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Raiders	A person or group of people that attempt to buy over 50% of the shares of a company in order to control the company by ...
Rally	A recovery in price after a period of decline. ...
Ratio Backspread	A strategy using all puts or all calls whereby the trader buys OTM options in a ratio of 3:2 or 2:1 to the ITM options ...
Ratio Put Spread	A bullish strategy that involves the trader being short in more, lower Strike puts than those higher Strike puts he is long in, at a ...
Real-time Data	A source of information that is updated live and changes instantaneously as prices change in the marketplace. ...
Recapitalize	To use your closed out trading profits to increase the amount of contracts, options or stocks that you normally trade. ...
Regulation D	Under the Securities Act of 1933, any offer to sell securities must either be registered with the SEC or meet an exemption. Regulation D (or ...
Regulation FD	SEC regulation adopted in 2000 that eliminated the practice of selective disclosure. ...
Reinvestment Date	The first day of the ex-dividend period. ...
Relative Strength	A ranking of near-term directional price movement. A technical indicator comparing a security’s price action as compared to that of an index or another stock. ...
Requoting	The practice of a broker-dealer filling an order at a price not seen on the public price feed. ...
Resistance Level	A term used in technical analysis indicating a specific price level at which analysis concludes people will sell. ...
Restricted Stock	Stock which is acquired though an employee stock option plan or other private means and which may not be transferred. ...
Retail investor	Individual investor making decisions for a personal portfolio. In contrast to institutional investors who make decisions on behalf of financial institutions, retail investors represent individual ...
Return	The income earned or a capital gain made on an investment. ...
Return on Equity	Return on equity is the return generated by the company for each dollar of shareholder investment. This is a way to determine how effectively the ...
Revaluation	An increase in the exchange rate for a currency as a result of central bank intervention. ...
Reversal Stop	Reversal Stop (or Stop and Reverse) order - A stop order which, when activated, reverses the current position from long to short (or vice versa). ...
Reverse Stock Split	A reverse stock split is defined by the SEC as a transaction that reduces the number of shares of company stock outstanding while simultaneously increasing ...
Risk	The potential financial loss inherent in an investment. ...
Risk Free Rate	The interest chargeable on Treasury Bills (T-Bills) is generally known as the Risk Free Rate, and it is this rate that is used as a ...
Risk Management	The process of managing trades by hedging risk. ...
Risk Profile	The graphic depiction of a trade, showing the potential Risk, Reward, and Breakeven Points as the underlying security price deviates within a range of prices. ...
Rollover	Process whereby the settlement of a deal is rolled forward to another value date. The cost of this process is based on the interest rate ...
Root Symbol	The first part of an options symbol that represents the underlying security. ...
Running Stops	The practice of market makers entering orders for the purpose of hitting customer stop loss orders. ...

 

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