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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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LTV

Fundamental analysis
Also called: Lifetime value, Customer lifetime value

Lifetime value — the total contribution a single customer is expected to produce across the whole relationship.

In plain terms

Only meaningful next to CAC. Below one, the company is buying revenue rather than earning it.

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CAC

Fundamental analysis
Also called: Customer acquisition cost

Customer Acquisition Cost — marketing spend divided by the number of new customers it brought in.

In plain terms

Rising CAC means growth is getting more expensive. Read it against lifetime value: below one, every customer acquired is a net loss.

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Trading session

Trading & orders

One occasion on which a market segment was open, from its opening procedure to its closing procedure — the unit a daily bar on a chart represents.

In plain terms

A daily candle is a session, not a day. The chart draws no gap for weekends or holidays, so anything you count in bars is counted in sessions while interest, time value and news accumulate in calendar time.

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Indian stock market glossary · Market Vidyalaya