Glossary

Full plain-language definitions live in the desktop app's Home screen ("Understand the system") and Capital screen education panel. This page lists every covered term.

• candidate
  A trading opportunity that has cleared the required rule checks.
• rejection
  A setup that failed one or more required rule checks.
• semantic_block
  Blocked because source wording was not clear enough to auto-approve.
• paper_observation
  A simulated trade using real prices — never a real order.
• gross_pnl
  Profit or loss before fees and slippage.
• net_pnl
  Profit or loss after fees and slippage.
• entry_fee
  The fee charged when opening a position.
• exit_fee
  The fee charged when closing a position.
• slippage
  The difference between the expected price and the executed price.
• risk_amount
  The maximum amount planned to lose on one trade.
• position_notional
  The total size of a position in the market.
• stop_distance
  How far the stop-loss is from the entry price.
• target_distance
  How far the profit target is from the entry price.
• compounding
  Growing capital by reinvesting realised results into the next trade's size.
• drawdown
  A decline from a previous equity peak.
• expectancy
  The average result you can expect per trade over time.
• profit_factor
  Total gains divided by total losses.
• stale_data
  Market data older than the configured freshness window.
• stream_fallback
  Switching to a backup data path when the live stream drops.
• monitor_heartbeat
  A periodic signal confirming the monitor process is alive.
• integrity_check
  An automated scan confirming the system matches its declared rules.
• security_boundary
  The line that keeps credentials and session data out of the web view.