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What does all fhis mean. What do those numbers represent? I don't understand
AHII ~ Key Statistics: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=AHII+Key+Statistics
Now THAT is a blast from the freakin past......lol.......et z
POFS Price Of Fabulous Share
lol, ok, sounds good, I love the Honeymooners!
BTTMA = Boom To The Moon, Alice.
As in big news for a stock that launches the pps. A variation on 'To the Moon' but with a bit of American cultural history thrown in...;^))
Flatsixer
Every 2 years i laugh at that post !
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
MM signals:
300 > bring the price down at least 30%
600 > provide resistance
900 > let the stock float.
MM SIGNALS
100 > I need shares
200 > I need shares badly but dont take it down to get em
300 > Take the price down to get shares....
400 > Trade it sideways based on Supply and Demand
500 > Gap one way or the other, usually to the direction
of the 500 trade. Sometimes -if in the middle -keep the price right where it is.
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and some more terms for ya.....
24/7 = Availible or Open 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
8) or :) or ;) or <{:^) = Smile Face = Happy
8))))))) = Very happy
8( = Sad Face = Sad
AFACT= As far as I can tell.
AFAIK= As far as I know.
AFK ( afk ) = Away From Keyboard
ASCII = An acronym for "American Standard Code for Information Interchange", used to assign English characters into numbers.
ASK ( ask ) = Current Price A Stock May Be Readily Bought For.
Bagger, (one, double, triple, quad or more ) = how many times the price of a stock has multiplied since the purchase.
BB = Bulletin Board:
BBIAB = Be Back In A Bit.
BBIAM = Be Back In A Minute.
BBL ( bbl ) = Be Back Later
Bear = A person who thinks a stock or markets will go lower.
Bearish = Looking for a stock or market to go lower.
BID ( bid ) = Price posted that a Market Maker will pay for stock.
BOX ( box ) = Computer
BRB ( brb ) = Be Right Back
BTW = By the way
Bull = A person who thinks a stock or markets are going higher.
Bullish = Looking for a stock or the markets to go Higher.
BW = Business Wire ( News Service )
CEO = Chief Executive Officer
CFO = Chief Financial Officer
CIO = Chief Information Officer
COO = Chief Operating Officer
CYA ( cya ) = See Ya
CUL8R = See you later.
DCC = Start a chat or send a file.
DD ( dd ) = Due Diligence
Double(r) = Stock that's price has doubled since a given time.
DT ( dt ) = Down Tick in the price of a stock, Price is falling. Our DayTrading.
Due Diligence = Research the fundamentals of a stock.
DH = Day High
DL = Day Low
DYODD = Do your own due diligence.
E2EG = Ear-to-ear grin.
EG = Evil Grin.
EOD ( eod ) = End Of Day
EOM ( eom ) = End Of Month or End of Message
ERR ( err ) = Growl or getting mad.
FAQ = Frequently asked questions.
Fire = Stock that is hot, rising fast.
Front Running = People own the stock then promote it while selling.
FS = Forward Split
FWIW = For what it's worth.
FYI = For your information.
G = Grin
GAL = Get a life.
Gapper, Gapping, Gapolla, GAPPA = Stock that moves from its previous closing price before the market opens.
GMTA = Great minds think alike.
GTG = Got To Go.
GUI = Graphical User Interface ( What you see when using software )
Head Fake = Stock Price heading up or down contrary to ones opinion.
HOD = High Of Day
HTH = Hope this helps. or Hope that helps.
IMHO ( imho ) = In My Honest Opinion, In My Humble Opinion
IMO ( imo ) = In My Opinion
IOW = In other words.
IPO = Initial Public Offering.
IRC = Internet Relay Chat ( Network for live chat )
IRL = In real life.
IT = Information Technology.
KISS = Lip Smaking, Keep It Simple Stupid.
L8TR ( l8tr ) = Later ( Like see ya later )
LAGGED, LAGG ( lagged ) = Long delay between sending and recieving data over the Internet.
LMAO = Laughing My A$$ Off
LOL ( lol ) = Laugh Out Loud
MB = Message Board.
MIRC = Internet Chat Program.
MM ( mm ) = Market Maker ( the folks who handle the trades of stocks )
MOMO = Momentum stock, lots of interest and buyers for hours days or weeks.
