DJIA

Dow Jones Industrial Average
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(stock market) Initialism of Dow Jones Industrial Average.


FT

Example stock market indices: FT 30.

(stock market, by extension) A stock market index code for the British stock market.


FTSE

A joint venture between the Financial Times of London and the London Stock Exchange.

(stock market, by extension) The main stock market index code for the British stock market.


dilute

en-verb

dilute (third-person singular simple present dilutes, present participle diluting, simple past and past participle diluted)

dilutes (present singular third-person)
diluting (participle present)
diluted (participle past)
diluted (past)

From Latin dīlūtus, from dīluere (“to wash away, dissolve, cause to melt, dilute”), from dī-, dis- (“away, apart”) + luere (“to wash”). See lave, and compare deluge.

(transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.

dilutoida

stock market: to decrease the value of individual shares by increasing the total number of shares


witching hour

/ˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ ˌaʊə/

/ˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ ˌaʊ(ə)ɹ/

From witching (“of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers”, adjective) + hour. Sense 1 (“midnight”) was popularized by the reference to the “witching time of night” in the play Hamlet (written c. 1599–1602; published 1603) by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616): see the quotation.

compound

(originally and chiefly US, stock market) The final hour of trading each month during which certain stock options expire, leading to a higher trading volume and greater price volatility.


backwardation

en-noun

backwardation (countable and uncountable, plural backwardations)

From backward + -ation (suffix denoting an action or process).

suffix

In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.

diporto

situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity is lower than prices for immediate or nearer delivery

A situation in which short-term interest rates are higher than long-term interest rates.

The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.

myyntihinnan alemmuus ostohintaan verrattuna

(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.


stop loss order

en-noun

stop loss order (plural stop loss orders)

stop loss orders (plural)
stop-loss order (alternative)

The shares are currently trading at $4.40 and he has issued a stop loss order to sell if they fall to $4.20.

(stock market) A conditional order placed with a stockbroker (or similar) to close one's position if the market drops (or rises in some cases) to a specified price level.


bearish

en-adj

bearish (comparative more bearish, superlative most bearish)

more bearish (comparative)
most bearish (superlative)

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At the start of the year, Bridgewater turned bearish on U.S. bonds and built up a short position.

2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:

(stock market, of the price of financial instruments) Characterized by or expecting falling prices.

baissier

characterized by the falling price of a financial instrument


bullish

bullish (comparative more bullish, superlative most bullish)

more bullish (comparative)
most bullish (superlative)

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(stock market, of the price of financial instruments) Characterized by rising value.

haussier

characterized by the rising value of a financial instrument


thin trading

(finance, stock market) The characteristic of lower trading frequency, commonly observed with lesser known companies and firms listed on the market. It often suggests higher level of investment opportunity and risk for investors, less transparency and less public information.


profit warning

profit warnings (plural)
profits warning (alternative)

(stock market) An announcement by a company to its shareholders and other investors that its profits are likely to be less than expected.

tulosvaroitus

an announcement by a company that its profits are likely to be less than expected


sag off

en-verb

sag off (third-person singular simple present sags off, present participle sagging off, simple past and past participle sagged off)

sags off (present singular third-person)
sagging off (participle present)
sagged off (participle past)
sagged off (past)

That was considered to be largely in sympathy with the course of the wheat market and a willingness on the part of crushers to permit quotations to sag off before according fresh support.

1917, Paint, Oil and Drug Review - Volume 63, page 54:

Iron and steel prices continued to sag off during the past month.

1923, Architectural Forum - Volume 39, Part 1, page 68:

One in which prices barely hold their own, and are inclined to sag off a little during the day, closing lower than they opened.

2014, Henry Voorce Brandenburg, Profitable Stock Exchange Investments, →ISBN, page 25:


stop-loss

en-noun

stop-loss (countable and uncountable, plural stop-losses)

(stock market, countable) A stop loss order.


market order

(stock market) An instruction to a stock broker to sell stocks immediately, at whatever price reflects the current value of the stock.


fill or kill

(stock market) A type of stock market or financial derivative order, signifying that the order is to be presented for execution, and if not executed ("filled") immediately (traditionally within a few seconds) is to be cancelled.


sell in May and go away

sell in May (alternative)
sell in May and stay away (alternative)
sell in May then go away (alternative)

If ever there was a year in which, as the saying goes, “to sell in May and go away”, this was surely it. . . . From the beginning of May, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average stood above 10,000, it slid to a low in July of 7,702.

