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Cash or stock paid to shareholders, usually on a quarterly schedule.

A security not listed on a stock exchange, but traded on the over-the-counter market.

This occurs when a stock has consolidated, formed a base, or has been in a trading range, and then breaks above that level, surpassing resistance at the top of the range or base. Breakouts are suspect if they do not occur on high volume (compared to average daily volume). When playing a stock to buy on the upside breakout, we like to use a “buy stop” which calls for purchase when a stock rises above a certain price.

Investing a fixed amount of dollars in a specific security at regular set intervals over a period of time. Dollar cost averaging results in a lower average cost per share, compared with purchasing a constant number of shares at set intervals. The investor buys more shares when the price is low and buys fewer shares when the price is high.

These are reversal patterns. It is a decline or advance twice to the same level (plus or minus 3%). It indicates support or resistance at that level. These are signature patterns that are playable with little or no confirmation.

A stock is said to be on an uptick when the last trade occurred at a higher price than the one before it.

Stock price is trending higher. 

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

One who looks for out of favor (value priced) stocks.

Stock price is heading down.