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19c3 stock	accumulation	across the board
actual market	adjusted basis	advance
after-hours trading	against the box	aggregate exercise price
alternative order	AMEX	ask
asked price	asset play	assignment
at the bell	at the full	at the market
at the opening order	Autex	average down
average up	away from the market	back months
back testing	basket	bear
bearish	bear trap	bid
bid/ask spread	bidding up	Big Board
block	block trade	blowout
Blue Sky Laws	boiler room	bottom
bounce	breadth	break
break-even point	broker/dealer	bubble theory
buck	bull	bullish
bull market	bull spread	bunching
butterfly spread	buy	buyback
buy limit order	buy minus order	buy on close
buy on opening	buy order	buy stop order
buy the book	capital market	CBOE
CBOT	CFTC	CME
collar	COMEX	cover
day order	day trade	dead cat bounce
decimalization	delayed opening	differential
dip	discount yield	discretionary account
discretionary order	divergence	domestic market
double auction market	double up	downside risk
downtick	down volume	drawdown
drop	dual listing	dual trading
each way	ECN	ETF
even lot	ex-all	excess returns
exchange	exchange distribution	Exchange Traded Fund
execution	exercise notice	exercise price
fair value	fill	firm order
flash	flat	floating security
floor	forward	forward trade
fourth market	free riding	front running
gap	gather in the stops	GLOBEX
going long	graveyard market	GTC
gun jumping	hammering the market	Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976
hedge	hedged tender	held at the opening
highs	historical trading range	holding the market
home run	horizontal price movement	house call
hung up	hunkering down	illiquid
imbalance of orders	imperfect market	index
inefficient portfolio	initial margin	inside market
insider trading	Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984	internal market
in the tank	intraday	investor's equity
ITS	Jensen index	jumping the gun
last trading day	limit order	limit order information system
limit price	liquid market	LMV
locked market	long	Long Market Value
long position	loss	maintenance call
managed account	manipulation	margin
margin account	margin call	margin requirement
markdown	market	marketability
market if touched order	market index	market not held order
market on close order	market opening	market order
market price	market return	market timer
market value	mark-to-market	maximum price fluctuation
minus tick	mixed account	narrow market
Nasdaq	Nasdaq Small Cap Market	National Market Advisory Board
National Market System	negotiated commission	net change
net position	net proceeds	net transaction
neutral	New York Futures Exchange	New York Stock Exchange
Next Day Settlement	no book	nominal quotation
nonaccredited investor	NVI	NYFE
NYSE	NYSE Composite Index	odd lot
OEX	off-board	offer
off-floor order	offset	one man picture
on the close order	open	opening
opening purchase	opening sale	open position
open repo	operationally efficient market	or better
order	order imbalance	original margin
OTC	OTCBB	OTC Bulletin Board
outside market	overhang	overnight repo
overtrading	parking	peak
pegging	perfect competition	plus tick
portfolio	position	post
price change	priced out	price gap
price persistence	price range	price-weighted index
purpose loan	PVI	pyramiding
quotation	range	rate of return
reading the tape	real rate of return	real-time
receive versus payment	redemption	Regulation G
Regulation T	Regulation U	reinvestment
relative strength	remargining	repo
repurchase agreement	restricted account	retracement
return	reversal	reverse repo
risk adjusted return	round lot	Rule 144
Rules of Fair Practice	Russell 2000	sales charge
Same Day Funds Settlement	S&P 500	S&P phenomenon
Santa Claus rally	scale order	SCC
Schedule 13d	Schedule C	seat
SEC	SEC fee	secondary market
secondary mortgage market	sector	sector rotation
Securities Act of 1933	Securities Acts Amendments of 1975	Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities Exchange Act of 1934	Securities Industry Association	security
SEDOL	seek a market	seller's market
selling hedge	selling short	selling short against the box
sell limit order	selloff	sell order
sell the book	settlement	settlement date
settlement price	share	shock absorber
short	short cover	short interest
