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The selling of a security that the seller does not own (naked or uncovered short) or has borrowed (covered short). Short selling is a trading strategy. Short sellers assume the risk that they will be able to buy the stock at a lower price, cover the outstanding short, and realize a profit from the difference.

A sharp move up in stock price forcing short sellers to liquidate their positions. 

Borrowings that must be repaid within one-year. 

Stocks and other liquid securities. 

This is the average stock price over a certain period of time.

Company with market capitalization less than $1 billion.

Orders which must trade under special conditions. For example, a cash order will be settled sooner than the usual three-day settlement period.

A session during which trading in a listed security is limited to the execution of transactions at a single price.

Someone prepared to accept calculated risks in the marketplace for attractive potential returns.

Capital and preferred shares issued by a split-share corporation. A split-share corporation holds common shares of one or more companies. The corporation then issues two classes of shares – capital shares and preferred shares. The objective is to generate fixed, cumulative, preferential dividends for the holders of preferred shares and to enable the holders of the capital shares to participate in any capital appreciation (or depreciation) in the underlying common shares.