Questions tagged [price]
The cost of a good or service.
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Why doesn't a bond's dirty price account for all coupon payments?
I've been learning about bonds' dirty prices from this video. The dirty price is the clean price plus any money that has theoretically accumulated since the last coupon payment. I'm wondering why the ...
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Question to do with ETF price changes during the day
In my learnings I was told the nav price of an etf is calculated at the end of the trading day,So the next day trading resumes at that price but then fluctuates due to supply and demand for the etf ...
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Historical Prices of Gasoline vs. Crude Oil in the United States [closed]
If this question would be better placed on another site, please suggest.
I would like to know where I might obtain information on a monthly (even yearly) basis which compares the average price of ...
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How can I make GnuCash to use fractions instead of decimals for dollar amounts?
In a Mutual Fund "Account Type", I enter an "Income Dividend" transaction of 0.482 shares with a value of $403.72. GnuCash converts this to $403.7137. Behind the scenes, it appears ...
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How to price this contract in this scenario?
Here is the question:
You want to sell a painting you inherited from a grandparent. There is a 10% chance it is painted by a famous artist, in which case it's worth 100k. There is a 30% chance it is ...
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Is the geometric mean of the price really equal to 1?
If we assume that the geometric mean of the price is 1, then the probability of a price drop of 20% should be equal to the probability of an increase of 25% (0.8*1.25=1). If so, then we have a trading ...
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Total Return Swaps
I am trying to understand better Total Return Swaps and how they are priced (I have heard about projection-based and accrual-based models), can any body recommend good material to read (books, ...
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How to read CDs: price vs yield vs bid vs ask?
I'm trying to understand CDs by comparing the two:
NAME
CLOSING PRICE
CLOSING YIELD
CURRENT BID YIELD
CURRENT BID PRICE
CURRENT ASK YIELD
CURRENT ASK PRICE
Mountain Commerce Bank
99.68
5.694%
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Does Europe use comma as decimal point? [closed]
I have read in some webpage 23,49 € EUR per month ,is that what would be written in North America as 23.49 € EUR per month? Does it represent just over 23 € or over 2300?
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How would one profit from an accurate forecast of tomorrow's price varience?
If one had a reasonably accurate forecast of the variance of the price of some market security, such that one knows approximately what the price variance will be tomorrow, but not whether the price ...
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is future contract price fixed or not?
I thought that Future contract is an agreement to buy or sell an asset at a certain future time and a predetermined fixed price. So if, for example, I need to get 1000 GBP next June, but I am afraid ...
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At what price does a stock get traded if the buy order price is higher than the sell order price?
If a Buyer submits an order for buy price of $10 and a Seller submits an order to sell at $8 - does the price sell at the Buy or the Sell price?
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How are SPX index option prices determined in the 15-minute period after the close?
There are SPX index options that expire every single day now (Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays). I know that SPX options will trade until 4:00pm ET on the day of expiration. ...
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Historic Forex Rates - why are they different and what's the source of truth
I am looking for historical FX data. During the course of my research, I've found that various free providers don't seem to agree on the numbers.
For example, searching for USDGBP rates on Friday 30th ...
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For a trade bid must be at least the ask, but what price is actually chosen when they are not equal? [duplicate]
Example:
I put in a buy order for one share at $100
Someone puts in a sell order for one share at $90.
Clearly this will result in a trade. But at what price?
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option best ask doesn't move unless I place an order lower than the best ask
as in the picture.Before I placed an order.The best ask was 0.35 and did not move at all.This option's volume was very low.
And then I placed a 0.30 sell order, size was 73.
Suddenly the best ask size ...
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Factors that control stocks prices [closed]
I am trying to understand why stocks go up and down. I've seen answers here in the forum and most of them talk about demand and supply.
My questions Are:
Can we know the demand and supply from news?
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Exiting a butterfly spread is hard
I have been watching webinars on butterfly spreads and in addition trading butterflies for about 6 months. Buying a butterfly is easy but exiting a position is rather hard. I have noticed even if my ...
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What does a negative terminal growth rate mean?
Say I truly believe in efficient markets (prices reflect all available information to investors). Under this condition, say I figured that a company has a growth rate that is negative perpetually.
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Fractional cents in price that includes tax
As an example, if I say that a price is $15 including 5% tax, does that make the price $14.285714... + $0.714285... tax or $14.29 + $0.71 tax? This can add up to whole dollars worth of tax difference ...
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Why do gas stations charge higher price for credit card purchase while customers can purchase their gift cards from a third party?
