This is a market order where the investor gives the floor trader the discretion to execute the order when he feels it is best. If the floor trader feels that the market will decline, he may hold the order to try to get a better fill. This order may not get filled.
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OTC Foreign Trading
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.
Open End Mutual Fund
Investors buy shares directly from fund, and sell shares directly to fund. Share price is Net Asset Value (NAV).
Median Market Cap
The average market capitalization of stocks owned by a mutual fund.
Non-Certificated Issues
An issue that is recorded on the transfer agent’s electronic book rather than being held as a physical note.
Market On Close Order
This is an order to be executed at the market price when the market closes. Institutions frequently use this method to buy or sell large numbers of shares, e.g., when a stock is to be added or deleted from an index and the institution must buy or sell the stock for an index fund. These orders are also used on day trades in order to close a position at the end of the session regardless of the price. It can also be used when you want to exit a position that day, but do not want to cut off a stock that is running during the day-place a market on close order and your trade will be executed at the closing price. As with all market orders, there is risk in that the stock that was rising and hit a target you would be happy at selling at, but then falls right before the close.
Overbought
Market prices that have risen too steeply and too quickly.
Open Order
An order that remains in the system for more than a day. See Good-Till-Cancelled or Good-Till-Date.
Member
See Participating Organizations (POs) and Members
Non-Exempt Issuer
A listed issuer that is subject to special reporting rules.