|
| Sales Load | | The sales fee that the buyer pays in order to acquire an ... |
| Scrip | | Stock certificate that is evidence of ownership. ... |
| SEC | | Securities and Exchange Commission: A commission created by Congress to regulate the ... |
| Series | | All option contracts of the same class that also have the same ... |
| Settlement | | In relation to stocks it is the arrangement between broking houses for ... |
| Share | | A unit of equity in a company. ... |
| Share split | | Increasing a companies shares outstanding by splitting the par value of existing ... |
| Short | | Selling an investment security in anticipation that the price will fall. ... |
| Short Call | | A bearish strategy that involves selling a call option to collect the ... |
| Short Put | | A bullish strategy that involves selling a put option to collect the ... |
| Short selling | | A risky and speculative practice involving the sale of a stock that ... |
| Short Stock | | Selling shares of stock in anticipation that the price will go down. ... |
| Skew | | A descriptive measure of lopsidedness in a distribution. ... |
| Slippage | | The difference between estimated transaction costs and actual transaction costs. The difference ... |
| Speculator | | An investor or trader who is willing to take large risks for ... |
| Spread | | The difference between the bid price and the ask price (buy price ... |
| Stock | | A share of a company’s stock translates into ownership of part of ... |
| Stop Order | | A stop order is an order to buy or sell a stock ... |
| Stop-Loss Order | | An order to sell when the price of the stock declines to, ... |
| Strike Price | | A price at which the stock or commodity underlying a call or ... |
| Strike Price | | A price at which the stock or commodity underlying a call or ... |
| Support | | A price level at which a stock or market begins seeing increasing ... |
| Symbol | | A three-, four-, or five-letter sequence that denotes a stock, option, or ... |
|
