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Discretionary Order

A limit order that allows the broker to get the best buy or sell price and to determine the most...

Front Running

A trading irregularity where traders on the floor of an exchange illegally use information available at their disposal about their...

Flight To Quality

A market phenomenon that reflects the flow of funds from riskier investments to safer ones. Flight to quality occurs when...

Flash Order

An order (buy or sell order) that flashes (shows) information from an exchange about incoming flow a fraction of a...

Contingent Order

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

Contingent Trade Order

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

Continuous Market

A market where trading takes place on an ongoing basis. For example, a market order placed in a continuous market...

Contra Gain

The positive difference between the selling price and initial purchase price of a stock (stocks) in a contra transaction (contra...

Contra Period

In relation to contra trading, it refers to the period of time (grace period) within which traders do not need...

Bunched Order

An order (buy or sell order) that is executed by a commodity pool operator or an advisory firm on behalf...