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GLOSSARY
Hyperbolic move:
A sharp and significant move to the up- or downside of your
position. You might decide to scale out of a position to lock in profit if this type of
move occurs.
Immediate or cancel (IOC):
By choosing IOC, your order will have immediate
execution of all or part of the quantity of stock you specified. Any portion of the
order that is not executed immediately is automatically canceled.
Impulsive Elliott Wave:
The major trend in every time frame takes the form of
five waves (impulse waves) which, once complete, are corrected by three waves
(corrective waves).
Index Fund:
A mutual fund that tracks a stated market index.
Individual retirement account (IRA):
A retirement account any employed
person (or spouse of an employed person) can open and contribute to. Assets in
the account grow tax deferred and contributions may be tax deductible. Distribu-
tions taken before age 59 are subject to penalty.
Inflation:
Rate of increase in average product and service price levels. Differ-
ent indexes use different baskets of products and services to compute the average
prices. A popular index is the Consumer Price Index.
Initial public offering (IPO):
The first sale of equities (stocks) to the public by
a private firm. In making an IPO, a private firm has “gone public.”
Institutional investor:
A bank, mutual fund, pension fund, or other corporate
entity that trades financial instruments in large volumes.
Intraday time frame:
A shorter time frame from the 1-minute to the 60-minute
that day traders use in making their entry and exit decisions.
Investing:
This is a term with several closely-related meanings in business man-
agement, finance and economics, related to saving or deferring consumption. An
asset is usually purchased, or equivalently a deposit is made in a bank, in hopes
of getting a future return or interest from it. Literally, the word means the “action
of putting something in to somewhere else.” Think of it as using financial instru-
ments to invest savings for future gain and usually is not considered a short-term
endeavor.
Investor:
Generally uses a buy-and-hold approach using weekly and monthly
charts to evaluate the market. An investor can be a trader when they time their
long-term investments. They are more likely to incorporate fundamental analysis
into their approach than a day trader would.
In-the-money:
When an option’s current market price is above the strike price
of a call, or below the strike price of a put. An in-the-money option would produce
a profit, if exercised.
Large cap:
Refers to the size of a firm’s market capitalization. Generally, any
firms with a market cap above $10 billion are referred to as a large cap.
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