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An individual option contract for a given security.

A call or put contract.

The physical document that shows ownership of a bond, stock or other security.

An eight or nine-digit number assigned to every order entered into the system.

Any modification to the list of tradable issues of an exchange. These modifications include: new listings, supplemental security listings, substitutional listings, deletions, name changes, and stock symbol changes.

OTC (over-the-counter) foreign trading refers to UMIR Rule 6.4 (e), which permits a trade to be executed off the Exchange, if one or both Participating Organization/Member client accounts are outside of Canada, provided such trades are reported within a specific time frame to the Exchange for public dissemination of the transaction.

A real-time message area usually dedicated to a particular topic.

Market prices that have risen too steeply and too quickly.

Any business day on which the clearing corporation is open to effect trade clearing and settlement.

Market prices that have declined too steeply and too quickly.