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American Option
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An option that can be exercised anytime during its life. The majority of
exchange-traded options are American.
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Ask
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In the financial market assets have an ask price, this is the price which
the investor can buy an asset in the financial markets. The ask price
is part of the formula which uses to calculate the expiry level of an
asset.
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Assets
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At-the-money
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A financial term, which means that the current price of the underlying asset is the same as the price when the option was purchased.
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Bear Spread
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In options trading, a bear spread is a bearish, vertical spread options strategy that can be used when the options trader is moderately bearish on the underlying security.
Because of put-call parity, a bear spread can be constructed using either put options or call options. If constructed using calls, it is a bear call spread. If constructed using puts, it is a bear put spread.
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Bid
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In the financial market assets have a bid price, this is the price which the investor can sell an asset in the financial markets. The bid price is part of the formula which uses to calculate the expiry level of an asset.
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Binary options (digital options)
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Trading options that pay out a pre-set and fixed amount if the underlying asset on which the option is based reaches the trader’s selected ‘direction’ (up or down compared with advertised value at the time of purchasing that option) at expiry time. Also called any option
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Bull Spread
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In options trading, a bull spread is a bullish, vertical spread options strategy that is designed to profit from a moderate rise in the price of the underlying security.
Because of put-call parity, a bull spread can be constructed using either put options or call options. If constructed using calls, it is a bull call spread. If constructed using puts, it is a bull put spread.
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Butterflty Spread
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The butterfly spread is a neutral strategy that is a combination of a bull spread and a bear spread. It is a limited profit, limited risk options strategy. There are 3 striking prices involved in a butterfly spread and it can be constructed using calls or puts.
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Call option
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A call option provides the investor with the opportunity to gain if the
asset rally's above the open rate of the call transaction. in the event
that the expiry rate is the same as the open rate, the investor will be
refunded with the full investment amount.
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CDO
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Collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) are a type of structured asset-backed security (ABS) whose value and payments are derived from a portfolio of fixed-income underlying assets. CDOs securities are split into different risk classes, or tranches, whereby "senior" tranches are considered the safest securities. Interest and principal payments are made in order of seniority, so that junior tranches offer higher coupon payments (and interest rates) or lower prices to compensate for additional default risk.
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Commodities
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Commodities is a general name given to raw materials from a variety of sectors such as energy, food and metals. for more information see "asset index".
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Credit Default Swap
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A credit default swap (CDS) is a swap contract in which the protection buyer of the CDS makes a series of PREMIUM payments to the protection seller and, in exchange, receives a payoff if a credit instrument (typically a bond or loan) goes into default.
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Currencies
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A variety of currencies are traded on the TradeQuiker platform. only currencies with liquidity of over 300 Million USD a day are listed. TradeQuiker offers both the classic currencies as well as exotic Asian, Arab and South Americas currencies. for more information see "asset index".
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Currency Option
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Contract
that confers the right (but not the obligation)
to buy or sell a
given amount
of a particular currency
at a specific exchange rate either on a fixed future date (called European option), or on any date up to a fixed future date (called American option). Philadelphia Stock Exchange is world's premier
currency options market
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Currency Trading
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The act of buying and selling world currencies. Currency trading is most often engaged in by banks and other institutions, for the purposes of international trade. Individual investors may engage in currency trading as well, attempting to benefit from variations in the exchange rates of the currencies.
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Euro
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The name for the composite monetary unit that has replaced national currencies in several European countries.
The desire of the European Union is for all member states
to use the Euro as their national currency, and
as of 2009 it has been adopted by more than half of the member states.
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Exotic Option
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In finance, an exotic option is a derivative which has features making it more complex than commonly traded products (vanilla options).
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Expiry rate
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The price/level of the underlying asset when the option expires. This price determines whether the option is in-the-money, out-the-money or at-the-money.
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Financial Transactions
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Financial transactions are transactions in financial assets and liabilities between institutional units, and between them and the rest of the world.
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Forex
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Forex or "Foreign Exchange" is where the money of one nation is traded
with another. The most important and popular pairs of exchange in the
forex market are "Euro Dollar", and you will see this pairs in all forex
display screens as "EUR/USD".
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Forex Option
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A foreign exchange option (commonly shortened to just FX option or currency option) is a derivative financial instrument where the owner has the right but not the obligation to exchange money denominated in one currency into another currency at a pre-agreed exchange rate on a specified date.
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Futures
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A standardized, transferable, exchange-traded contract that requires delivery of a commodity, bond, currency, or stock index, at a specified price, on a specified future date. Unlike options, futures convey an obligation to buy.
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In-the-money
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A financial term, which means that the option is profitable (for example – if the option was a Call – then the current price of the underlying asset would be higher than the original price at the time the option had been purchased).
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Indices
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An Index represents a basket of stocks. for more information about the indices traded on the platform see "asset index"
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Instrument / underlying asset
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A Currency Pair, Commodity, Indices or Stock.
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Investment
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In finance, the purchase of a financial product or other item of value with an expectation of favorable future returns. In general terms, investment means the use money in the hope of making more money.
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Margin Account
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A brokerage account in which the brokerage lends the customer cash with which to purchase securities. Unlike a cash account, a margin account allows an investor to buy securities with money that he/she does not have, by borrowing the money from the broker.
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Mid Market
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The average of the bid and ask, this price represent the real price of the market with no spreads between bid and ask.
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NASDAQ
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The
NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as the
NASDAQ, is an
American stock
exchange. It is the largest electronic screen-based
equity securities
trading market in the United States and fourth largest by market capitalization in the world.
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One-Touch Option
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An option which gives the investor a predetermined fixed payout once the price of the underlying asset reaches or surpasses a predetermined level. To be eligible for payout, it is sufficient that the option touches or surpasses the predetermined level just once throughout the option’s life cycle. If the predicted level is not reached or surpassed even once, the initial investment is lost.
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Online Stock Quotes
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Listing
of representative bid prices and asked prices for a specific stock traded on a specific exchange
during a particular trading day.
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Open rate
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The entry level of the investor the trade.
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Option Price
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The amount per share that an option buyer pays to the seller. The option premium is primarily affected by the difference between the stock price and the strike price, the time remaining for the option to be exercised, and the volatility of the underlying stock.
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Options Exchange
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An Option Exchange is an exchange that trades option contracts. The option
exchange may also trade other securities, such as stocks and futures.
The option exchange has complete discretion to set all option contract specifications, such as contract size,
exercise date, and strike price.
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Out-the-money
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A financial term, which means the option in not profitable.
A Digital option Call Option is out-of-the-money when the asset’s Expiry Price Level is lower than the option’s buying price.
A Digital option Put Option is out-of-the-money when the asset’s Expiry Price Level is higher than the option’s buying price.
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Put option
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A put option provides the investor with the opportunity to gain if the
asset drops below the open rate of the put transaction. in the event
that the expiry rate is the same as the open rate, the investor will be
refunded with the full investment amount.
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Quotation
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The highest price
that a buyer is willing to pay for a security
and the lowest price that a seller is willing to receive. The quote is
displayed on a ticker
and provides investors
with the current price for each security.
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Reuters
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RTS Index
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The RTS Index or the RTSI is an index composed of 50 Russian
stocks. These stocks are traded on the Russian Trading System Stock
Exchange of Moscow.
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Security
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A
security is a fungible, negotiable instrument representing
financial value. Securities are broadly categorized into debt securities (such as banknotes, bonds and debentures)
and equity
securities, e.g., common stocks; and derivative contracts, such as forwards, futures, options and swaps
. The company or other entity
issuing the security is called the issuer.
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Share Price
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The price of one share of stock.
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Shares
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Evidence of ownership
that represents
an equal proportion of a firm's capital.
It entitles its holder
(the shareholder)
to an equal claim on the firm's profits
and an equal obligation
for the firm's debts
and losses. Two major types
of shares are (1) ordinary shares (common stocks), which entitle the shareholder to share in the earnings
of the firm as and when they occur, and to vote at the firm's annual general meetings and other official meeting,
and (2) preference shares (preference stock)
which entitle the shareholder to a fixed periodic income (interest) but generally do not give him or her voting rights.
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Short Stradlle
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The short straddle - a.k.a. sell straddle or naked straddle sale - is a neutral options strategy that involve the simultaneous selling of a put and a call of the same underlying stock, striking price and expiration date.
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Stock Exchange
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An exchange on which shares of stock and common stock equivalents are bought and sold. Examples include the NYSE and the AMEX.
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Stock Market
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Stock Market Analyst
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A stock market analyst looks at a company's financial records, its assets, its market share, its products and other data specific to a
company or a market sector when making a stock market analysis.
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Stock Option
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A Stock Option is an option in which
the underlying is
the common stock
of a corporation,
giving the holder the right to buy or sell its stock at a
specified price, by a
specific date. Also called equity option.
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Stocks
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The holder if a stocks has purchased a percent of a company and as such is entitled to a profit sharing relative to the percent he has in the company. in case if a bankruptcy the stock holders are the last to receive any of the companies assets.
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Strap Strategy
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Straps are unlimited profit, limited risk options trading strategies that are used when the options trader thinks that the underlying stock price will experience significant volatility in the near term and is more likely to rally upwards instead of plunging downwards.
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Strip Strategy
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Strips are unlimited profit, limited risk options trading strategies that are used when the options trader thinks that the underlying stock price will experience significant volatility in the near term and is more likely to plunge downwards instead of rallying.
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Swap
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An exchange of streams of payments over time according to specified terms. The most common type is an interest rate swap, in which one party agrees to pay a fixed interest rate in return for receiving an adjustable rate from another party.
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Trading hours
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Each asset has it's own trading hours and trading days and holidays. to see the assets trading hours click asset index. sometimes you will see that even though the asset is suppose to be trading it's not listed, in this case simply press refresh.
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Vanilla Option
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A category of options which includes only those with the most standard components. A plain vanilla option has an expiration date and straightforward strike price. American-style options and European-style options are both categorized as plain vanilla options. opposite of exotic option..
