A directional hedge fund is a hedge fund that doesn't hedge, whether partially or fully. A directional fund maintains some...

A bull market cycle is a market cycle in which the overriding trend is up. Typically, it has an initial...

A market order is an order to buy or sell a contract or security at the best price currently available...

A downstairs market (also known as a central market) is an on-exchange market (organized marketplace) where small orders are filled....

A stop order is an instruction to stop an order from executing until price reaches a stop price specified by...

Hard stop refers to an actual stop order that instructs a broker to sell a security should its price reached...

A market order is an order to buy or sell a security (or broadly, an investment) at the best price...

Factoring is a financial transaction in which a firm sells its accounts receivable to a third party (the factor) for...

Shari'ah refers to all divine injunctions and revelations pertaining to human life whether in relation to worship (relationship between humans...

From a shari'a perspective, profit (ribh, in Arabic) is the amount by which capital (ras al-mal) is increased or the...