Trading and Investing Definitions –
Market situation in which prices in succeeding delivery months are progressively higher than in the nearest delivery month. The discrepancy in prices is often a result of the costs of storing and insuring the underlying commodity. Opposite of backwardation.
Pairs Trading is a strategy that consists of buying one stock in a given industry, and selling short another stock, usually in the same industry.
In a Japanese CandleStick chart, this is a doji candle where prices rallied but came back and closed at the level they started; the open and close are equal.
The Golden Cross is a bullish signal generated when when the 50-day moving average crosses above the 200-day moving average. See also: Death Cross, Moving Average Crossovers
A technical analysis charting method. The Candlestick Chart is a price chart that displays the high, low, open, and close over a specified period of time. It adds dimension and color to the Bar Chart by depicting the area of the bar between the open and close as a two dimensional real body. This area