After Hours Trading (AHT)
Placing orders or trading outside of regular trading hours of the exchange. This kind of trading may offer less liquidity than during normal hours of trading. If you are trading in pre-market or after-hours trading, you should always use a limit order. Also known as the “after-hours market” or “extended trading”.
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A slang term meaning “Algorithm“, “Black Box“, or “Automated Trading System.” Derived from the fact that they are based off a method or set of rules for accomplishing a task in a certain number of steps.
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A method or set of rules for solving a problem expressed as a finite sequence of steps. Algorithms are used for calculations, processing data, and even cooking (i.e. recipes.) Each algorithm is a list of well-defined instructions for completing a task. Starting from a set beginning point, the instructions describe a computation that proceeds through [...]
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