In futures and option contracts, it refers to the amount or units of an asset to be delivered as dictated…

A filing with the securities and exchange authority (the SEC), usually on Form 8-K, which gives specifics about an event…

An agreement that was signed, in 1792, by 25 New York stockbrokers and merchants to establish an investment community that…

A sell-side trader who sells exchange services to buy-side firms (such as investment managers and institutional investors) in return for…

A trader who buys exchange services from a sell-side trader (s). Examples of buy-side traders are individual investors and institutional…

A stop order that a client (investor) actually places with his broker and is thus found its way to the…

In electronic trading, consolidated display refers to the minimum information that must be put on public display (for traders and…

A crossing network (CN) that is established and owned by a consortium- i.e., a number of partners, such as banks,…

The maximum number of shares of stock (collectively known as capital stock), both preferred and common, that a company is…

A market system in which buyers bid against each other to reach the selling price of the security or instrument…