Event risk
Technical analysisThe risk that a scheduled announcement causes a discontinuous price move.
In plain terms
The reason a stop is not a stop through results. Price can open far below where you placed it.
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Glossary
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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Trade plan
Trading & ordersA written specification of trigger, stop, size, invalidation and event risk before entry.
In plain terms
Written at the weekend so it can be executed mechanically during the week.