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HOLDRs

A security that allows investors to buy and sell baskets of individual shares of stock in one transaction. The underlying...

Impact Cost

A component of execution costs; in turn, impact cost consists of two components: bid-ask spread and price concession. It is...

Intra-Day Cross

A crossing network that only crosses block orders (institutional sized blocks, i.e., large institutional orders such as 10,000 shares). Retail...

Block Crossing Network

A crossing network that only crosses block orders (institutional sized blocks, i.e., large institutional orders such as 10,000 shares). Retail...

Broker/Dealer Crossing Network

A crossing network that belongs to a broker/ dealer which also privately operates it. Examples include investment banks, brokerages, universal...

Block Crossing

A crossed trade which involves a large block of shares (institutional block), either on an exchange or through a dark...

Air Pocket Stock

A stock that undergoes a sudden or unexpected fall in price, usually in the wake of negative news such as...

Bear Market

A prolonged period (typically more than 400 days) in which market activity/ prices decline amid widespread pessimism or general negative...

Buy-Side Institution

An institutional investor that invests money at its disposal. Examples include mutual funds, pension funds, endowments, trusts, insurers, hedge funds,...

BoW

It stands for buying on weakness; in general, it refers to buying assets of a firm or country by long...