Odd lot

Odd Lot Theory
Odd lot theory is a theory within the discipline of technical analysis. Unlike large institutional investors, small investors tend to trade in smaller, "odd lots.

Odd Lot
A trading order for an amount of stock less than the established 100-share or 10-share units of trading: 1-99 shares for the great majority of issues, 1-9 for so-called inactive stocks.
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Odd Lot. Any number of securities that represents less than a board lot.
Offering. A distribution of securities from a company through a public offering or a private placement.

Odd Lot: Any number of securities that represents less than a board lot.

Odd Lot
Purchase or sale of less than the round lot unit of 100 shares.
Offering Price
The net asset value plus the sales charge. Offering price is what a buyer (you) would have to pay to buy one share of a given mutual fund.

Odd Lot
A quantity of securities that is smaller than the standard unit of trading, which is usually 100 shares.
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Odd Lot: An uneven number of securities that represents less than a board lot.

Odd lot
A trading order for less than 100 shares of stock. Compare round lot.
Odd-Lot Buy Back
An offer made by the corporation or its agent to purchase shares from odd-lot shareholders.

Odd lot dealer
A broker who combines odd lots of securities from multiple buy or sell orders into round lots
and executes transactions in those round lots.
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Odd lot:
A transaction involving fewer shares than in a "round" lot, which for most stocks is 100 shares.
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Odd lot differential. An extra charge, usually 1/8 of a point, that dealers may add to purchases, and subtract from sales, when the order's share quantity is less than the standard trading unit or round lot.

Odd lot. A stock trade involving fewer than 100 shares. For contrast, see round lot.
Open-end fund. A mutual fund open to any investor with the money to make a minimum initial purchase.

ODD LOT THEORY " An investment strategy which assumes that the small investor is always wrong.

Odd Lot
A quantity of securities that is less than a standard trading unit. Less than 100 shares of a common stock are considered an odd lot.
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Odd Lot
An amount of stock less than the established 100-share unit.top
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Odd Lot
An order for a number of shares that is not a round lot (100 shares of stock).
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Odd Lot An amount of stock that is less than the round 100-share unit.
Offering Price Price to purchase one share of a given mutual fund.
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odd lot: Less than 100 shares of stock.
open-end fund: A mutual fund that continuously accepts new funds for investments through the sale of additional shares and allow the redemption of shares for the current NAV of the shares.

Odd Lot Refers to buying stocks in a quantity that is not a multiple of 100.
Off-Balance-sheet Financing Financing that is not shows as a liability in a company's balance sheet.

Odd Lot
A number of shares which is less than a board lot. Usually refers to a securities trade for less than 100 shares, sometimes called a broken lot. Trading in less than 100 shares typically incurs a higher per share commission.
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Odd lot: Less than the usual trading unit of 100 shares of stock or 5 bonds.

Odd Lot - Securities trade made for less than a normal prescribed lot; order for any amount other than a lot rounded to the nearest 100 shares.

Odd lot
The purchase or sale of securities in quantities of fewer than the standard trading lot - 100 shares of stock or $1,000 worth of bonds - is considered an odd lot.

Odd lot
An odd lot is a quantity of shares which is not evenly divisible by a board lot (usually 100 shares). Shares sold in odd lots are sometimes subject to a price premium.
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Odd Lot Theory
An investment strategy that assumes small investors are always wrong because they react emotionally to the market and are usually guilty of bad timing.

Odd lot
The purchase or sale of stocks in quantities of fewer than 100 shares is considered an odd lot. If you buy or sell odd lots, you typically pay a slightly higher commission than someone trading round lots, or multiples of 100.
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Odd lot: A unit of trading in securities that is less than 100 shares. (See also "round lot.")
Offer price: See asked price.
Official statement: The document that provides key information regarding a municipal bond new issue.

Odd lot A trading order for less than 100 of stock. Compare .
Offer Indicates a willingness to sell at a given price. Related:
Official statement A statement published by an of a new municipal describing itself and the ...

Odd Lot Theory
A technical analysis theory/indicator based on the assumption that the small individual investor is always wrong. Therefore, if odd lot sales are up - that is small investors are selling stock - it is probably a good time to buy.

Odd Lot
This is a securities trade made for less than the "normal trading unit" (Round Lot). In stock trading, any purchase or sale of less than 100 shares is generally considered an odd lot.
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Odd Lot
A block of stock consisting of less than 100 shares. When odd lots trade, a premium is usually tacked on by the specialist or market maker. These receive the least favorable price and trade last.

Odd lot
Number of shares traded that is less than a round lot.
Option
Right to buy or sell securities or property at an agreed-upon price and for a specified period.

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A number of shares equaling less than a board lot, the regular trading unit decided upon by the particular stock exchange. Also, an amount less than the par value of one trading unit on the over-the-counter market.

An odd lot order placed "at the market" could be filled at a price somewhat higher than the market at which Board lots are trading. However, in my experience this is happens only rarely.

See: Odd Lot; Odd Lot Differential; Round Lot
Efficient Market Theory
Philosophy that it is useless to conduct market analyses as all investors' knowledge and expectations are already reflected in the market and the stock's price.

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ODD LOT:  Less than a round lot (which is 100) of shares.
OPTIONS:  Calls (puts) that give the holder the right to buy (sell) 100 shares of stock within a specified period at a specified price.

Odd Lot Trading order for less than 100 shares. Off-board A listed stock transaction not completed on a national exchange or an OTC transaction of an unlisted transaction. Offer The lowest price that any person will sell a security.

odd lot A stock transaction involving sales of fewer than 100 shares, or a bond transaction involving a face value of less than $500. offer price/(sell) The lowest price that a seller is willing to accept from a prospective buyer.

Effective sale A sale based on the most recent round-lot price, which determines the price of the next odd lot. The difference created between the last round-lot price and the odd-lot price is referred to as the odd-lot differential.

odd lot Having the quality of holding less than 100 shares of a stock, or less than... odd lot buy/sell ratio An indicator of small-investor sentiment, and calculated by the following: Amount...

Also used for odd lot transactions to occur at the prices and quantities available. See: A.O.S. Detachable warrant A warrant entitles the holder to buy a given number of shares of stock at a stipulated price.

ratio obtained by dividing odd lot short sales by total odd-lot sales, using New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) statistics; also called the odd-lot selling indicator.

Odd lot
A number of shares that are less than the board lot, for example, 436 shares when ABC Plc trades in lots of 500.
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A broker who combines odd lots of securities from multiple buy or sell orders into round lots and executes transactions in those round lots.
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A trading order typically of 100 shares of a stock or some multiple of 100. Related: odd lot
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Round lot
A trading order typically of 100 shares of a stock or some multiple of 100. Related: odd lot.
Round-trip trade
The purchase and sale of a security within a short period of time.

system which, for example, allows for orders to buy or sell large baskets of stock to be transmitted immediately to the specialist on the, where execution will occur in no longer than 2.5 minutes, depending on the basket size. Also used for odd lot ...

Slippage - Refers to the commissions, fees and other costs of executing a transaction. The other dominant cost is the spread between the bid and offer and price adjustments for size. Sometimes, there are additional expenses in trading odd lots or ...

Odd Lot
In the US, the trading of securities at lots less than 100, that is, less than the normal trading unit....(Read more)
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Related: odd lot. Round-trip transactions costs Costs of completing a transaction, including commissions, market impact costs, and taxes.

Related: odd lot. Round-trip trade The purchase and sale of a security within a short period of time. Round-trip transactions costs Costs of completing a transaction, including commissions, market impact costs, and taxes.

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