The buyer of an option contract who has the right to exercise the option during its lifetime.
Archives
Option Series
An individual option contract for a given security.
Option Type
A call or put contract.
Order Number
An eight or nine-digit number assigned to every order entered into the system.
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.
Overbought
Market prices that have risen too steeply and too quickly.
New Issuer Listing – Plan of Arrangement
An issuer listing as a result of a plan of arrangement. A plan of arrangement is a form of corporate reorganization that must be approved by a court and by the corporation’s shareholders or others affected by the proposed arrangement, all as prescribed by corporate legislation. A plan of arrangement can take various forms, including:An amalgamation of two or more corporations A division of the business of the corporation A transfer of all or substantially all of the property of the corporation to another corporation An exchange of securities of the corporation held by security holders of the corporation for other securities, money, or other property that is not a takeover bid A liquidation or dissolution of the corporation A compromise between the corporation and its creditors or holders of its debt Any combination of the foregoing.
New Issuer Listing – Spin-Off
A reorganization that usually results in a newly listed issuer acquiring a business division or assets as its principal operating asset from another issuer (the reorganized issuer), with security holders of the reorganized issuer holding securities in both issuers, following completion of the reorganization.
New Listing
A security issue that is newly added to the list of tradable security issues of an exchange. It is accompanied with a new listing date.
Non-Certificated Issues
An issue that is recorded on the transfer agent’s electronic book rather than being held as a physical note.