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Basic Day Trading Terminology
Buy-Side
Sell Signal
Short (Short Position)
Long Position
Long position and long are often used In the context of buying an options contract. The trader can hold either a long call or a long put option, depending on the outlook for the underlying asset of the option contract.
Call
Put on a Put
Put Option
Stock
Exempt Commodity
Security
Stock Market
Fractional Share
Stochastic Oscillator
Stochastic Modeling
Qstick Indicator
Parabolic SAR
Exponential Moving Average
Simple Moving Average (SMA)
Down Volume
Up Volume
Market Depth
Deep Market
By contrast, a security has a thin market if the trading volume for it is low and the spread is wide. This is sometimes described as a narrow market.
Covered Straddle
A covered straddle is an option strategy that seeks to profit from bullish price movements by writing puts and calls on a stock that is also owned by the investor. In a covered straddle the investor is short on an equal number of both call and put options which have the same strike price and expiration.
Straddle
A straddle is a neutral options strategy that involves simultaneously buying both a put option and a call option for the underlying security with the same strike price and the same expiration date.
Covered Straddle
A covered straddle is an option strategy that seeks to profit from bullish price movements by writing puts and calls on a stock that is also owned by the investor. In a covered straddle the investor is short on an equal number of both call and put options which have the same strike price and expiration.
Straddle
A straddle is a neutral options strategy that involves simultaneously buying both a put option and a call option for the underlying security with the same strike price and the same expiration date.