Tape reading was the way intraday traders analyzed the price and volume of a given stock before the technology was replaced.
The ticker, price and volume of the stock were sent over the telegraph lines via the ticker tape.
While tape reading was discontinued in the 1960s, similar strategies are used by electronic traders and many of the terms that originated at that time are still in common use.
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.
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.
Liar’s Poker is a multiplayer game in which players take turns betting on the total number of digits contained in the serial numbers of dollar bills held by players.