Issue

Any of a company’s securities or the act of distributing the securities. Issued shares refer to the portion of a company’s shares that have been issued for sale. A company does not have to issue the total number of its authorized shares.

Investor Relations

A corporate function, combining finance, marketing and communications, to provide investors with accurate information about a company’s performance and prospects.

Downtick

A trade is on a downtick when the last trade occurred at a price lower than the previous one.

Bear Trap

A false signal which indicates that the rising trend of a stock or index has reversed when in fact it has not.

Issue Status

The trading status of a class or series of an issuer’s listed securities, such that a class or series of listed securities of an issuer may be halted, suspended, or delisted from trading.

IPO Financing

The dollar value of initial public offering (IPO) securities issued in accordance with a TSX or TSX Venture Exchange approved transaction. It is the stated prospectus price multiplied by “the number of securities issued under the IPO plus the over allotment”.