The use of abbreviations is convenient as it allows writing more compact sentences. To keep stocoto concise, it is used on all the analysis pages and also in the articles on stocoto.com. Many people are used to this at the workplace because it has often become part of the company culture to have a unique and expanded set of three-letter abbreviations. The downside is that it can cause confusion and requires some knowledge to use the webtool in an optimal manner. Therefore, a solution was created in the shape of a page that explains all these abbreviations in a single overview. Hence, stocoto.com also has an abbreviation page that collects all of them.
Below are all the abbreviations used in the stock comparison tool. In case you find an abbreviation that is missing, get in touch, and it will be added to the list.
List of abbreviations
A/D – Accumulation / Distribution
AEX – Amsterdam EXchange
Avg – Average
CAC – Cotation Assistée en Continu
CCI – Commodity Channel Index
COGS – Cost Of Goods Sold
DAX – Deutscher Aktien Index
EMA – Exponential Moving Average
GAAP – Generally accepted accounting principles
IFRS – International Financial Reporting Standards
MA – Moving Average
MACD – Moving Average Convergence Divergence
MFI – Money Flow Index
MFM – Money Flow Multiplier
MFV – Money Flow Volume
NASDAQ – National Association of Security Dealers Automated Quotations
R&D – Research and Development
RS – Relative Strength
RSI – Relative Strength Index
S&P – Standard & Poor
SMA – Smoothed Moving Average
SMI – Swiss Market Index
StoCoTo – Stock Comparison Tool
VAT – Value Added Tax
TP – Typical Price
OBV – On Balance Volume