It stands for an electronic communication network; an electronic trading system that uses sophisticated algorithms to transmit orders in real...

A crossing network that is wholly or mostly owned by a stock exchange. By owning its crossing network, an exchange...

An issue of shares which is sold without conferring on the buyers/ holders the right to receive shares which may...

A trading system that is used to buy and sell securities (such as stocks and bonds), financial derivatives (such as...

It stands for extended-hours trading; Electronic trading that occurs after the close of the formal trading session. Trading after these...

Electronic trading that occurs after the close of the formal trading session. Trading after these formal hours was previously an...

The price of a security (brought on margin) that exhausts the equity of a margin account. This happens when its...

The difference between trade price and midpoint. That is, it is the difference between the price at which a dealer...

An institutional investor that amasses a lot of purchasing power (i.e., controls a huge amount of money) and as such...

An order to buy or sell a security (stock, bond, etc.) in a standard amount- i.e., a multiple of the...