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All directors and senior officers of a company, and those who are presumed to have access to inside information concerning the company. An insider is also anyone owning more than 10% of the voting shares of a company.

Raw materials, work in process, and finished goods that haven’t been shipped to customers.

A GTD order will remain in the system until it is either filled or until the date specified, at which time it is automatically cancelled by the system. This is another kind of open order. A Participating Organization can cancel a GTD order at any time.

The execution and clearing of orders by one member of a stock exchange for the account of another member. For example, investment dealer A is a small firm whose volume of business is not sufficient to maintain a trader on the exchange. Instead, investment dealer A gives its orders to investment dealer B, a larger organization which is a member of the exchange, for execution. Investment dealer A pays a reduced percentage of the normal commission.

Profit a company makes on goods and services before considering overhead expenses. Gross profit is sales minus cost of sales. 

number of shares owned or controlled by insiders.

The amount of a company’s shareholder’s equity that exceeds the value of its hard assets. 

A young company in the early stages of operations and growth.

A person employed by an investment dealer who provides investment advice to clients and executes trades on their behalf in securities and other investment products.

This is trading in the shares of an entity by its directors and officers. These individuals are required to disclose their trades before they happen, and several services provide this information to investors. It is useful, though not an absolute indicator as to a stock?s potential movement, to know if insiders are selling or buying shares of the company they run.