alligator n.— «In the coming months, I predict we’ll see an increase in people dumping real estate they can’t afford. They’ll be forced to sell because they’ll be eaten alive by a phenomenon known as negative cash flow. Investment...
gamma scalping n.— «Gamma scalping, when done correctly, allows traders to profit from small daily movements in the underlying stock. This scalping pays for the decay while the investor waits for a large movement in the underlying...
FOG n.— «We’ve had penthouses, duplexes and coach houses—and now the latest “must have” property in the housing market is a FOG—a flat over a garage.» —“FOGs—the new property buzzword ” Property...
circuit breaker n. a rule or law that puts protective measures in place once a certain level of financial activity has been reached; (specifically) a law that provides tax refunds once a maximum of property taxes have been paid; a rule that shuts...
circuit breaker n.— «We said there’s one market today, not many marketplaces and that you have to coordinate circuit breakers between the markets. Circuit breakers in Chicago are really price limits, ad the circuit breakers in New York...
press trap n.— «Vircom, which recently published a report on a well-known spamming scheme called, “Pump and dump,” or “Hype and Dump Manipulation,” said spammers are now using a technique called a “Press Trap” to get people to read these...