• Trading Day

    Our Search and Builder tools calculate data based on trading day. An example is the first trading day in Jan. That is never Jan. 1st. It could be Jan 3rd or even Jan 4th, but for our tools that first trading day will be trading day 1.

  • Stock

    A stock, also known as equity, is a security that represents the ownership of a fraction of the issuing corporation. Units of stock are called "shares" which entitles the owner to a proportion of the corporation's assets and profits equal to how much stock they own.

  • ETF

    An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a type of pooled investment security that operates much like a mutual fund. Typically, ETFs will track a particular index, sector, commodity, or other assets, but unlike mutual funds, ETFs can be purchased or sold on a stock exchange the same way that a regular stock can.

  • Margin

    The collateral that an investor has to deposit with their broker or exchange to cover the credit risk the holder poses for the broker or the exchange.

  • Margin Call

    A margin call occurs when the percentage of an investor’s equity in a margin account falls below the broker’s required amount.

  • Stop Limit Order

    A type of trade that combines features of a stop order with those of a limit order.

  • Limit Order

    An order to purchase or sell a security at a specified price or better

  • Wash Sale

    A wash sale is a transaction in which an investor sells or trades a security at a loss and purchases "a substantially similar one" 30 days before or 30 days after the sale.

  • Quantitative Easing

    A form of monetary policy in which a central bank purchases securities on the open market to achieve a desired outcome.

  • Quick Ratio

    The quick ratio is an indicator of a company’s short-term liquidity position and measures a company’s ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets.