Trading Basics
Buyback
When companies purchase their own shares.
This reduces the amount of shares issued.
Other Trading Basics
Cyclical Shares
Equities that follow the economic cycle. For example banking shares typically rise and fall with a cycle.
Abnormal Market Conditions
A term used by brokers to describe a rapidly moving or thinly traded market.
Depending on the terms and conditions, this allows brokers to examine and possibly change trades placed during these conditions.
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