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Every term is defined twice: once the way a filing would put it, and once the way somebody would explain it to you across a table. The second one is usually the one that sticks.

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Data mining

Technical analysis

Searching historical data across many combinations until one of them shows a statistically significant pattern.

In plain terms

Twelve months, five weekdays, four quarters and roughly 250 trading days guarantee some winners by chance alone. A seasonal effect counts only if you can name the mechanism before you look at the returns.

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Indian stock market glossary · Market Vidyalaya