Over-hedging is a term used in trading to refer to when a position has been hedged so much that there is no (or very little) opportunity for profit, i.e. your hedge cancels out your main pos...
Out of the money is a trading term referring to the value of options. If an option is said to be 'out of the money' then it is worthless. Out of the money does not mean you have lost your mo...
An option is a financial derivative that gives the holder the right, but not the obligation to buy or sell a financial asset at a pre-determined price during a pre-determined period. The issuer of an ...
Opportunity cost is a term used in economics to show the costs of pursuing a particular action. It is the difference in the cash value of the action taken, and the best possible action available at th...
Operating Margin is an accounting term which refers to the efficiency of the operations of a company and shows the profit of a company after operating expenses have been taken into account but before ...
Operating Income is an accounting term which refers to the profit a company earns on its general business operations. This does not include expenditure or payments on investments, taxation, interest, ...
Operating Expenses is an accounting term which refers to the amount a company spends on its general business operations. All payments and income associated with the general running of the business are...
Operating Cash Flow, or OCF, is an accounting term which refers to the total amount of cash generated by a company through its general operations. This is a good way of assessing the profitability of ...
Open refers to the price at which security began a period of trading, as well as the beginning of a period of trading for an overall market. Two examples of how the word open would be u...
An oligopoly is when a small number of businesses (usually less than 10) control the vast majority of the market with a large number of very small competitors operating on the fringe. The classic exam...