52-Week Range
The highest and lowest prices a security has traded at over the past year, used as a quick gauge of momentum and value.
Related terms
After-Hours Trading
Buying and selling of shares outside the regular exchange session, typically with thinner liquidity and wider spreads.
ArbitrageProfiting from a price difference for the same asset in two markets by buying in the cheaper one and selling in the dearer one.
Day TradingOpening and closing positions within the same session to profit from intraday price moves.
Limit OrderAn instruction to buy or sell only at a specified price or better, giving price control but no fill guarantee.
Margin CallA broker's demand for additional funds when the equity in a leveraged account falls below the required minimum.
Short SellingA trading strategy in which an investor borrows shares and sells them, hoping to buy them back later at a lower price to return to the lender and profit from the decline.