A market that moves in the same direction (up or down) for a relatively very long period of time. It...

Shares of a publicly held company that are tradable by public investors (outsiders). In other words, it represents the number...

The process of splitting up a large trading order (e.g., block trade) into a number of smaller chunks, in order...

A market cycle in which the overriding trend is up. Typically, it has an initial upward phase that lasts four...

A market situation that occurs when price decreases incites traders holding long positions to sell their ways out of their...

The stock of a publicly-held company that is traded on the over-the-counter bulletin board (OTCBB) system. In principle, bulletin board...

A contrary index that is based on how optimistic investment agencies (e.g., brokerage firms, investment banks, etc.) are in recommending...

The over-the-counter portion of the stock market that provides a trading platform for companies that are not large enough or...

A form of direct market access (DMA) that is characterized by highest level of independence, i.e., access does not require...

It stands for smart order router; a coding mechanism that slices a trading order according to the rules set out...