What is inside
- 22 subject areas, from markets & trading basics, equities and options to macro & central banking, crypto, quant finance and financial history.
- Browse from A to Z, by subject, or by difficulty from beginner to expert.
- Search by name or by alias — abbreviations and alternative names lead to the same entry.
- Notable figures: traders, economists, fund managers and crypto founders.
- World currencies, with their banknotes and coins.
- Star a term and it waits for you on your dashboard.
Tax and legal topics are deliberately left out — they depend on where you live and belong with an adviser.
Plain language first
A definition you can read in one breath, then the detail if you want it.
Worked examples
Expert terms come with at least three examples, so the idea sticks.
Four ways in
A–Z, subject, difficulty or search — whichever way you think.
Inside DESK
What it looks like.
One entry from each level, as it opens in DESK. The first lines are readable; the rest is blurred here and open inside DESK.
Beginner · Dividend
Where most people start: a word you hear every day, explained without assuming anything.
- A one-line definition, then the longer explanation
- A worked example with numbers
- Related terms one click away
Intermediate · Yield curve
The ideas that connect markets to the economy — what the shape of the curve says, and why traders watch it.
- Why it matters for trading
- Risks and common misreadings
- Related terms and aliases
Advanced · Black–Scholes
Models and formulas, written out and then explained line by line.
- The formula in a clean block
- What each input does
- Where the model breaks down
Expert · Vanna
Second-order ideas from options and market structure, each with at least three worked examples.
- Three or more examples per term
- Why it matters for trading
- The pitfalls, named plainly
Built on
named on every panel in the appwritten for DESK