Bull U Financial Glossary

A professional stock analyst's Buy/Hold/Sell opinion and price target - one input among many, not a guarantee.

A measure of how much a stock typically moves in a day, used to set stop/target distances that scale with a stock's OWN normal volatility instead of a flat dollar amount.

A sustained period of falling prices, usually defined as a 20%+ drop from a recent high, alongside general pessimism.

How much a stock tends to move relative to the overall market. Beta of 1.5 means it typically swings 50% more than the market, in both directions.

The gap between the highest price a buyer will pay (bid) and the lowest a seller will accept (ask). A wide spread is a sign of thin liquidity.

A sustained period of rising prices and investor optimism. BullYeah's whole naming theme comes from here.

BullYeah's own 0-100 output blending multiple pillars (trend, momentum, fundamentals, risk, and more) into one number for a given stock and horizon.

The Swing Conviction Board's ordering formula - blends Conviction Score with momentum, confirmation, risk:reward, freshness, catalyst strength, and an overextension penalty, so the board isn't just 'sorted by score.'

A specific event or news item (earnings, a product launch, a Fed decision) that could meaningfully move a stock's price - the 'why now' behind a setup.

Owning many stocks that all move together (say, ten different chipmakers) isn't real diversification - one bad sector day still hits your whole portfolio at once.

How much a company relies on borrowed money versus its own shareholder equity. Very high leverage means more risk if business slows down.

Spreading money across different stocks/sectors so one bad outcome doesn't sink your whole portfolio. Not putting all your eggs in one basket, literally.

A cash payment a company sends to shareholders, usually quarterly, as a way of sharing profits directly instead of only through stock price growth.

Annual dividend payments as a percentage of the stock price - a rough way to compare how much 'cash income' different stocks pay out.

How far a position (or portfolio) has fallen from its peak value - the real, felt cost of risk, separate from whether you 'technically' made money over a longer stretch.

A price range (not one exact number) considered a reasonable place to start a position - real markets tick around too much to nail an exact entry price.

A company's profit divided by its shares outstanding - the per-share slice of what the business actually earned.

A fund that just holds a whole basket of stocks (like the S&P 500) instead of trying to pick winners - built-in diversification in one purchase.

The price at which the original reason for a trade is considered wrong - if price reaches it, the setup is invalidated and the honest move is to exit, not hope.

How easily a stock can be bought or sold without moving its price much. High trading volume usually means high liquidity.

The total value of every share of a company, all added up (share price x shares outstanding). It's why a $50 stock can be a bigger company than a $500 one.

How favorable the broader backdrop currently is - comparing a stock's own performance against a benchmark (like the S&P 500), or against BTC-USD for crypto. The same stock can score differently depending on whether the overall tide is coming in or going out.

The average closing price over a set number of past days (or weeks), smoothed out into a line - a quick way to see the underlying trend without the daily noise.

Whether recent news/headlines about a company read as broadly positive, negative, or neutral - a real signal, but a noisy and fast-moving one.

A stock BullYeah has publicly, permanently logged as meeting its bar for a horizon - timestamped the moment it's added, tracked (win or lose) until it exits, never edited after the fact.

When a price has moved so far, so fast, from its own trend average that a pullback becomes statistically more likely - 'priced in and then some.'

Price divided by earnings per share - roughly, how many years of current profit it'd take to 'pay back' the stock price. Higher usually means the market expects more future growth.

Deciding how much money to put into a single trade based on your risk tolerance - the actual skill that keeps one bad trade from being a disaster.

What percentage of revenue actually turns into profit after every cost. A company can grow sales fast and still be a bad business if margins are razor-thin.

How much a company's total sales grew compared to a prior period. Growing revenue with shrinking profit is a real warning sign, not a green flag.

How much upside you're targeting compared to how much you're risking. A 2:1 ratio means the target is twice as far away as the stop - so you can be wrong more often than right and still come out ahead.

A 0-100 momentum gauge. Above 70 is usually read as 'overbought' (may be due for a pullback), below 30 as 'oversold' (may be due for a bounce).

BullYeah's permanent, append-only record of every score it has ever shown a real user - the receipts behind claims about historical accuracy.

The total number of shares of a company that currently exist and are owned by someone. Multiply by price to get market cap.

Borrowing shares to sell now, betting the price falls so you can buy them back cheaper later. Profits if the stock drops, loses (in theory, unlimited) if it rises.

A predetermined price where you exit a losing trade automatically, capping the damage instead of hoping it comes back.

Price levels where a stock has repeatedly stopped falling (support) or stopped rising (resistance) in the past - not magic, just where past buyers/sellers showed up in force before.

BullYeah's plain-English label for where a tracked Swing setup stands right now: Emerging (new), Confirming, High Conviction, or Weakening.

The short letter code a stock trades under (AAPL, NVDA, TGT) - basically its username on the exchange.

How long you actually plan to hold a position - Day (hours), Swing (weeks), or Invest (years). BullYeah scores the SAME stock differently per horizon because what matters changes with the timeframe.

The general direction a price has been heading over time - up, down, or sideways. Most strategies work WITH the trend, not against it.

How much and how fast a price swings around. High volatility means bigger, faster moves in both directions - more opportunity AND more risk.

The number of shares that changed hands in a given period. A price move on high volume is generally considered more meaningful than the same move on low volume.