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193 terms9 subjectsUPDATED 2026-08-04
01 · Build
02 · Prove
03 · Hold
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193 terms
A
16 terms- AAGRAnalysis
- Account deletionAccount & security
- AccuracyPortfolio & holdings
- Active sessionsAccount & security
- Adjusted betaAnalysis
- Aggregate comparisonsScreeners
- Allocation and allocation methodStrategies
- Allocations chartAnalysis
- AlphaAnalysis
- AnnualizationAnalysis
- Asset subtypesScreeners
- Asset typeGetting started
- Asset-selection modesGetting started
- Auto-rebalance on flipStrategies
- Average momentumStrategies
- Average painAnalysis
B
7 termsC
22 terms- CAGRAnalysis
- Calculation windowStrategies
- CapitalPortfolio & holdings
- Capital chartAnalysis
- Capital-gains taxBacktesting
- Cash % and capital investedPortfolio & holdings
- Cash dragBacktesting
- Chart togglesAnalysis
- Cherry-picking biasInvesting theory
- CombinedGetting started
- Combined levelGetting started
- Combined weightingStrategies
- Comparison modesScreeners
- Compute timeBacktesting
- Condition typesStrategies
- Confirmation biasInvesting theory
- Confirmation delayStrategies
- ContractsStrategies
- Correlation matrixAnalysis
- Cost-ignoring biasInvesting theory
- Costs toggleBacktesting
- Coverage windowData & methodology
D
10 terms- Daily warm of Live strategiesBacktesting
- Data freshness and frontierBacktesting
- Data-quality biasInvesting theory
- Data-snooping biasInvesting theory
- Data-tier gatingData & methodology
- DelistedData & methodology
- Direction: Long-only, Long + Short, Short-onlyStrategies
- Dividend taxBacktesting
- Dividends and splitsAnalysis
- Duplicate and Copy to MineGetting started
E
6 termsF
12 termsG
2 termsH
4 termsI
8 termsL
6 termsM
15 terms- Mark LiveGetting started
- Market Cap WeightedStrategies
- Market-day and trading-calendar alignmentData & methodology
- MatchesScreeners
- Max drawdownAnalysis
- Max hold monthsStrategies
- Max positionsStrategies
- Max-symbols capScreeners
- Metrics tableAnalysis
- MimickingStrategies
- Min CorrelationStrategies
- Mine / PublicGetting started
- Modern Portfolio TheoryStrategies
- Monthly and yearly averageAnalysis
- Months matrixAnalysis
N
1 termsO
2 termsP
12 terms- P&L breakdownAnalysis
- PasskeysAccount & security
- Passwordless sign-inAccount & security
- Per-strategy risk layerStrategies
- Percent changeStrategies
- Permanent instrument identifierData & methodology
- Plan complianceBacktesting
- PortfolioGetting started
- Positions detail drill-downAnalysis
- Positions summary tableAnalysis
- Positive monthsAnalysis
- Precomputed toggle variantsBacktesting
R
17 terms- Ranking-BasedStrategies
- Raw priceStrategies
- Realized vs open P&LAnalysis
- RebalanceBacktesting
- Reinvest delayStrategies
- Reinvest profitsBacktesting
- Return windowsAnalysis
- Return-to-drawdown ratioAnalysis
- Risk conditionStrategies
- Risk measure selectionStrategies
- Risk ParityStrategies
- Risk templatesStrategies
- Risk-free rateAnalysis
- Risk-Off canonicalizationStrategies
- Risk-On and Risk-OffStrategies
- Rolling correlationAnalysis
- Run statusBacktesting
S
30 terms- ScreenerGetting started
- Screener attachGetting started
- Screener backtestScreeners
- Screener execution and cachingScreeners
- Screener-backtest benchmarkScreeners
- Seed universeStrategies
- Selection biasInvesting theory
- Sequential filtering and Top-N rankingScreeners
- Shared computeBacktesting
- Sharpe ratioAnalysis
- Simple moving average (SMA)Strategies
- Simulation assumptionsBacktesting
- Simulation engineGetting started
- Simulation start yearBacktesting
- Single-asset simplificationStrategies
- SlippageBacktesting
- Sortino ratioAnalysis
- Special data seriesData & methodology
- Special relationsScreeners
- Standard operatorsScreeners
- Start-date sensitivityAnalysis
- Starting capitalBacktesting
- Stop lossStrategies
- StrategyGetting started
- Strategy alertsBacktesting
- Strategy analyticsAnalysis
- Strategy in a CombinedGetting started
- Strategy typeGetting started
- Survivorship biasInvesting theory
- SymbolsListData & methodology
T
16 terms- Take profitStrategies
- Target allocation treemapPortfolio & holdings
- Target notionalPortfolio & holdings
- Target vs deployedPortfolio & holdings
- Tax regimeBacktesting
- Tax residencyBacktesting
- Taxes toggleBacktesting
- To do, To fix, To updatePortfolio & holdings
- Total P&LAnalysis
- Total returnAnalysis
- Tracking errorAnalysis
- Tradable and Not tradableData & methodology
- Transaction costBacktesting
- TTM and YoYScreeners
- Two-condition combinationStrategies
- Two-factor authenticationAccount & security
U
2 termsV
1 termsW
4 termsFincanva provides no financial advice. Backtests show what would have happened — not what will.
GLOSSARY · 193 TERMS