by Henry Liverman | Apr 28, 2021 | Market Definitions
Management Fees – The fees and expenses associated with having an investment fund professionally managed. Typically, there is an investment manager who is compensated for their time and expertise in selecting investments and managing the portfolio as a whole. ...
by Henry Liverman | Apr 27, 2021 | Market Definitions
A acronym for Moving Average Convergence Divergence, MACD is a technical indicator used to identify moving averages that may be indicating the coming of a new trend, bullish or bearish. The MACD is one of the most popular trading indicators and can be applied to...
by Henry Liverman | Apr 27, 2021 | Market Definitions
The opposite of a short trade, a long position occurs when a trader has purchased an asset they are waiting to sell when the price goes up. “Long” is also used to specify an open trading position, meaning the buyer currently owns shares in an...
by Henry Liverman | Apr 27, 2021 | Market Definitions
Limit Order – A type of order to buy or sell a security at a specified price or better. For buy limit orders, the order will only be executed at the specified limit price (or a lower price). For sell limit orders, the order will only be executed at the...
by Henry Liverman | Apr 27, 2021 | Market Definitions
Using borrowed funds to increase a trading position beyond what cash alone could buy. In brokerage firms, leverage is used in the form of margin trading (where the margin is the minimum amount required to execute a trade utilizing leverage). Essentially, leverage is...
by Henry Liverman | Apr 27, 2021 | Market Definitions
A facet of technical analysis that looks to the past rate of return of a bond, stock, security, index, or fund to predict possible future data points within the standard deviations. Historical returns may also be used by analysts to predict future price returns or to...
by Henry Liverman | Apr 26, 2021 | Market Definitions
A modern method of trading that makes use of powerful computers and rapid programs to transact a large number of trading orders in a fraction of a second. Generally, traders with the fastest processing speeds are the most profitable. HFTs utilize complex algorithms...
by Henry Liverman | Apr 26, 2021 | Market Definitions
Japanese for “average pace,” Heikin-Ashi candlesticks utilize the open-close data from the previous period and the open-high-low-close data from the current period to create one single combination candlestick. The goal is for the resulting candlestick to...
by Henry Liverman | Apr 26, 2021 | Market Definitions
A portfolio of stocks or bonds intentionally designed to match the makeup and performance of a financial market index. Based on the theory that over time the market will outperform any single investment, an index fund aims to match the risk and return of the market...
by Henry Liverman | Apr 26, 2021 | Market Definitions
The IMF (or International Monetary Fund) is an organization comprised of 190 member countries working to ensure international monetary stability. Established in 1945, the IMF facilitates both the expansion and balanced growth of international trade, promotes stable...
