Investing in the Stock Market
							 
 
 A stock code is a unique series of letters and/or numbers assigned to a specific stock for trading purposes.   
 Example:  ALI is the stock code for A...
						  
						
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 BID Price is the highest price a buyer of a security is willing to pay for a unit of the security at a particular time. These are the prices under...
						  
						
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 ASK Price is the lowest price a seller of a security is willing to take for a unit of a security at a particular time. This is also sometim...
						  
						
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 Last or current price is the real time or the most recent traded price of a listed stock in the Exchange.  
   
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 The last price for COL is ...
						  
						
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 Previous price is the closing price of stock for the previous trading day. 
   
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 Opening price is the price at which a stock was first traded upon market opening on a trading day. 
   
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 Closing price is the price at which a stock was last traded when the market closes. 
   
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 Ceiling price is the highest limit price where a stock can be traded in a day. It is 50% higher from the previous price.  
   
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							   Floor price is the lowest limit price where a stock can be traded in a day. It is 50% lower from the previous price.     Update: In May 2020, SEC likewise...
						  
						
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 Dynamic Threshold prices limits the posting of orders to a certain range of prices based on the last traded price of the stock.  These price limits are se...
						  
						
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