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Scalping

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

Secondary Offering

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

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...