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The process whereby an in-depth examination of a company’s business prospects is conducted.

A method of allocating shares in an IPO where you specify how much you’re willing to pay for how many shares.

After tax 12-month’s earnings divided by the number of shares outstanding. 

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

Stock price is heading down.

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

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.

The date set by the issuer on which the dividend/distribution will be paid.

The date on which a security holder must be registered as a holder of an issue to receive the dividend/distribution.