Glossary

The purchase and later sale of a futures contract, stock or other financial instrument.

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s rules for members applicable to customer obligations.

A market index representing the performance of two thousand small-cap stocks.

Changes over the course of a single trading day within a margin account that do not result in a change to the account’s net balance.

A price chart pattern where a security’s price falls to a low, then increases from that low, suggesting the down trend has concluded.

U.S. government issued bond sold to the public.

A trading strategy designed to accrue trading profit on small incremental price changes in a security, resulting in a higher volume of trades placed, rather than waiting on large movements in price.

A mutual fund which invests entirely within a singular industry sector.

A variable with a consistent directional behavior over a long period of time.

An alternate term for investment instruments (debt and equity) transacted in exchange markets.