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Stocks that don’t qualify for NASDAQ listing are traded here or by Pink Sheets. Be careful.

Determining the results of using particular screening criteria, as if the screen had been run at some point back in time, and the selected stocks or funds were held for a predetermined time period and then sold. 

A market in which stock prices are rising.

Any day from Monday to Friday, excluding statutory holidays.

A standard trading unit as defined in UMIR (Universal Market Integrity Rules). The board lot size of a security on Toronto Stock Exchange or TSX Venture Exchange depends on the trading price of the security, as follows: Trading price per unit is less than $0.10 – board lot size is 1,000 units Trading price per unit is $0.10 to $0.99 – board lot size is 500 units Trading price per unit is $1.00 or more – board lot size is 100 units

Stocks of leading and nationally known companies that offer a record of continuous dividend payments and other strong investment qualities.

Permits Participating Organizations to voluntarily withhold their true broker identities when entering orders and trades on TSX trading systems.

Large, stabile companies. 

An electronic record of all pending buy and sell orders for a particular stock.

The lowest price at which someone is willing to sell the security. When combined with the bid price information, it forms the basis of a stock quote.