accept.
Core Concepts
Asset
A resource with economic value that an investor, company, or market participant owns.
Financial Terms
Asset Allocation
The distribution of investments across asset classes.
Market Conditions
Asset Bubble
When asset prices inflate far beyond intrinsic value.
Market Conditions
Bear Market
A prolonged market decline of 20% or more.
Financial Terms
Beta
A measure of a stock's volatility relative to the overall market.
Trading Mechanics
Bid Price
The highest price a buyer is willing to pay for an asset.
Trading Mechanics
Bid-Ask Spread
The difference between the bid and ask prices.
Trading Mechanics
Block Trade
A large transaction executed off-exchange.
Financial Terms
Blue-Chip Stock
Shares of large, established companies with stable performance.
Trading Mechanics
Bollinger Bands
Volatility bands plotted above and below a moving average.
Financial Terms
Bond
A fixed-income investment representing a loan to a borrower.
Financial Terms
Book Value
A company's net asset value recorded on its balance sheet.
Trading Mechanics
Break of Structure (BOS)
A confirmed break of a previous high or low.
Trading Mechanics
Breakout
Price moving decisively above resistance or below support.
Market Conditions
Bull Market
A sustained period of rising prices.
Financial Terms
Bull Market / Bear Market
Bull = rising prices, optimism. Bear = falling prices, pessimism.
User Features
Buy and Hold
A long-term investment strategy focused on compounding.
Trading Mechanics
Candlestick
A chart type showing open, high, low, and close prices.
Financial Terms
Capital Expenditure (CapEx)
Investments in long-term assets such as equipment or property.
Financial Terms
Capital Gain
Profit earned from selling an asset at a higher price than it was bought.
Financial Terms
Capital Gains
The profit realized when a capital asset is sold for a price higher than its purchase price.
Financial Terms
Cash Flow
The movement of money into and out of a business.
Trading Mechanics
Change of Character (CHoCH)
The first early sign that a trend may be reversing.
Trading Mechanics
Channel
A price range formed by parallel trendlines.
Trading Mechanics
Circuit Breaker
A market mechanism that pauses trading during extreme moves.
Trading Mechanics
Closing Auction
The final price formation process at market close.
Core Concepts
Compound Interest
Interest calculated on both the initial principal and the accumulated interest from previous periods.
Core Concepts
Confidence Score
A measure (0-100) indicating how reliable a data point or analysis is, based on source quality and corroboration.
Trading Mechanics
Consolidation
A sideways range where price compresses.
Core Concepts
Conviction Score
For insider trading analysis, measures how meaningful an insider's transaction is - helping distinguish routine activity from significant moves.
Market Conditions
Correction
A market decline of 10% or more.
Analysis Tools
Correlation
A measure of how assets move relative to each other.
Market Conditions
Cyclical Stock
A stock that rises and falls with economic cycles.
Trading Mechanics
Dark Pool
Private trading venues where orders are not publicly visible.
User Features
Dark/Light Theme
Toggle between dark and light visual modes based on your preference.
Trading Mechanics
Day Order
An order that expires at the end of the trading day.
Market Conditions
Defensive Stock
A stock that remains stable during economic downturns.
Trading Mechanics
Depth of Market (DOM)
A snapshot of available orders at different price levels.
Financial Terms
Derivative
A financial contract whose value depends on an underlying asset.
Financial Terms
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)
A valuation method using projected cash flows discounted to present value.
Trading Mechanics
Distribution
A phase where informed participants quietly sell.
Financial Terms
Diversification
Reducing risk by spreading investments across different assets.
Core Concepts
Dividend
A payment companies distribute to shareholders from profits.
Financial Terms
Dividend Yield
Dividend income expressed as a percentage of share price.
Financial Terms
EBITDA
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.
Trading Mechanics
EMA / SMA
Two common types of moving averages.
Financial Terms
Earnings
A company's profit, typically reported quarterly - a key driver of stock prices.
