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Short Squeeze

A market situation that occurs when short sellers, panicked because of rising prices, attempt to buy back the shares they...

Soft Market

A market in which there are more potential sellers than buyers, i.e., supply is greater than demand, and as a...

Snowballing

The effect that arises from the activation of stop orders in a declining or advancing market, leading to further downward...

Pegged-To-Primary Order

An order that allows traders/ investors to pursue a more aggressive price than the National Best Bid and Offer (NBBO)....

Relative Order

An order that allows traders/ investors to pursue a more aggressive price than the National Best Bid and Offer (NBBO)....

Neglected-Firm Effect

A market anomaly (more specifically, a pocket of market inefficiency in the stock market) that results mainly from the lack...

Odd-Lot Differential

The markup that is charged on odd-lot purchases or the markdown that is taken out on odd-lot sales as a...

Odd-Lot Balance Index

A market sentiment indicator that relates odd-lot sales to odd lot purchases: Odd-lot balance index = odd-lot sales / odd-lot...

Non-Directed Order

An order that is placed by a client with a broker or dealer without specifying the market center (venue or...

News Flow Algorithm

A trading algorithm (algo) that uses news feeds in order to mine the text for trading opportunities and threats. To...