short position	short sale	short sale rule
short squeeze	SIA	signature guarantee
significant order	small investor	Small Order Execution System
smart money	snowballing	SOES
speculation	speculator	spike
split order	spread	stockbroker
stock exchange	stock index	stock market
stock ticker	stop-limit order	stop-loss
stopped out	story stock	The Street
street name	strike index	strike price
subscribe	subscription warrant	supervisory analyst
surveillance department	suspended trading	symbol
take a bath	take a position	tape
tape is late	target price	tax swap
technical analyst	technician	term repo
thinly traded	thin market	third market
tick	ticker symbol	ticker tape
tick test	tight market	time order
timing the market	tip	top
total return	tout	T+3
trade	trade date	trader
trading	trading costs	trading dividends
trading halt	trading profit	trading range
trading volume	transaction	transfer
trend analysis	triple witching hour	turnaround
twisting	two-sided market	undermargined account
unlisted	unlisted trading	unload
unwind	upswing	uptick
up volume	variation margin	volatile
volume	VWAP	Wall Street
warrant	weak market	when issued
whipsaw	Wilshire 5000 Equity Index	zero-minus tick
zero-plus tick	zero uptick	automatic exercise
basis trading	breakpoint	CAD
Cash Against Documents	downside protection	DSP
due bill	escrow receipt	facilitation
free delivery	index arbitrage	married put
MRQ	order book official	proprietary trading
reinvestment risk	reversal arbitrage	specialist market
underweighted	unit of trading	VIX
wash sale	free float	international trade
marketable securities	It's us	Accumulation area
ACES	Active	Active bond crowd
Active Return	Active Risk	Advance Computerized Execution System ACES
Affirmative obligation	All or none order AON	ALT
American Depositary Receipt ADR	American Depositary Receipt Fees	American Depositary Receipt Ratio
American Depositary Share ADS	American shares	AMPS
AMTEL	Annual fund operating expenses	Any part of order
AON	AOS	APS
Are you open?	Around us	Asked to bid/offer
At/For	Auction Market Preferred Stock	Auction markets
Auction rate preferred stock	Automated Clearing House	Automated Customer Account Transfer
Automated Order System	Automated Pit Trading	Autoquote
Available on the way in	Average across day measures	Average discount rate
Away	Away from us	Away from you
Axe to grind	Back on the shelf	Backup the truck
BAR	Bar	Barefoot pilgrim
Bargain hunter	Basic balance	Beating the gun
Behind	Beneath	Bid asked spread
Bid away	Bid price	Bid wanted
Bidder	Bidding buyer	Bidding through the market
Big Bang	Big picture	Block call
Block trader	Bo Derek stock	Board broker
Bolt	Boning	Book Entry
BOT	Bot	Breadthof the market
Break price	Bring it out	Broken up
BTM	Build a book	Bulge
Buy in	Buy on thebad news	Buy them back
Buying climax	Buying theindex	Cash In Lieu
Competitive bidders	Counterparty	Day around order
Day trading	Dealer's spread	Dealing desk Trading desk
Dear money	Designated order turnaround system	Desk
Digits deleted	Direct deposit service	Direct estimate method
Direct Registration System	Direct search market	Direct stock purchase programs
Discount Arbitrage	Discounted in/by market	Discounting the news
Dividend trade roll/play	DNR Order	Do Not Increase DNI
Do Not Reduce Order DNR Order	Don't know DK DKed	Double auction system
Draw a call	Earnings responsecoefficient	Effective margin
Effective sale	Effective spread	Effective yield
EFTPOS	Eighth ed	Either or order
Elect	Electronic data interchange	Electronic depository transfers
Electronic Funds Transfer Systems	Elephants	Evaluation period
Evening up	Event anomalies	Evergreen
Evergreen credit	Exceptional Return	Exchange members
Exchange Traded Funds	Execution costs	Fade
Fail	Fill or kill order FOK	Filter
Financial intermediaries	Firm market	Fitch sheet
Five Cs of credit	Five hundred dollar rule	Fixed price basis
Fixed price tender offer	Flat price risk	Flip side
Floating supply	Floor official	Floor picture
Floor planning	Floor ticket	Floorless Convertible
Fluctuation	Flurry	FOK
For your information FYI	For/At	Forecasting
Foreign exchange broker	Fractional discretion order	Fresh picture
Fresh signal	Friction costs	Fry a bigger fish
Fun money	FVO for valuation only	Gadfly
Gap opening	Get hit	Get out
Glamor stock	Go along	Go around