Financial Terms
Earnings Per Share (EPS)
A company's profit allocated to each outstanding share.
Core Concepts
Economic Moat
A company's sustainable competitive advantage.
Market Conditions
Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH)
The theory that markets fully reflect available information.
Financial Terms
Enterprise Value (EV)
A measure of a company's total value including debt and cash.
Core Concepts
Entity Resolution
Rippli's ability to recognize that different names refer to the same company, person, or product.
Core Concepts
Equity
Ownership interest in a company, represented through shares.
Trading Mechanics
Exchange
A centralized platform for trading assets.
Financial Terms
Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)
A pooled investment vehicle that trades on exchanges like a stock.
Trading Mechanics
Execution Algorithm
Automated logic that determines how an order executes.
Trading Mechanics
Expansion
A breakout phase with strong movement.
User Features
Export
Download graphs and data for offline use or presentations.
Trading Mechanics
Fair Value Gap (FVG)
A price imbalance created when candles don't overlap.
Trading Mechanics
False Breakout / Liquidity Sweep
A brief break of a level before snapping back.
Data Sources
Federal Reserve (FRED)
Official US economic data including interest rates, inflation, employment, and GDP.
Trading Mechanics
Fill Rate
The percentage of an order that gets executed.
Trading Mechanics
Fill or Kill (FOK)
An order that must be fully filled immediately or canceled.
Data Sources
Finnhub
Real-time market data provider supplying stock quotes, company news, and earnings information.
Trading Mechanics
Flash Crash
A sudden, deep, rapid market drop followed by recovery.
Trading Mechanics
Flash Rally
A sudden upward move followed by stabilization.
Financial Terms
Free Cash Flow (FCF)
Cash left after operating expenses and capital spending.
Trading Mechanics
Front Running
Trading ahead of expected large orders.
Analysis Tools
Fundamental Analysis
A method of evaluating assets using financial and economic factors.
Financial Terms
Future
A contract to buy or sell an asset at a future date and price.
Financial Terms
Futures
Standardized contracts obligating parties to buy or sell an asset at a predetermined future date and price.
Data Sources
GDELT Project
A global database monitoring world news media in real-time.
Trading Mechanics
Gap
A price jump between trading sessions with no overlap.
Trading Mechanics
Good-Till-Cancelled (GTC)
An order that remains open until filled or manually canceled.
User Features
Growth Investing
Targeting companies expected to grow faster than peers.
Financial Terms
Growth Stock
A company expected to grow faster than the market average.
Financial Terms
Hedge
A strategy used to reduce risk.
Financial Terms
Hedge Fund
A private investment fund that uses advanced strategies to seek high returns.
Trading Mechanics
High-Frequency Trading (HFT)
Algorithmic trading at extremely high speeds.
Trading Mechanics
Hot Potato Trading
Rapid passing of positions among market makers.
Trading Mechanics
Iceberg Order
A large order split into smaller visible parts.
Trading Mechanics
Imbalance
An area where buying or selling dominated with little opposition.
Trading Mechanics
Implied Volatility (IV)
Market expectations of future volatility.
User Features
Income Investing
Focusing on assets that generate reliable income.
Financial Terms
Index Fund
A fund that tracks a market index rather than actively selecting assets.
Market Conditions
Inflation Hedge
An asset that tends to rise when inflation increases.
Financial Terms
Initial Public Offering (IPO)
A company's first sale of shares to the public.
Analysis Tools
Insider Activity Lens
Analysis tool showing insider trading patterns to help you understand what company executives are doing with their own stock.
Financial Terms
Insider Trading
Trading based on non-public information.
Core Concepts
InsightHarbor
Rippli's intelligence engine that processes market data from multiple sources and extracts actionable insights in real-time.
Financial Terms
Institutional Ownership
The percentage of shares held by large investors.
Core Concepts
Intrinsic Value
An asset's true worth based on fundamentals.
User Features
Keyboard Shortcuts
Quick access commands for power users.
