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Turn-of-the-Month Effect

A calendar effect that is associated with calendar turning points. This implies that markets perform best at the start and...

Turn-of-the-Calendar Effect

A calendar effect that is associated with calendar turning points. This implies that markets perform best at the start and...

Tick Volume

The volume of securities traded per tick (i.e., per trade). Tick volume can be also defined as the number of...

Cross Trade

A transaction (trade) that is executed on the floor of an exchange by just one broker who simultaneously acts both...

Crossed Trade

An illegal and prohibited practice by which a broker offsets buy and sell orders without reporting the trade to the...

Switch Order

An order (buy or sell order) that is placed by a customer determining that it will consist of two transactions...

Swap Order

An order (buy or sell order) that is placed by a customer determining that it will consist of two transactions...

Free Riding

The practice of purchasing of a security with little or no money down, holding it for a short period of...

Book Coloring

A practice that is used by high frequency traders (also known for this purpose as quote rate pirates) that involves...

Quoted Bid-Ask Spread

The difference between a market maker's (a dealer's) ask and bid price quotes at a given point in time. Traders...