A nominal fee that was created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to be an additional transaction cost attached to the selling of exchange-listed…

A market where investors purchase securities or assets from other investors, rather than from issuing companies themselves. The national exchanges - such…

A type of serious white-collar crime in which a person or company, such as a stockbroker, brokerage firm, corporation or investment bank, misrepresents…

A proactive trading strategy carried out by selling out of a long or into a short position when the price of the asset being traded is still rising but…

An abbreviation of the Bombay Exchange Sensitive Index (Sensex) - the benchmark index of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). It is composed of 30 of the…

A price level predetermined as the point of entry into a specific security, stock, or currency. Once the setup price is broken the trader will enter the…

One of three stock exchanges in the People's Republic of China, located in Shenzhen. The SHZ lists more than 1500 companies, most of which are controlled…

An investment strategy that is focused on mitigating a risk that has already been taken. The "short" portion of the term refers to the act of shorting…

The total number of shares of a security that have been sold short by customers and securities firms. Short interest is typically expressed as a percentage…

A sentiment indicator that is derived by dividing the short interest by the average daily volume for a stock. This indicator is used by both fundamental…

The theory that a large short interest is the predecessor of a rise in the price of a stock. The reasoning behind this is that the short positions must…

A market transaction in which an investor sells borrowed securities in anticipation of a price decline and is required to return an equal number of shares…

The act of short selling securities that you already own. This results in a neutral position where your gains in a stock are equal to the losses. For…

The selling of a security that the seller does not own, or any sale that is completed by the delivery of a security borrowed by the seller. Short sellers…

A situation in which a lack of supply and an excess demand for a traded stock forces the price upward. Short squeezes occur more often in smaller cap…

An investment strategy in which one investor allows a second investor to control where and how to invest the capital. The sidecar investment will usually…

A situation where stock prices change little over a specific period of time. Consequently, traders who follow trends when making their investment decisions…

A moving average plotted alongside a technical indicator and is used to create transaction signals. Buy signals are generally created when the indicator…

The idea that insiders have information not available to the market. Moves made by insiders can signal information to outsiders and change the stock price…

A form of authentication issued by a bank or other financial institution that verifies the legitimacy of a signature and the signatory's overall request…

A futures contract with an underlying of one particular stock, usually in batches of 100. No transmission of share rights or dividends occur. Behaving…

Describe asymmetry from the normal distribution in a set of statistical data. Skewness can come in the form of "negative skewness" or "positive skewness…

A computer network that automatically executes trades in Nasdaq market securities and some Nasdaq small cap securities. This allows individual investors…

An options or futures investor holding or controlling a single position below the required reporting levels. The reporting level for each option or futures…

A slang term for traders who make rapid buy and sell orders, using the SOES system, in order to make a profit from small price changes. Since the SOES…

A mental price or percentage set by traders where they will place a buy or sell order. A soft stop order is a position set by traders where they should…

A special account where excess margin generated from a client's margin account is deposited. Also known as "special miscellaneous account".The purpose…

The firms that hire the specialists to represent companies listed on certain exchanges. Companies listed on certain exchanges will interview employees…

A ratio comparing the number of short sales made by specialists versus the total number of short sales transacted on the market.This ratio is a sentiment…

A ratio comparing the volume of trades upon the American Stock Exchange and the NYSE. Many of the shares transacted on the AMEX are small cap and speculative…

The funds earmarked by an investor for the sole purpose of speculation. This capital is often associated with extreme volatility and a high probability…

A company with a large number of assets tied up in projects with uncertain returns. The projects that a speculative company is participating in have…

A type of candlestick formation where the real body is small despite a wide range of price movement throughout the trading day. This candle is often regarded…

The act of dividing a large order of financial securities into several smaller lots in order to allow each portion to be traded at different prices. The…

A type of speculation that involves taking a bet on the price movement of a security. A spread betting company quotes two prices, the bid and offer price…

A slang term for short-term speculator. In other words, a stag is someone who trades frequently and tries to make quick profits in a short amount of time.

An indicator used in technical analysis that ranges between zero and one and is created by applying the Stochastic Oscillator formula to a set of Relative…

A situation in which an order is placed, but not executed, because of a previously sent order involving the same price. Depending on the exchange's priority…

An individual, either acting alone or on behalf of someone else, who attempts to devalue a stock by spreading false or exaggerated claims against a public…

A note of suggestion or thinking that initiates the further analysis of a potential investment. Stock ideas can be thought of when news comes across the…

A situation in which an analyst or investor uses a systematic form of analysis to conclude that a particular stock will make a good investment and, therefore…

An investment strategy that attempts to mimic the returns of a certain asset or group of assets by using a combination of different derivatives rather…

A strategy that attempts to force some market participants out of their positions by driving the price of an asset to a level where many individuals have…

A type of stock purchasing recommendation given by analysts for a stock that is expected to dramatically outperform the average market return and/or the…

A swap that is carried out by trading a fixed-income security for a higher yielding bond with similar features. The two securities being swapped have…

A legal description of the predetermined settlement price for a contract or negotiable instrument. This term refers to the stated final payment to be…

A high-volume transaction prematurely revealed to the market before the order is even entered. Sunshine trades are meant to reduce confusion and speculation…

A fully integrated order entry and execution system used by Nasdaq for all securities' transactions. The SuperMontage system has replaced the SuperSoes…

One of three key market participants on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Supplemental Liquidity Providers (SLPs) are market participants that use sophisticated…

The price level which, historically, a stock has had difficulty falling below. It is thought of as the level at which a lot of buyers tend to enter the…