Sébastien Haller

A chart pattern used in technical analysis that shows when demand and supply of a product are almost equal. It results in a narrow trading range and the merging of support and resistance levels.

The difference between the bid and the ask (offer) price.

Bid price, or simply bid, describes what a buyer is willing to pay for a security. It is contrasted with the ask price, the amount a seller is willing to sell a security for. The difference between the two is known as the ‘spread’, which is the cost traders pay to open and close positions.

A candlestick chart is a type of chart used to analyse a market’s price in trading. Unlike bar charts, candlestick charts show the market’s high, low, open and closing price within each period.

Capitulation is the act of surrendering or giving up. In financial market trading, the term indicates when investors and traders have decided to stop trying to recapture lost gains or maintain their positions, due to falling or rising prices.

The term used for systematic, model-based or technical traders.

A bond is a fixed-income investment that represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower (who is typically corporate or governmental). It can be illustrated as an I.O.U. between the lender and borrower that includes the details of the loan and its payments.

The word buck is a slang term for one US dollar. The word’s use traces back to 1748, forty-four years before the first US dollar became minted.

Call options are financial contracts that give you the right, but not the obligation, to buy a market at a specified price within a specific time. The buyer of a call option can profit when the underlying market rises in price.

A financial broker is a third-party coordinating the sale of financial securities between parties selling securities and those purchasing them. Brokers are individuals or firms acting as intermediaries between investors and trading exchanges. Exchanges only accept orders from their members, either individuals or firms. Therefore, traders and investors require exchange members’ services to make financial transactions. Brokers get compensated for their services in several ways; commissions, fees or paid directly by the exchange.