An order that is displayed in an exchange's system and hence is visible to all market participants for their action....

An order that follows, and then is placed at, the best bid, when buying a security (a buy order), and...

The rate of new deals that come in to the investment banking unit of a brokerage firm (broker), including proposals...

A method for calculating a stock market index whereby the investment in each component of a given market-representative portfolio is...

A market correction that results from investors' sales of securities to cash in on capital gains. This is usually the...

A trade price that is higher than the immediately prior trade price. It constitutes a trade (tick) at a higher...

The sale of a stock after its price has rapidly risen in order to cash in on capital gains. Profit...

A written document (power of attorney) whereby a shareholder authorizes someone else, typically another shareholder or the company's management, to...

A type of bucketing (order bucketing) that takes place when a brokerage firm (broker) takes a position on the other...

The practice whereby an order is not offered in the trading pit or ring, but is matched by a broker...