2002 August 23, “Jumping but jumpy”, in The Economist, retrieved 2015-10-11:

"Sell in May, and go away" is an old English proverb, but it does have some basis in reality. In the 1980s, Yale Hirsch, founder of the Stock Trader's Almanac, crunched the numbers. . . . From 1950 to 2007, the market from May to October provided an average annual gain of 0.6%, enough to earn $1,021 on $10,000 in those years. But if you had invested only in the "best six months," from November to April, your average gain would have been 7.6%, netting you $531,444 over those 58 years.

2009 May 15, Ben Steverman, “Stocks: Sell or Stay in May?”, in Businessweek, retrieved 2015-10-11:

One such truism is this: “Sell in May and go away”, meaning investors are best advised to sell stocks at the beginning of May and return to the equity market at the end of October.

2011 April 25, Josh Lipton, “Should You Sell in May and Go Away?”, in Forbes, retrieved 2015-10-11:

(business, stock market) Stock market securities can be expected to increase in value to a greater degree in the months from November through April than in the months from May through October, and profit-minded investors should manage their portfolios accordingly.


buy when it snows, sell when it goes

buy when it snows and sell when it goes (alternative)

There is a phenomenon in stock market investment known as "seasonality." In Canada we sometimes summarize it with the epithet "Buy when it snows, sell when it goes."

2007 May 10, Peter McKenzie-Brown, “Sell in May and Stay Away!”, in Language Matters, retrieved 2015-10-13:

Most years, he says, investors can make money by simply holding broad indices, such as the S&P 500 and Canada's S&P/TSX Composite, from Oct. 28 to May 5, when they tend to make most of their gains, and then selling. If that's too hard to remember, Vialoux has a handy catch phrase: “Buy when it snows! Sell when it goes!”

2010 October 21, Paul Marshman, “Buy when it snows, sell when it goes!”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 2015-10-13:

According to Carlo R. Besenius, CEO of Creative Global Investments in Luxembourg, the trade, known as "buy when it snows, sell when it goes," was profitable in 53 of the past 61 periods. In a recent note, he pointed out that Munich, Geneva, Luxembourg, and Calgary had their first snowfall on Sunday, Oct. 28. He credits annual recurring events such as transactions for tax purposes and the holidays, among others.

2012 November 3, Robin Goodwin Blumenthal, “Season for Stocks: Let It Snow, Let It Snow?”, in Barron's, retrieved 2015-10-13:

(business, stock market, chiefly northern US and Canada) Stock market securities can be expected to increase in value to a greater degree in the cold winter months from November through April than in the warm months from May through October, and profit-minded investors should manage their portfolios accordingly.


ATH

(stock market and cryptocurrencies trading) Initialism of all-time high, referring to the value of an asset.


DJTA

Dow Jones Transportation Average
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(stock market) Initialism of Dow Jones Transportation Average.


lackstock

Only let me say, that I should be as glad as you could be to find myself in possession of a good independent fortune: and that we poor lacklands and lackstocks who have to earn our livelihood, must endeavour to make the best of it.

1802 November 6, Robert Southey, Letter to To Grosvenor C. Bedford, Esq.; republished in Warter, John Wood, editor, Selections from the letters of Robert Southey, volume 3, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1856, page 212:

(obsolete, stock market) A person who has no money in stocks and shares.


Dow Jones

Example stock market indices: Dow Jones Industrial Average, Dow Jones Transportation Average, Dow Jones Utility Average, Dow Jones Composite Average, Dow Jones Global Titans 50.

(stock market, by extension) A stock market index code for the US stock market on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.


RSU

restricted stock unit
restricted stock unit#English

(stock market, finance) Initialism of restricted stock unit.


death play

(stock market) The buying of company stock based on the belief that an executive in the company will soon die, with the expectation that the stock will rise in price because of it.


restricted stock

restricted stock (countable and uncountable, plural restricted stocks)

(stock market) Stock of a company that is not fully transferable to shareholders until certain conditions have been met.


restricted stock unit

restricted stock unit (plural restricted stock units)

restricted stock units (plural)
RSU (alternative)

(stock market, finance) A monetary grant based on a company's common stock, typically given as compensation to employees for their work.


magnet play

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I also do “magnet play" to round numbers as well as breakouts through such levels.

2014, Fernando Oliveira, Traders of the New Era, page 30:

(stock market, nonce word) The deliberate use of significant psychological price points (such as round numbers) to anticipate the behavior of other traders and to capitalize on movement towards those price points.


NSE

Coordinate term: BSE (“Bombay Stock Exchange”)

National Stock Exchange of India
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(India, stock market) Initialism of National Stock Exchange of India.