Trading Mechanics
Latency
The delay between data generation and execution.
Trading Mechanics
Level 1 Data
Basic market data: bid, ask, last price.
Trading Mechanics
Level 2 Data
Order book depth showing multiple bid/ask levels.
Financial Terms
Leverage
Using borrowed funds to amplify returns.
Trading Mechanics
Leverage Ratio
A measure of how much borrowing supports a trade.
Trading Mechanics
Limit Order
An order to buy or sell at a specific price or better.
Financial Terms
Liquidity
How easily an asset can be bought or sold without affecting its price.
Market Conditions
Liquidity Risk
The risk of being unable to buy or sell an asset quickly.
Trading Mechanics
Liquidity Zones
Areas with dense stop orders or resting liquidity.
Trading Mechanics
Long Position
Buying an asset expecting it to rise.
Financial Terms
M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions)
Corporate transactions where companies combine or one purchases another.
Trading Mechanics
MACD
A momentum indicator showing trend shifts.
Trading Mechanics
Margin Call
A demand to add funds to maintain a leveraged position.
User Features
Margin Trading
Borrowing money to buy securities.
Trading Mechanics
Market Breadth
How many stocks participate in a market move.
Financial Terms
Market Cap
Total value of a company's stock (share price × shares outstanding).
Core Concepts
Market Capitalization
The total value of a company's outstanding shares.
Trading Mechanics
Market Cycle
The recurring phases of expansion and contraction.
Trading Mechanics
Market Depth
The volume of buy and sell orders across price levels.
Trading Mechanics
Market Impact
The effect a trade has on price.
Financial Terms
Market Index
A benchmark that tracks the performance of a group of securities.
Trading Mechanics
Market Maker
A firm or trader that provides continuous bid and ask prices.
Trading Mechanics
Market Manipulation
Intentional interference with price.
Trading Mechanics
Market Microstructure
The mechanics of how trades occur in real time.
Trading Mechanics
Market Neutral
A strategy seeking profits without directional exposure.
Trading Mechanics
Market Order
An order to buy or sell immediately at the best available price.
Trading Mechanics
Market Sentiment
The overall emotional tone of the market.
Trading Mechanics
Market Structure
The pattern of highs and lows showing trend direction.
User Features
Market Timing
Attempting to predict future price movements.
Analysis Tools
Mean Reversion
The idea that prices return to long-term averages.
Trading Mechanics
Momentum
The strength and persistence of price movement.
User Features
Momentum Investing
A strategy based on buying rising assets and selling falling ones.
Trading Mechanics
Moving Average
A smoothed price line showing trend direction.
Core Concepts
Multi-Model Sentiment Analysis
Rippli's approach to measuring market sentiment by combining multiple analysis methods for more accurate results than any single method alone.
Financial Terms
Mutual Fund
A pooled investment vehicle managed by professionals.
Financial Terms
Net Income
A company's total profit after expenses and taxes.
Data Sources
NewsAPI
A service that aggregates news articles from various sources worldwide.
Core Concepts
Nexus Pathway
Rippli's interactive network visualization that maps relationships between companies, people, and market events as an explorable graph.
Trading Mechanics
Open Interest
The number of open futures or options contracts.
Trading Mechanics
Opening Auction
The price discovery process at market open.
Financial Terms
Option
A contract giving the right, not obligation, to buy or sell an asset.
Financial Terms
Options
Financial contracts giving the buyer the right, but not obligation, to buy or sell an asset at a predetermined price.
Trading Mechanics
Order Block (OB)
The last candle before a strong price move.
Trading Mechanics
Order Book
A list of buy and sell orders organized by price levels.
Trading Mechanics
Order Flow
The real-time flow of buy and sell orders.
Trading Mechanics
Order Imbalance
A strong mismatch between buy and sell orders.
Trading Mechanics
Order Latency Arbitrage
Exploiting price differences due to latency.
