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FLEX Options

Exchange traded equity or index options, where the investor can specify within certain limits, the terms of the options, such as exercise price, expiration...

Facilitation

The process of providing a market for a security. Normally, this refers to bids and offers made for large blocks of securities, such as those traded by ins...

Fair Value

Normally, a term used to describe the worth of an option or futures contract as determined by a mathematical model. Also sometimes used to indicate intrins...

Float

The number of shares outstanding of a particular common stock.

Floor Broker

A broker on the exchange floor who executes the orders of public customers or other investors who do not have physical access to the trading area.

Fundamental Analysis

A method of analyzing the prospects of a security by observing accepted accounting measures such as earnings, sales, assets, and so on. See also Technical...

Futures Contract

A standardized contract calling for the delivery of a specified quantity of a commodity at a specified date in the future.