A strategy that uses financial leverage by shorting poor performing stocks and purchasing shares that are expected to have high returns. A 130-30 ratio…

An order to buy or sell at a price set higher than the current market price of the security. Examples of above the market orders include: a limit order…

Рыночный индикатор, используемый для определения уровней волатильности на рынке без учета направления цен. Он рассчитывается как абсолютное значение разности…

A stock index designed to measure absolute returns. The absolute return index is actually a composite index made up of five other indexes. This index…

An investment strategy involving ongoing buying and selling actions by the investor. Active investors purchase investments and continuously monitor their…

The use of a human element, such as a single manager, co-managers or a team of managers, to actively manage a fund's portfolio. Active managers rely on…

The action of a trader/investor increasing a position in an asset when its price is heading in the direction that's opposite to what the investor/trader…

A technical analysis tool that represents the total difference between the number of advancing and declining security prices. This index is considered…

An obligation of NYSE specialists to enter the market on a particular security (either by posting or bidding and ask) when there is not sufficient market…

The last transaction and final price of a security that is traded in the after-hours market. The after-hours market is generally more volatile than the…

Trading after regular trading hours on the major exchanges. Also known as the "after-hours market". This was once reserved for institutional investors…

A set of rules for accomplishing a task in a certain number of steps. One common example is a recipe, which is an algorithm for preparing a meal. Algorithms…

An official notification from an options clearing firm to the writer of an option that the current option holder has exercised and, therefore, the writer…

A combination order whereby two separate orders are entered on the same security. The execution of one order cancels the other.For example, if you purchased…

A trading system that is not regulated as an exchange, but is a venue for matching the buy and sell orders of its subscribers. Alternative trading systems…

The third-largest stock exchange by trading volume in the United States. In 2008 it was acquired by the NYSE Euronext and became the NYSE Amex Equities…

The difference in price from the midpoint of a trough to the midpoint of a peak of a security. Amplitude is positive when calculating a bullish retracement…

A technical indicator that uses three parallel trendlines to identify possible levels of support and resistance. The trendlines are created by placing…

The impact on markets from the news that a change will occur at some future date. It can be used as a general term for the reaction to any development…

Visible bids and offers on the market without the identity of the bidder and seller being revealed. Anonymous trades allow the high profile investors…

A type of investor who attempts to profit from price inefficiencies in the market by making simultaneous trades that offset each other and capturing risk-free…

A technical indicator, developed by Tushar Chande in 1995, used for identifying trends in an underlying security and the likelihood that the trends will…

An ascending channel is the price action contained between upward sloping parallel lines. Higher pivot highs and higher pivot lows are technical signals…

The price a seller is willing to accept for a security, also known as the offer price. Along with the price, the ask quote will generally also stipulate…

The number of shares a seller is selling at a quoted ask price. If someone is willing to sell 10,000 shares @ $2 per share, then the ask size is 10,000 shares.

An incorrectly valued stock that is attractive because its combined asset value is greater than its market capitalization. This type of stock is called…

The name given to participants within the futures market that are involved in the solicitation or facilitation of transacting customer orders, the maintenance…

An order specifying that a trade is to be executed at the close of the market, or as near to the closing price as possible. It's essentially a market…

An order specifying that a trade is to be executed at the opening of the market, otherwise it's canceled. With this type of order you are not necessarily…

A type of dutch auction that involves a process used to reset the interest payments, or dividends, that are paid on preferred stock or mutual fund shares…

The interest rate that will be paid on a specific security as determined by the Dutch auction process. The auctions take place at periodic intervals…

AUTEX is an electronic platform from Thomson Financial that allows potential buyers or sellers of a large block of shares to identify other large traders…

The average amount of individual securities traded in a day or over a specified amount of time. Trading activity relates to the liquidity of a security…

A measure of volatility introduced by Welles Wilder in his book: New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems. The True Range indicator is the greatest of…

When the bid on an order is lower (or the ask price is higher) than the current market price for the security. In this case, the bid/ask spread is above…

The market maker who is most central to the price action of a specific security. The ax can be identified by spending several days studying level II quotes…

A type of options spread in which a trader holds more long positions than short positions. The premium collected from the sale of the short option is…

An informal investment term used to describe an investor who holds a position in a stock which decreases in value until it is worthless. Typically, the…

A graphical representation of a stock's movement that usually contains the open, high, low and closing prices for a set period of time. For example…

A style of chart used by some technical analysts, on which, as illustrated below, the top of the vertical line indicates the highest price a security…

A multi-factor model created by Barra Inc., which is used to measure the overall risk associated with a security relative to the market. Barra Risk Factor…

A yield-rate environment in which short-term interest rates are increasing at a faster rate than long-term interest rates. This causes the yield curve…

A type of candlestick pattern that is used by traders to signal a reversal in the current uptrend. This pattern is formed by three distinct candlesticks…

The valuation at which the property should exchange at the date of origin, and the beginning of each period. The beginning market value at the start of…

Originally one of the oldest stock exchanges in Germany, BER was founded in 1685. The Berlin Stock exchange merged with Borse Bremen in 2003, and the…

A slang term for an investor who sells shares at or below the bid price. This is considered outside the norm, as sellers normally settle for a price between…

A large amount of the same security bought or sold by institutional or other large investors. There is no official size designation constituting a block…

A major global provider of 24-hour financial news and information including real-time and historic price data, financials data, trading news and analyst…

A trader who has another source of income, and does not trade as a means, but rather as a savings plan, or bonus, etc. This person typically does not…

A bond future is a contractual obligation for the contract holder to purchase or sell a bond on a specified date at a predetermined price. A bond future…