SLUMP: A sudden and a considerable fall in prices.
SPREAD: A "put and call" at differing prices.
STOP LOSS ORDER: This is a method of limiting losses by giving a stop order to the broker to sell if stock declines below a certain point. These are sometimes called stock orders.
STRADDLE: A "put and a call."
SWEETEN: To give more collateral or margin.
TICKER: A small printing machine operated by telegraph by which the outside world obtains the reliable information as to the prices of securities and commodities dealt in upon the principal exchanges of the world. It is a never failing source of information to the broker. The results are printed on a strip of paper like a ribbon which automatically unwinds and after passing under the printing device runs into a basket. The ribbon is called the tape. All fluctuations in prices are thus wired to the principal exchanges immediately.
WASH SALE: An illegitimate or fictitious transaction.
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