Trading Mechanics
Order-Driven Market
A market where prices come from public limit orders.
Trading Mechanics
Over-the-Counter (OTC)
Trading directly between parties without an exchange.
Trading Mechanics
Overbought
A condition where price has risen too quickly.
Trading Mechanics
Oversold
A condition where price has fallen too fast.
User Features
Passive Investing
A strategy focused on matching market performance.
Analysis Tools
Peer Comparison
Analysis comparing a company's metrics against similar companies in the same industry.
Trading Mechanics
Pivot Points
Calculated levels used to identify intraday support and resistance.
Data Sources
Polygon.io
A financial data platform providing real-time and historical market data.
Core Concepts
Portfolio
A collection of financial investments like stocks, bonds, commodities, and cash equivalents.
User Features
Portfolio Tracking
Tools for monitoring the performance and composition of your investment holdings over time.
Trading Mechanics
Price Action
Trading decisions based purely on price movement.
Financial Terms
Price-to-Book Ratio (P/B)
A valuation metric comparing market value to book value.
Financial Terms
Price-to-Earnings Ratio (P/E)
A valuation metric comparing share price to earnings.
Financial Terms
Price-to-Sales Ratio (P/S)
A valuation ratio comparing stock price to revenue per share.
Financial Terms
Profit Margin
The percentage of revenue that becomes profit.
Data Sources
Prospectus
A document detailing a new security offering.
Data Sources
Proxy Statement
A document shareholders receive before voting on company matters.
Trading Mechanics
Pullback
A temporary move against the prevailing trend.
Trading Mechanics
Pump and Dump
A scheme to inflate price before selling.
Trading Mechanics
Quote Stuffing
Submitting large numbers of orders to slow markets.
Trading Mechanics
Quote-Driven Market
A market where designated dealers set prices.
Trading Mechanics
RSI
A momentum indicator measuring overbought or oversold conditions.
User Features
Rebalancing
Adjusting portfolio weights to target allocations.
Analysis Tools
Relationship Mapping
Visual representation of connections between companies, people, and market factors.
Trading Mechanics
Relative Volume (RVOL)
Volume compared to average levels.
Trading Mechanics
Resistance
A price level where selling pressure often emerges.
Financial Terms
Return on Assets (ROA)
Profitability measured against total assets.
Financial Terms
Return on Equity (ROE)
A measure of profitability relative to shareholder equity.
Financial Terms
Return on Investment (ROI)
A measure of an investment's profitability relative to cost.
Financial Terms
Revenue
The total income a company generates from its operations.
Trading Mechanics
Reversal
A change in trend direction.
Core Concepts
Ripple Effect
The cascading impact of a market event as it spreads through interconnected companies, sectors, and economic factors - like ripples on a pond.
Core Concepts
Rippli Insight
AI-generated analysis providing executive-level summaries and strategic recommendations.
Core Concepts
Risk Tolerance
The degree of variability in investment returns that an investor is willing to withstand.
Trading Mechanics
Risk-On / Risk-Off
Market phases where investors seek or avoid risk.
Data Sources
SEC EDGAR
The SEC's official database of company filings - Rippli pulls insider trading, financial statements, and material event disclosures.
User Features
Saved Searches
A feature allowing users to store and quickly access frequently used search queries and filters.
Core Concepts
Scale of Impact (SoI)
A proprietary composite score (0-100) that measures how significant a market event is and how far its effects will spread across connected companies.
Financial Terms
Sector
A group of related industries (e.g., Technology, Healthcare, Energy).
Analysis Tools
Sentiment Analysis
The use of natural language processing to identify opinions from text about market conditions.
Trading Mechanics
Settlement
The process of transferring ownership after a trade.
Financial Terms
Share Buyback
When a company repurchases its own shares.
Analysis Tools
Sharpe Ratio
A measure of risk-adjusted return.
Financial Terms
Short Interest
The number of shares sold short but not yet covered.
Trading Mechanics
Short Position
Selling an asset expecting it to fall.
