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Strike Price:
The exercise price of a warrant / option that is predetermined before the initiation of the option contract, i.e. the price which allows the contract buyer to buy (a call) or to sell (a put) the underlying asset.

Support:
Based on past traded prices which indicate a level that market participant will enter to make purchases when the prices come close to the level.

Swings:
Movement of stock prices within a certain range.

Technical Analysis:
A study of past price movements, usually based on historical price chart and associated market information such as volume traded to draw inferences of the possible prices that comes after, i.e. a predication of future prices, probabilistically.

Time Decay:
Refers to the continuous reducing in value of the warrant / option from the time component as it approches the expiration date.

Time Premium:
Refer to that component of the warrant / option due to the time to expiration.

Time Value:
A component of the stock option that reflect how much time is left before the contract expires.

Underlying Instrument:
A trading instrument or security subject to purchase upon exercise.

Undervalued:
A security selling below the market value that the security analysts believe it is worth.

Upside:
The potential for prices to move up.

Volatility:
An indication of the price fluctuation of the equity, futures or options. Low volatility implies more stable market prices and high volatility implies large changes in prices.

Volume:
The number of shares traded.

Wasting Asset:
A financial instrument that loses value due to time decay as the instrument approaches the expiration date. Option fall into this category.

Whipsaw:
Fluctuation of prices, normally refer to fairly wide ranges and have tendencies of hitting stop levels set by traders.

Yield:
An investment's rate of return.

Zero Sum Game:
Refers to one person’s gain is another person’s lost.

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