Stock Market Glossary - B

Select a letter below to jump to that section:

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M -
N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z -

B

Backwardation - The expectation that futures prices will rise over the life of a contract.
Barrier Option - When an options payoff depends the underlying asset reaching a certain price
Bear Spread - An option strategy with maximum profit when the price of the underlying security goes down.
Bermuda Option - An option variety that can only be exercised on specified dates.
Black Scholes - A model used to calculate the value of a European call option that uses stock price, strike price, expiration date, risk-free return, and the volatility of the stock's return.
Black's Model - A variation of the Black-Scholes model that allows for the valuation of options on futures contracts.
Bull Spread - An option strategy in which the maximum profit is attained when the underlying security goes up in price.
Bear - An investor who acts on the idea that the market or a security will decline in value
Bear Market - A market in which a certain group of stocks are expected to fail. Generally a decline of 15-20% is considered a bear market
Best Ask - The lowest quoted offer to sell a stock at any given time
Best Bid - The highest quoted bid to buy a stock at any given time
Bid - An indication of the willingness to buy a stock or other security
Bid-Ask Spread - The difference between the ask price, and bid
Bid Price - The price a buyer will pay for a stock
Blue Chip - Stock in a well established company that in the past has been able to pay dividends in good and bad times
Blue Chip Stock - Stock in a well established company that in the past has been able to pay dividends in good and bad times
Bull - An investor who thinks the value of a stock or the market will rise. A bull market is when the market rises over an extended period of time.
Bull Market - A market in which a certain group of stocks are expected to rise in value.
Buy Stop - An order to purchase a stock above the current market price, that is triggered if the stock prices reaches or passes the buy stop price.
Buy Stop Order - An order to purchase a stock above the current market price, that is triggered if the stock prices reaches or passes the buy stop price.