Financial Terms
Short Selling
An investment strategy that speculates on the decline of a stock's price by borrowing shares to sell and repurchase later.
Financial Terms
Short Squeeze
A rapid price increase that forces short sellers to cover.
Trading Mechanics
Slippage
The difference between expected and actual execution price.
Analysis Tools
Sortino Ratio
A variation of Sharpe that focuses on downside risk.
Trading Mechanics
Spoofing
Placing fake orders to manipulate price.
Trading Mechanics
Spread
The difference between two prices, assets, or yields.
Trading Mechanics
Spread Trading
Simultaneously buying one asset and selling another.
Analysis Tools
Standard Deviation
A statistical measure of price volatility.
Analysis Tools
Stock Analysis Workstation
A comprehensive research page for individual stocks, similar to professional trading terminals.
Core Concepts
Stock Impact Network
A real-time view showing which companies are affected when news breaks, organized by their relationship to the event.
Financial Terms
Stock Split
Increasing share count while reducing share price proportionally.
Trading Mechanics
Stop Hunt
A move targeting stop-loss orders before reversing.
Trading Mechanics
Stop Order
An order triggered once price reaches a specified level.
Trading Mechanics
Stop-Limit Order
A stop order that converts into a limit order after activation.
Analysis Tools
Supply Chain Analysis
Visual mapping of a company's suppliers (who they buy from) and customers (who they sell to).
Trading Mechanics
Support
A price level where buying interest is historically strong.
Market Conditions
Systematic Risk
Market-wide risk that cannot be diversified away.
Trading Mechanics
T+2 Settlement
Most equities settle two days after the trade.
Trading Mechanics
TWAP
Time-Weighted Average Price execution strategy.
Trading Mechanics
Tape Reading
Interpreting real-time trade prints to understand momentum.
Trading Mechanics
Tape Speed
The speed at which trades print.
Analysis Tools
Technical Analysis
A trading discipline that evaluates investments by analyzing statistical trends.
Trading Mechanics
Tick Chart
A chart based on number of transactions, not time.
Trading Mechanics
Tick Size
The minimum price increment an asset can move.
Trading Mechanics
Time & Sales
A list of executed trades with size and price.
Core Concepts
Time Horizon
The expected length of time an investment will be held before funds are needed.
Trading Mechanics
Trendline
A line connecting highs or lows to show trend direction.
Analysis Tools
Universal Search
Rippli's intelligent search that accepts any input - tickers, company names, people, products, or even news headlines - and returns comprehensive market intelligence.
Market Conditions
Unsystematic Risk
Company-specific or industry-specific risk.
Trading Mechanics
VWAP (Volume-Weighted Average Price)
Average price weighted by volume.
Trading Mechanics
VWAP Execution
Execution benchmark based on volume distribution.
Analysis Tools
Valuation
The process of determining the intrinsic worth of an asset.
User Features
Value Investing
Buying undervalued assets based on fundamentals.
Financial Terms
Value Stock
A stock considered undervalued relative to its fundamentals.
Financial Terms
Volatility
The degree of variation in an asset's price over time.
Trading Mechanics
Volume
The number of shares or contracts traded.
Trading Mechanics
Volume Profile
Shows traded volume at each price level.
Trading Mechanics
Wash Trading
Buying and selling simultaneously to inflate volume.
Analysis Tools
Watchlist
Your personalized list of stocks to track, with filtered news and alerts.
Financial Terms
Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
The blended cost of debt and equity financing.
Trading Mechanics
Whipsaw
A false signal where price reverses quickly.
Trading Mechanics
Wick / Shadow
The thin lines showing price rejection above or below the candle body.
Data Sources
Yahoo Finance
Comprehensive financial data source for market data, fundamentals, and analyst recommendations.
Financial Terms
Yield
The income return generated by an investment, usually expressed as a percentage.
Financial Terms
Yield Curve
A graph showing interest rates across maturities.