Dictionary
- Short Interest Rate
- A one-period interest rate.
- Short Position
- Borrowing a security from a broker and selling it, with the understanding that it must later be bought back (hopefully at a lower price) and returned to the broker. Short selling is a technique used by investors who try to profit from the falling price of a stock.
- Short Sale
- Borrowing a security from a broker and selling it, with the understanding that it must later be bought back (hopefully at a lower price) and returned to the broker. Short selling is a technique used by investors who try to profit from the falling price of a stock.
- Sideways Market
- Situation that occurs when prices move within a narrow range, with minimal fluctuations.
- Slippage
- Situation when stop order is carried out at more worse rate, than it has been ordered at his exhibiting to the broker. Such phenomenon could be met at quickly varying market. For example, it can occur after an output of the important fundamental data, during performances of known politicians. It is not obviously possible to execute the warrant at the set rate, if the quotation overcomes the set level sharp jump. The size slippage can vary from one item up to several tens items. Frequently slippage takes place at opening trade on Sunday in the evening when rates of opening differ from rates of closing.