A trading style that capitalizes on small percentage moves in the prices of tradable assets (e.g., securities, commodities, etc). It...

An account whereby a brokerage firm may automatically transfer- or sweep- a client's surplus funds (unused cash) into a specific...

An account that is maintained by brokers to hold their customers' funds separate from the funds of the brokerage firm....

The process of purchasing securities or future contracts by short sellers willing to close their open positions. It involves the...

A market practice whereby prices are bid up or down on purpose in order to generate stop orders. Professional traders...

A cross (a type of crossing pools) that performs an auction at preset times. It submits orders (bids and offers)...

The ratio that relates short interest to the average daily volume over a given period of time (typically 30 days)....

A short-term trading strategy that capitalizes on price changes during the day (trading session). Differently stated, scalping the market involves...

The offer to sell to the public a large amount of stock obtained from other than a public offering (such...

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