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dance: smartly execute stock positions for brief durations and profit. Dragonfly minuting is dancing.:

dance: smartly execute stock positions for brief durations and profit. Dragonfly minuting is dancing.

data drought: a 6 tick chart not moving, then rapidly flowing with bars. Compare data flood.:

data drought: a 6 tick chart not moving, then rapidly flowing with bars. Compare data flood.

data flood (aka data overload, data freeze): (the TradeStation Desktop) pulling in so much data that the Desktop becomes unresponsive.:

data flood (aka data overload, data freeze): (the TradeStation Desktop) pulling in so much data that the Desktop becomes unresponsive.

data pull: a relative measure of how much data is pulled into the TradeStation Desktop to show a chart. To optimize performance, minimize data pull.:

data pull: a relative measure of how much data is pulled into the TradeStation Desktop to show a chart. To optimize performance, minimize data pull.

day trading (aka intraday trading): stock trading whereupon all positions are closed by the end a single regular session.:

day trading (aka intraday trading): stock trading whereupon all positions are closed by the end a single regular session.

dead cat bounce: a temporary, deceptive rally in the price of a stock or asset after a significant decline. The rebound looks like recovery but quickly collapses, resuming the downtrend. Sometimes called a sucker rally because it tricks investors into thinking the worst is over.:

dead cat bounce: a temporary, deceptive rally in the price of a stock or asset after a significant decline. The rebound looks like recovery but quickly collapses, resuming the downtrend. Sometimes called a sucker rally because it tricks investors into thinking the worst is over.

dead tape: when the stream of executed trades stops behaving like a continuous auction and instead becomes structurally inert: not producing impulses, sustaining displacement, or forming trend steps. There is no flow, no intent, no movement, and no opportunity with dead tape.:

dead tape: when the stream of executed trades stops behaving like a continuous auction and instead becomes structurally inert: not producing impulses, sustaining displacement, or forming trend steps. There is no flow, no intent, no movement, and no opportunity with dead tape.

dealer: an entity that trades for their own account.:

dealer: an entity that trades for their own account.

decision (psychology): a determination of behavioral choice.:

decision (psychology): a determination of behavioral choice.

demand (economics): want of something, expressed by price (what people are willing to pay).:

demand (economics): want of something, expressed by price (what people are willing to pay).

Desktop (capitalized): the TradeStation Windows progam for desktop and laptop computers. desktop (lowercase): the TradeStation desktop, which is a container for workspaces.:

Desktop (capitalized): the TradeStation Windows progam for desktop and laptop computers. desktop (lowercase): the TradeStation desktop, which is a container for workspaces.

dignity: the quality of being worthy.:

dignity: the quality of being worthy.

dilemma: a problem situation that resists theoretical solution.:

dilemma: a problem situation that resists theoretical solution.

displacement: the net directional movement produced by a sequence of trades that share continuity.:

displacement: the net directional movement produced by a sequence of trades that share continuity.

doji: a bar of unchanged price.:

doji: a bar of unchanged price.

DOM (depth of market): a real-time, price-ordered display of the pending buy (bid) and sell (ask) orders for a stock, typically shown as a ladder with price levels down the middle and the resting order size at each level on either side. For minuting, order book information is summarized in the Cockpit indicator. The order sizes on DOM are real-time noise.:

DOM (depth of market): a real-time, price-ordered display of the pending buy (bid) and sell (ask) orders for a stock, typically shown as a ladder with price levels down the middle and the resting order size at each level on either side. For minuting, order book information is summarized in the Cockpit indicator. The order sizes on DOM are real-time noise.

doubling down: opening a 2nd position on a stock.:

doubling down: opening a 2nd position on a stock.

doubt: to be uncertain about or consider unlikely.:

doubt: to be uncertain about or consider unlikely.

dragging: slowing, perhaps stuttering, price movement momentum.:

dragging: slowing, perhaps stuttering, price movement momentum.

Dragonfly Regime: a savvy methodology for minuting.:

Dragonfly Regime: a savvy methodology for minuting.

Dragonfly (investing): a practitioner of minuting (a minuteer) adhering to the Dragonfly Regime. dragonfly (insect): a flying insect that lives as an ambush predator. A dragonfly attacks from behind and below, so that its prey remains unaware of its impending doom. A dragonfly can selectively focus on a single prey amid a fluttering cloud of other insects. A dragonfly tracks its target, constantly calculating intercept trajectory while adjusting for changes. It has a mental model of its body flying through geometric space to precisely rotate and align with its prey’s flight path. At the end of the chase, the dragonfly makes a basket out of its legs and the prey drops into it. “Dragonflies on the hunt perform internal calculations every bit as complex as those of a ballet dancer,” said American zoologist Anthony Leonardo.:

Dragonfly (investing): a practitioner of minuting (a minuteer) adhering to the Dragonfly Regime. dragonfly (insect): a flying insect that lives as an ambush predator. A dragonfly attacks from behind and below, so that its prey remains unaware of its impending doom. A dragonfly can selectively focus on a single prey amid a fluttering cloud of other insects. A dragonfly tracks its target, constantly calculating intercept trajectory while adjusting for changes. It has a mental model of its body flying through geometric space to precisely rotate and align with its prey’s flight path. At the end of the chase, the dragonfly makes a basket out of its legs and the prey drops into it. “Dragonflies on the hunt perform internal calculations every bit as complex as those of a ballet dancer,” said American zoologist Anthony Leonardo.

drift: a consistent vector of direction and small magnitude, with stepping bars, too weak to be a trend.:

drift: a consistent vector of direction and small magnitude, with stepping bars, too weak to be a trend.

drivel: foolish or silly ideas.:

drivel: foolish or silly ideas.

dumb money: (retail) traders who are behavior-driven rather than analysis-driven. Dumb-money trading include chasing tail (buying what recently went up), herd mentality (following hype or social media trends), emotional trading (fear-driven selling, FOMO (fear of missing out) buying), bad timing (buying near peaks, selling during dips), and over-trading (fruitless high turnover).:

dumb money: (retail) traders who are behavior-driven rather than analysis-driven. Dumb-money trading include chasing tail (buying what recently went up), herd mentality (following hype or social media trends), emotional trading (fear-driven selling, FOMO (fear of missing out) buying), bad timing (buying near peaks, selling during dips), and over-trading (fruitless high turnover).

duration: a designated measure related to time.:

duration: a designated measure related to time.

dynamics: the driving forces at work in a changing system or situation.:

dynamics: the driving forces at work in a changing system or situation.