OEX, which is traded on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), is the ticker used to denote options on the Standard & Poor’s 100 Index.
OEX options were the original standard for trading index options in the domestic stock market, although over time options on the S&P 500 (SPX) overtook them in popularity.
Traders use OEX options to hedge or speculate on the performance of the large cap segment of the stock market.
The Nasdaq Capital Market (Nasdaq-CM) is one of three levels of listing on the Nasdaq exchange, designed specifically for companies that need to raise capital.
This investment strategy uses selling short stocks and using the proceeds from the sale of those stocks to buy and hold the best rated stocks for a specified period of time.
The authorized reserve refers to the maximum number of shares that a publicly traded company may issue, as specified in its articles of incorporation or articles of association.
Downward round refers to a private company offering additional shares to be sold at a price lower than that at which they were sold in the previous funding round.
The Greater Fool Theory states that you can make money buying overpriced securities because there will usually be someone (i.e. a bigger fool) who is willing to pay an even higher price.
“Eventually, when the market runs out of fools, prices will start to go down.
The Halloween strategy suggests that investors should be fully invested in stocks from November to April and not invested in stocks from May to October.