Zero aptic is the purchase of a security at the same price as the transaction immediately preceding it, but at a price higher than the previous transaction.
Zero Growth occurs instantly when a trade is made with qualifying characteristics based on the two transactions prior to it.
Qualifying a zero tick trade includes trades between buyers and sellers of securities that do not change the price of that security.
Zero apkies were often used by short sellers to comply with the apk rule.
The raise rule (also known as the plus tick rule) was a law established by the SEC that required each short sale trade to be at a higher price than the previous trade - this rule was repealed in 2007.
Arbitrageurs are investors who exploit market inefficiencies of any kind. They are necessary to ensure that inefficiencies between markets are smoothed out or kept to a minimum.
A beneficial owner is a person who enjoys the benefits of ownership, despite the fact that the ownership of the property is registered in a different name.
A central counterparty clearing house (CCP) is an organization, usually run by a large bank, that exists in European countries to facilitate the trading of derivatives and equities.
Delivered from ship (DES) was an Incoterm (an international commercial term) that applied to both inland and ocean shipping, and often to charter shipping.
Preliminary analysis in financial markets refers to the forecasting of various indicators, economic and financial, by evaluating past and present data and parameters.
Financial Information Exchange (FIX) is an information and data protocol used to distribute price and trade information to investment banks and broker-dealers.
A good delivery is understood as an unhindered transfer of ownership of a security from the seller to the buyer in compliance with all necessary requirements.
“Holding the market” refers to an illegal trading practice that attempts to support the price of a security after negative news has been published that would otherwise cause its price to fall.