NASDAQ = National Association of Securities Dealers.
NEWBEE ( newbee, newbe ) = New user of Internet and or computer.
NICK ( nick ) = Name used by people ( Individual ) on the Internet.
NQB = National Quotations Bureau.
NUKE ( nuke ) = "Denial of Service Attack" that will crash your computer forcing you to reboot.
NYSE = New York Stock Exchange
OEM ( oem ) = Original Equipment Manufacturer
OFFER ( offer ) = Current Price A Stock May Be Readily Bought For. What a Market Maker is willing to pay for a stock or other issue.
OMG = Oh My God
OT = Off Topic, used on message boards when the post is not on the threads subject..
OTCBB = Over The Counter Bulletin Board.
PD (pd and p&d ) = Pump and Dump
PIC ( pic ) = Picture
Pink Sheet = Stocks quoted by the NQB.
PM = Private Message
POINT ( point ) = Dollar or Stick
PPL ( ppl ) = People
PRN = PRNewswire ( News Service )
Pump and Dump = Front running, people own the stock then promote it while selling.
Reloading = To Buy Again or to enter in the order for a buy or sell in the browser window but not yet hitting the send button so as to be prepared for news or movement.
ROFL ( rofl ) = Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO = Rolling on floor laughing my a** off
RS = Reverse Split
SAD = Short Against Delivery
SBPO = Small Business Public Offering
SCALP (S) ( scalp ) = A quick trade for an 1/16 or more.
SI ( si ) = Silicon Investor
SNRK = Under breath Laugh
SOES = Small order execution system.
Spread = The difference between the offer and the bid. The difference between the price a Market Maker is willing to buy a security and the price at which a Market Maker is willing to sell it.
STICK ( stick ) = One point or dollar.
Tank, Tanking = Stock thats price is falling.
Teenie = 1/16th
Thread = A series of messages on a message board or other means that generaly have the same topic.
TICK ( tick ) = Can mean the last movement in a issues price ( up tick or down tick ) Also a market indicator. As a market indicator quote systems keep track of the up ticks and down ticks of stocks through out the day. The tick shown will be the difference between the up ticks and down ticks for that day so far. A positive number means there have been that many more up ticks than down and a negative number means the opposite.
TRIN ( trin ) = A market indicator used in technical analysis, calculated as follows: TRIN = ((number of advancing issues divided by number of declining issues) divided by (Total up volume divided by Total down volume)). A value of less than 1 is bullish, greater than 1 bearish. also called Arms Index.
TTFN = Ta Ta For Now ( UK Folks ? )
TTYL = Talk to you latter.
TTYS = Talk to you soon.
UT ( ut ) = Up tick in the price of a stock, Price moved up.
URL ( url ) = Uniform Resource Locater, Internet address of a web page ( http://sitename )
Deer Market - A flat market. Neither a bull or bear market, a deer market is characterized by low activity, with timid investors waiting for a sign of which way the market is going to end up moving.
The term is used to illustrate when investors who are unable or unwilling to move due to uncertainty - like deer who freeze when "caught in the headlights" of a vehicle.
cintrix....re: Breaking News.....Hey, I thought you guys were right on top of every piece of news...TRDY ???? lol
Tom
LOL no, what is it? Oh, the F one? lol
Yes, it is some new form of voodoo!
lol - yes it was sooo long ago, wasn't it? Did you see Michael's new word?
Ah, nope! lol
Have you found out yet RU? lol
Did you ever figure out the bollies pat? lol
LOL lively board ..look in the ibox
Just go to Search this Board: at the top right of the Ibox and put the acronym in there - if it was mentioned on this board it will come up.
Is it possible to put the abbreviations in some sort of alphabetical order an search for them
'mace', or 'maced'. Means that the Outstanding number of shares is approaching, or has reached the Authorized number of shares. As in SYTR is totally maced, or 'That stock is a total mace job, or that stock's gonna mace................lol..z
Watching stocks trade during the day offers a little knowledge of the stocks tradeing habits and gives the trader a sense of direction that no chart indicator can replicate, sort of a sixth sense if you will. When a stock is riding the upper bollinger band it will need a strong buying period to break through the band, which is a level of resistance. Once it does go above the band then that previous resistance becomes a support level and can be used as either a mental of physical stop loss order. All chart indicators are lagging as they are all composed of historical data.
