Orders, Execution & Market Structure
5 terms
Orders, Execution & Market Structure
Tick Size
The smallest price increment by which a security's quote may change on an exchange.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureTime-Weighted Average Price
The average price of a security over a period, giving equal weight to each time interval regardless of volume.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureTrade-for-Trade Segment
A settlement category in which every trade must be settled by delivery, with intraday squaring-off prohibited.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureTrailing Stop-Loss
A stop-loss whose trigger price follows a favourable move at a fixed distance and never moves back.
Orders, Execution & Market StructureTransaction Cost
The full cost of trading a security, comprising explicit charges and the implicit costs of spread and market impact.