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Dark Market

A market in which offers to trade are not disclosed to the public. Orders can be invisibly transmitted (and hence...

Stock Certificate

A written document that evidences ownership interest in a company. A certificate is not the actual stock, but rather a…

Street Name

The name of a brokerage firm which buys stock on behalf of a client (and as a result holds the…

Small-Cap Stock

A stock that is issued by a company with a market capitalization of more than $300 million and less than…

Soft Dollars

The payment for brokerage firm services that is secured by commissions received from trades. More specifically, an investor who has…

Squeeze

A market situation that occurs when price decreases incites traders holding long positions to sell their ways out of their…

Meta Algorithm

An algorithm that seeks out the broker algorithm or a set of broker algos that would best suit the needs...

Sell-Side Trader 

A trader who provides exchange services to buy-side traders (or investors). Sell-side traders either trade on behalf of their clients…

Scalp 

A trading method that is used to benefit from small percentage moves. Traders can accumulate big profits by making lots…

SoftStop Algo 

A trading algorithm that is embedded with a stop loss/limit strategy, allowing users of electronic trading to lessen or minimize…