Glossary

The first availability of stock offered by a private company seeking capital to support its growth, to the public.

The prevalent definition of insider trading is the illegal action by individuals who through the scope of their work with a company, executes trades based on non-public information.

Large organizations (Mutual,Pension or Endowment funds, Insurance companies, Commercial Trusts, Investment Banks) with large amounts of capital to invest in securities, commodities or foreign exchange for it’s own benefit or that of it’s clients.

Foreign Exchange Interest charged for short-term loans transacted between banks.

The premium charged by a lender for the borrowing of funding.

As a subset of Technical Analysis, this is the study of correlations between major asset classes to determine trend direction strength in a specific asset being traded. 

A mathematical process where related, known data is used to forecast an unknown value such as a security’s price or yield.

Style of trading that is short-term, where buy and sell orders are transacted within a single day.

The hypothetical value of a company that factors in the value of future cash flows. In options trading, this refers to the difference in an option’s Strike Price and market value of the underlying asset.

A correlation between two values where an increase in one results in a decrease in the other.