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81Volatility Quote Trading — A method of quoting option contracts whereby bids and asks are quoted according to their implied volatilities rather than prices. Used mainly by sophisticated investors, volatility quotes benefit those investors who trade upon volatility rather… …
82quotation (quote) — 1 The actual price, bid, or asked price of either cash commodities or futures contracts. 2 An indication of current bids and offers in the market on a particular instrument or spread. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary …
83Inside Quote — The highest bid and lowest offer price for a security quoted among all of the market makers competing in a security. This is also known as the inside spread …
84volatility quote — An alternative means of quoting options, or combinations involving options, by bidding or offering the implied volatility. Any transactions quoted in volatility terms will be translated into price terms for clearing purposes by means of a… …
85stock quote — / stɒk kwəυt/ noun a current price of a share on a stock exchange …
86quoted price — noun Etymology: quoted from past participle of quote (I) : the bid and offered prices of a security on a stock exchange at a given time …
87Handle — The whole number part of a price quote. In a quote the handle could be $56, while the price quote for stock might be $56.25. The quote s handle eliminates the part of the price quote that is a decimal. In foreign exchange markets, the handle… …
88quotation — / quote [n1] repetition of something spoken or written by someone citation, citing, cutting, excerpt, extract, passage, quote, recitation, reference, saying, selection; concepts 274,278 quotation / quote [n2] financial estimate bid, bid price,… …
89Left-Hand Side — The bid side in a two way price quote. A two way price quote denotes both the bid price and the ask price of a security. The left hand side or bid indicates the price at which the dealer or market maker is willing to buy a security or currency,… …
90Decimalization — A system where security prices are quoted using a decimal format rather than fractions. For example, this is a decimal trading quote: $34.25. Using fractions, the same quote would appear as $34 1/4. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission… …
