Thin is a term used to describe an illiquid, slippery, or choppy market environment.
It can also a light-volume market that produces erratic trading conditions.
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Volume is a measure of quantity. In trading, the volume is the amount of a particular asset traded over a period of time. It is the number of units, shares, or contracts that change hands between a buyer and a seller. The more actively traded an asset is, the higher the volume will be (and […]
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WTI is a specific grade of crude oil and is one of three major oil benchmarks used by those trading oil contracts, futures, and derivatives. WTI stands for West Texas Intermediate and is also...
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A technical indicator is a mathematical calculation that can be applied to price and volume data. It can be even applied to another technical indicator. The result is a value that is used to anticipate future changes in prices. Technical indicators are the squiggly lines found above, below, and on top of the price information on […]
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Risk sentiment is a term used to describe how financial market participants (traders and investors) are behaving and feeling. What traders choose to buy or sell means balancing how much they are prepared to lose with how much they hope to earn. You can look at risk sentiment as the expression of traders’ and investors’ willingness to […]
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A Fill or Kill Order is a type of trading order that requires the entire order to be executed immediately, or it is canceled altogether.