Go to	Goes	Going into the trade
Going out	Good delivery and settlement procedures	Good money
Good this Month order	Good through/until date order	Good 'til cancelled order
Gray list	Great call	Group sales
H H page	Handle	Heavy
Held order	Hermes	High flyer
Hit the ribbon	HLT	Hot
Hubris	Immediate settlement	In & out
In and out trader	In between	In competition
In hand	In house	In the box
In the hole	In the middle	In touch with
Inactive post	Inactive stock/bond	Incestuous share dealing
Indexing plus	Indication	Industry allocation
Information motivated trades	Informationless trades	Initial margin requirement
Insider information	InsiderTrading & Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988	International diversification
Intrabudgetary transactions	It's Us	Jobber
Joint clearing members	Jump ball	Jury of executive opinion
Just me asking	Kick it out	Late tape
Lay off	Layup	Lead pipe
Leaves	Leg up	Legitimate
Level	Liability funding strategies	Lift
Lifted	Lifting a leg	Lighten up
Limit up limit down	Limited price order	Presale order
Presidential election cycle theory	Price uncertainty	Prices of equity
Pricey	Pricing efficiency	Primary trend
Principal agent relationship	Private unrequited transfers	Pro forma capital structure analysis
Pro forma Earnings	Pro forma financial statements	Pro forma Invoice
Probability	Probability function	Profile buyer/seller
Profit forecast	Profit Graph	Profit Range
Profit sharing plan	Profit Table	Profit taking
Profitability ratios	Proration	Prospective Earnings Growth
Protected Strategy	Public Book of order	Puke
Purchase andsale	Purchase fee	Purchase fund
Purchase method	Purchase money mortgage	Purchaseagreement
Put call parity	Put call parity relationship	Put call ratio
Put guarantee letter	Put it on	Put on
Put price	Put ratiobackspread	PV
Quotation board	Quote rule	Quoted price
Random walk	Randomized strategy	Ratio Strategy
Rational expectations	Real Currency	Real estate appraisal
Real market	Realistic on price	Realized volatility
Recapitalization proposal	Receive fixed counterparty	Receive floating counterparty
Reciprocal marketing agreement	Redemption or call	Refunding Escrow Deposits REDs
Registered Shares	Relative form of purchasing power parity	Relative purchasing power parity RPPP
Release	Renewal	Report
Repricing	Reproducible assets	Repurchase of stock
Reservation price	Reserve account	Resiliency
Resistance level	Restricted	Restricted Stock Award
Restricted stock units	Restrictive endorsement	Retained earnings statement
Return if Exercised	Rigged market	Round trip trade
Round trip transactions costs	Sales Contract	Secondary distribution/offering
Secondary issue	Self Tender	Self tender offer
Selling on the good news	Semistrong form efficiency	Sentiment indicators
Set of contracts perspective	Settle price	Sham
Shopped stock	Shopping	Short run operating activities
Short settlement	Short tender	Short term financial plan
Short term investment services	Short term solvency ratios	Short term trend
Shortage cost	Side by side trading	Side effects
Sidelines	Signaling approach	Signaling approach on dividend policy
Signatures on Proxies	Significant order imbalance	Simple compound growth method
Simple linear regression	Simple linear trend model	Simple prospect
Sit tight	Size	Size out the book
Skewed distribution	Skewness	Skill
Skip day settlement	Skip payment privilege	Skort Swing Transaction
Smidge	Soft capital rationing	Soft spot
Source of funds seller	Special bid	Specialist block purchase and sale
Split stock	Spoken for	Spread strategy
Spreadsheet	Stale price	Stale price arbitrage
Stand up to	Standing	Staying power
Step aside	Subjective probabilities	Suitable
Super Bowl indicator	Supply shock	Support level
Switch order	TBA	Technical sign
Temporary investment	Tender offer premium	Term Fed funds
Terms of Delivery	Terms of sale	Thrift plan
Throughput agreement	Total	Tough on price
Trade on the wire	Trade on top of	Transferable letter of credit
Transition phase	Translation exposure	Translation Risk
Treasury Shares	Treat me subject	Twenty day period
Underwritten offering	Universe of securities	Unlevered cost of equity
Up	Upset price	Upstairs market
Upstairs order	Uptick rule	VAMI
VRDB	Without	Working
Working away	Writing cash secured puts	Writing naked