Glossary of Terms

Vedic terms

• tithi — lunar day: one of the30 phases of the Moon–Sun elongation within a lunar month.
• nakshatra — one of the27 lunar mansions the Moon travels through; a finer-grained zodiac used for timing.
• Rasi — the zodiac sign a planet occupies (whole-sign Vedic house).
• retrograde — a planet appearing to move backward; treated in AMI as an intensified, review-flavored factor.
• Muhurta — an auspicious48-minute window (one of30 in a day) chosen for a specific activity.
• Dasha — a planetary period that rules a stretch of time in Vedic astrology.
• Pada — a quarter of a nakshatra (27 ×4 =108 pads) used for precise division of signs.
• eclipse window — the period around a solar or lunar eclipse, flagged separately in Factor Lab.

Trading & statistics

• RSI — Relative Strength Index: momentum oscillator0–100 (default14).
• MACD — trend/momentum from EMA12/26 with a9-period signal line.
• EMA20 / EMA50 — fast and slow exponential moving averages; their cross is a default Pine trigger.
• ATR — Average True Range: typical volatility per bar; drives the risk label and position sizing.
• Bias — Bullish / Neutral / Bearish derived from the overall score.
• Risk label — LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH from volatility, engine disagreement, and RSI extremes.
• Confidence — agreement between the two engines plus distance from50; High ≥70, Medium ≥45.
• Calibrated probability — a predicted chance that matches observed frequency over time; a tendency, not a guarantee.
• AUC — Area Under the ROC Curve: discriminative power of a model. 0.5 = random guessing,1.0 = perfect; AMI publishes ≈0.53.
• Webhook — the server endpoint that accepts TradingView’s JSON alerts.

AMI-specific terms

• Readiness score — the0–100 “should I trade today” score built from six layers (profile, behavior, risk card, limits, checklist, check-in, climate).
• Market Climate — a calendar-based risk-regime hypothesis (Chapter7).
• Factor Lab — historical win-rate testing of every factor (Chapter8).
• Risk Cockpit — position sizing and hard limits (Chapter6).
• If–Then Rules — prewritten trigger–→–action contracts for your future self.
• API key — your identity for API calls (ami_...).
• BYOK — Bring Your Own Key: your own LLM provider key, stored encrypted and used only for your calls.