Stock Market Vocab
What is the price of the last trade called?
Closing Price
What formula is used for percent increase?
Net Change = Current Opening Price - Previous Closing Price / Previous Closing Price x 100
A stock bar chart shows what four prices?
Open, close, high, low
What does SMA stand for?
Simple Moving Average
What business has one owner?
Sole proprietorship
What is the first price a stock trades at during the day?
If yesterday’s close was 50 and today’s close is 55, what is the net change?
Net Change = 10%
In a candlestick chart, what does the line show?
High and low
What is a simple moving average?
The average of closing prices over a time period
What business has two or more owners?
Partnership
What is the highest price of the day called?
High
Yesterday’s close was 40 and today’s Open is 36. What percent change?
Percent Change = -10%
If closing price is higher than opening price, what type of day is it?
Bull / increase day
A fast moving average uses what type of time period?
Short time period
What business sells shares of stock?
Corporation
What is the number of shares traded called?
Shares
Total investment 100,000, you put 25,000 → percent owned?
25%
If opening price is higher than closing price, what type of day?
Bear / decrease day
What is a crossover?
When one moving average passes another
What means owners are not responsible for business debts?
Limited liability
What is the difference between yesterday’s close and today’s close called?
Net Change
5 partners, total 500,000, equal share → each?
$100,000
If the opening price is different from the previous closing price, what happened?
After-hours trading
When fast moving average crosses above slow moving average, what may happen?
Buy
A business has 1,000 shares and you own 25%. How many shares do you own?
250 shares