So let's say hypothetically there is a stock that has a pps that is getting real close to the upper band. If the OBV, DMI, and MACD (which is usually an lagging indicator, isn't it?) are positive, you stay and hope for it to break the band, and if they are not showing positive signs, you see it reaching the upper band as a sign that a reversal is in order?
Good morning Pat,
Theoretically a stock price will bounce off the bollinger bands and spend most of its life in between the upper and lower bands. Breakouts can occur in either direction, but what is most desirable is a positive breakout. Other indicators that I watch when the price approaches the upper bollinger band are OBV (On Balance Volume), DMI (Directional Movement Indicator), RSI (Relative Strength Indicator), and the MACD. More can be read about these indicators here. http://stockcharts.com/education/glossary/index.html
Well now that you bring up Bollinger Bands, I have a question:
When the price comes close to one of the bands, upper or lower, that usually indicates a reversal, right? But if it price breaks through those bands, that's an indication of strength in that particular direction, right? Then, how do you know when say a price is heading towards the upper bollie, if it is going to reverse or break through? I find this whole concept a bit confusing - do you use other indicators when the price nears one of the bands?
Good post cin, it should probably also be stated that there are several different types of breakouts. Two that most common are the Bollinger Band breakout and the 200 day SMA (Simple Moving Average) breakout.
Breakout
A chart pattern used to indicate a rise in a stock's price above its resistance level (such as its previous high price) or a drop below its support level (commonly the last lowest price).
The assumption is that the stock will continue to move in the same direction following the breakout, generating a buy or sell signal.
How would one specifically define:"a Breakout"?
What kind of move would constitute that; seems it's used too rashly on boards(self included). THX
nitetrak
Island..web site to see the top 100 pre-market volume movers or extended hours movers
http://www.isld.com/
Thank you, my man ..... and
Baaacck atcha .... !
New motto ....
Let's SELL SUMPPIN ... !!
Morning Larry & Seasons Greetings to ya!
@'s the exxxxtended version ....
Good morn'n, Ruell .... !
How about BWTFDIK (what the frig do I know)
Thats a new one on me, lol!
what about ntbcaia, that's an important one:
"not to be construed as investing advice"
;)
(or fa, financial advice, or ta, trading advice)
Proposed Amendments- Short Sales
The Commission believes that these SRO requirements have not fully addressed the problems of naked short selling and extended fails to deliver. We believe it would be beneficial to establish a uniform standard specifying the procedures for all short sellers to locate securities for borrowing.45 This would further the goals of regulatory simplification and avoidance of regulatory arbitrage, as well as address some areas not currently covered. We are therefore proposing to incorporate in proposed Regulation SHO a uniform "locate" rule applicable to all equity securities, wherever they are traded.46 Proposed Rule 203 would prohibit a broker-dealer from executing a short sale order for its own account or the account of another person, unless the broker-dealer, or the person for whose account the short sale is executed (1) borrowed the security, or entered into an arrangement for the borrowing of the security, or (2) had reasonable grounds to believe that it could borrow the security so that it would be capable of delivering the securities on the date delivery is due.47 Consistent with the current SRO requirements, the proposed rule would require that the locate be made and annotated in writing prior to effecting any short sale, regardless of the fact that the seller's short position may be closed out by purchasing securities the same day.48 The Commission is proposing an exception from these requirements for short sales executed by specialists or market makers but only in connection with bona-fide market making activities.49 We believe a narrow exception for market makers and specialists engaged in bona fide market making activities is necessary because they may need to facilitate customer orders in a fast moving market without possible delays associated with complying with the proposed "locate" rule. Moreover, we believe that most specialists and market makers seek a net "flat" position in a security at the end of each day and often "offset" short sales with purchases such that they are not required to make delivery under the security settlement system.
