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Glossary

Profit Warning

Company announcement indicting that actual profits are likely to be lower than forecasted projections.

Program Trading

Automated trades representing large blocks of securities executed by institutional traders via a computerized platform.

Prospectus

Legal document that provides details about a securities offering to the general public.

Proxy

A designated agent authorized to take legal action on behalf of another party. Often used by shareholders to transfer voting rights to a member of company management to represent the shareholder’s interests at a shareholders’ meeting.

Pullback

A prevalent retracement in a trending market before continuing in the same direction.

Put

A type of option contract that provides the holder the right to to sell a specified amount of an underlying asset at a set price within a specific time period.

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