Volatility (Vol)
- A measure of price fluctuations. The standard deviation of a price series is commonly used to measure price volatility.
Volume
- represents the total amount of trading activity in a particular stock, commodity or index for that day. It is the total number of contracts traded during the day.
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Weak Dollar/ Strong Dollar -
dollar is said to be weak (relative to a previous time period) against another currency when more dollars are required to buy one unit of another currency. The dollar is strong or has gained in strength when fewer dollars are required to buy one unit of another currency. For example, if $1 buys 10 FF in 1989 but today $1 buys only 6 FF then the dollar has weakened against the franc.
Whipsaw
– slang for a condition of a highly volatile market where a sharp price movement is quickly followed by a sharp reversal.
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Yard
– Slang for a billion.
YIELD
- Return on capital investment.
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