Treasury Bill; Short-term obligations of a Government issued for periods of one year or less.
The study of price action in markets through the use of charts and quantitative techniques to attempt to forecast price trends.
An adjustment to the price of an instrument that is based on technical factors rather than market sentiment.
The process of inviting parties to submit a formal offer for the supply or purchase of goods and services, followed by evaluation of offers and selecting a successful bidder.
Maturity of an option or a loan.
Mathematically determined value of a derivative instrument as dictated by a pricing model such as the Black-Scholes model.
A measure of the sensitivity of the price of an option to a change in its time to expiry.
A market in which trading volume is low and in which consequently bid and ask quotes are wide due to lack of liquidity of the instrument.
A minimum change in price, up or down.
The primary method of recording the basic information of a transaction.
The portion of the option premium that is attributable to the amount of time remaining until the expiration of the option contract. Time value is whatever value the option has in addition to its intrinsic value. The longer the time remaining until expiration, the higher the time value.
Simultaneous buying of a currency for delivery the following day and selling for the spot day or vice versa.
A method of security selection that starts with asset allocation and works systematically through sector and industry allocation to individual security selection.
An oral or electronic transaction involving one party buying or selling a currency, security, or derivative from another party.
The smallest transaction size acceptable.
The sum of the money gained by a given economy by selling exports, minus the cost of buying imports; part of the balance of payments.
The date on which a trade occurs.
The difference between the value of imports and exports.
The primary method of recording the basic information of a transaction.
An executed order to buy or sell an instrument; could be an entry or a liquidation trade.
The date on which a trade occurs.
The corporate officer responsible for designing and implementing a firm's financing and investing activities.
Short-term obligations of a Government issued for periods of one year or less. Treasury bills do not carry a rate of interest and are issued at a discount on the par value. Treasury bills are repaid at par on the due date.
Government obligations with maturities of ten years or more.
Government obligations with maturities more than one year but less than ten years.
Outstanding stock that has been sold and subsequently repurchased by the issuing firm. Treasury stock does not carry voting rights or an ability to collect dividends, and is not used in earnings per share calculations.
The total money value of currency contracts traded is calculated by multiplying size by the number of contracts traded.
When a dealer quotes both buying and selling rates for foreign exchange transactions.