As an additional safeguard against some of the problems associated with naked short selling, we are proposing a delivery requirement targeted at securities where there is evidence of significant settlement failures. We are incorporating the same threshold currently used in NASD Rule 11830,50 i.e., any security where there are fails to deliver at a clearing agency registered with the Commission of 10,000 shares or more per security, and that is equal to at least one-half of one percent of the issue's total shares outstanding.51 We are incorporating this standard into proposed Rule 203 because we believe that the levels set in NASD Rule 11830 characterize situations where the ratio of unfulfilled delivery obligations at the clearing agency where trades are settled represents a significant number of shares relative to the company's total shares outstanding, thus requiring remedial action designed to address potential negative effects. The proposed rule would specify that for short sales of any security meeting this threshold, the selling broker-dealer must deliver the security no later than two days after the settlement date.52 We believe a two-day grace period is appropriate to allow for transfer delays or delays due to a variety of circumstances that prevent timely delivery.53 If for any reason such security was not delivered within two days after the settlement date, the rule would restrict the broker-dealer, including market makers, from executing future short sales in such security for the person for whose account the failure to deliver occurred unless the broker-dealer or the person for whose account the short sale is executed borrowed the security, or entered into a bona fide arrangement to borrow the security, prior to executing the short sale and delivered on settlement date. This restriction would be in effect for a period of 90 calendar days.54 In addition, the rule would require the rules of the registered clearing agency that processed the transaction to include the following provisions: (A) A broker or dealer failing to deliver such securities shall be referred to the NASD and the designated examining authority for such broker-dealer for appropriate action;55 and (B) The registered clearing agency shall withhold a benefit of any mark-to-market amounts or payments that otherwise would be made to the party failing to deliver,56 and take other appropriate action, including assessing appropriate charges against the party failing to deliver. Both of these requirements should assist the Commission in preventing abuses and promote the prompt and accurate clearance and settlement of securities transactions.
These proposed requirements in Rule 203 would differ from the current SRO rules in several respects. First, the proposals require action two days after settlement, as opposed to the current ten days after settlement provided in Rule 11830.57 Further, the mandatory close-out provision in NASD Rule 11830 currently only applies to Nasdaq securities. We believe that securities with lower market capitalization may be more susceptible to abuse, and therefore believe that these additional delivery requirements should be extended to all equity securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act. Finally, although market makers engaged in bona fide market making are currently exempted from NASD Rule 11830, we believe that extended failures to deliver appear characteristic of an investment or trading strategy, rather than being related to market making. We believe it is questionable whether a market maker carrying a short position in a heavily shorted security for an extended period of time is in fact engaged in providing liquidity for customers, or rather is engaged in a speculative trading strategy. Therefore, we are not proposing an exception from these additional delivery requirements for short sales in connection with market making.
In our view, these delivery requirements would protect and enhance the operation, integrity and stability of the markets and the clearance and settlement system. In particular, we believe that they will protect buyers of securities by substantially curtailing naked short selling. We request comment on the extent to which the proposed rules will achieve these objectives.
Naked short selling
Many issuers and investors have complained about alleged "naked short selling," especially in thinly-capitalized securities trading over-the-counter. Naked short selling is selling short without borrowing the necessary securities to make delivery, thus potentially resulting in a "fail to deliver" securities to the buyer.
Naked short selling can have a number of negative effects on the market, particularly when the fails to deliver persist for an extended period of time and result in a significantly large unfulfilled delivery obligation at the clearing agency where trades are settled. At times, the amount of fails to deliver may be greater than the total public float. In effect the naked short seller unilaterally converts a securities contract (which should settle in three days after the trade date) into an undated futures-type contract, which the buyer might not have agreed to or that would have been priced differently. The seller's failure to deliver securities may also adversely affect certain rights of the buyer, such as the right to vote. More significantly, naked short sellers enjoy greater leverage than if they were required to borrow securities and deliver within a reasonable time period, and they may use this additional leverage to engage in trading activities that deliberately depress the price of a security.
FS-forward split which can be good but not always, if the company has a history of issuing shares via an S8 and after they have a kazillion shares out there they decide to RS and then they decide to forward split, odds are they will issue another s8 and start the dilution all over again.
RS-reverse split which is not good, meaning if you own 10,000 shares and the company is going to rs it at a ratio of 100 to 1 you will wind up having 100 shares-ewe
JIGGY
When an ask is taken or a large bid occurs on a tightened spread, or a combination of both.
Buzz
FRISKY
When the ask starts getting hit and thins.
Buzz
FWIW=For what its worth
:)
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