Many gas stations have different prices in credit card purchases and cash purchases. The customer pays a slightly higher price with credit card purchases. On the other hand, if a customer uses cash or ...
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Why isn't newly raised cash priced-in after a secondary stock issuance?
I'm an owner in $HUT8. Yesterday after market close they announced a secondary offering of 15% of the shares.
I understand this is dilutive for the shareholders, and today it seemingly led to a drop ...
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Is there a way to tell what price a stock will be before the market opens?
I was reading about an Atlassian security vulnerability and was curious as to the effects on its stock price. Surprisingly, its stock price over the past 5 days was up 6.83%!? But I checked and Monday ...
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Option Pricing Range
In case of zero transaction fee, the option should have a fixed price determined from
c + K - S0 = 0
where
c = Call option price
K = Strike price, and
S0 = Current market price
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Can secret Bitcoin transfers cause the reported values to be completely off?
Is it possible to buy and sell bitcoin without any of the exchanges knowing about it? Since the price of bitcoin is determined by people buying and selling, could these secret exchanges cause the ...
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Stock Price Differences Between TD Ameritrade, WeBull, Public
Why is TD Ameritrade stock price always the lowest compared to WeBull or even Public at the exact same time? Example, AMC stock was $55.34 on WeBull vs $55.17 on TD Ameritrade. I have noticed ...
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Using adjusted close vs close + dividend in performance calculation
I'm trying to calculate a portfolio's value using 2 types of calculations. I've tested the calculations on Visa's Feb 21' stock prices.
Starting Value: 10k
Jan 29,2021 Adjusted Price: 192.95
Jan 29,...
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What prevents me from being diluted out as a shareholder?
Hi I'm a beginner in stock market investing and I often ask myself this question:
"how is it that I am protected from a company diluting me out as a shareholder?".
I have seen compagnies ...
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Call Option pricing when OTM
In this example, XLX of the binomial option pricing I am pricing American call options using the binomial method. I was wondering if in the first period (0.1), the price of the stock after a downside ...
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Price of a Call Option as you Increase the time periods
I'm pricing call options at the moment and seeing how call option prices change depending solely on the periods of volatility. In one case the stock changes every month, the other it changes every ...
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Gold price per kilo on Yahoo Finance API
I monitor on Yahoo Finance the gold price per ounce. But I learned that in US you buy gold per ounce, but in Europe we use per kilo.
How do I see the price per kilo on Yahoo Finance?
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spx vertical bull put price selection
I just started trading SPX vertical bull put spreads. Had a few winners but am not sure about picking the right credit prices. It seems like system always recommends mid prices for opening or closing ...
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What determines the price that is displayed by an exchange for a security?
From my understanding, a security's prices are published by the exchange on which it is trading. How do the exchanges determine what price to publish? Is the displayed price simply the latest fill ...
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Some questions about buying bonds
If this is a $1000 bond, do I pay somewhere between $1,000 * 103% = $1,030 and $1,000 * 104.061% = $1040.61?
But 4.5%/103 = 4.37%, and 4.5%/104.061 = 4.32%, not 4.116% or 4.123%
Do I get $45 every ...
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Average stock value calculation
Let's say I buy 1000 shares of ABC for 10$ each.
Avg. Cost : 10$
Six months later I sell 500 shares for 12$ each.
Total earnings: 1000$
Question: should I include the earnings in the formula of the ...
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Is there any way to change stock price except buyers and sellers?
Is there any way to change stock price except buyers and sellers?
I mean the stock price depends only in buyers and sellers?
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When an option is exercised, does the transaction show up on a TradingView chart?
I’m trying to understand the stock market and chart data. When an option is exercised, does the transaction show up on a TradingView chart?
Example: If Tesla is trading at $423 and someone exercises ...
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How to Find Date and Time a Stock Traded at a Certain Price
I am trying to see when Disney was traded at 79.07.
When I see graph on Google, it shows Year-to-Date lowest point is Mar 23rd trading at 85.98.
How do I see (1) Date and (2) Time when stock was 79.07?...
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How do derivative prices react so quickly to changes in underlying prices?
Just trying to understand something with the market pricing and how it works. There are literally thousands, if not millions of derivatives tied to say an index fund (which in turn are composed of a ...
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Mysterious stock dips [duplicate]
I am relatively new to the stock market and might not know all the useful terminology, so bear with me as I will do my best to explain what I am trying to grasp and hopefully I will be able to learn ...
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Can a prankster force a stock price to tank?
If I bought 100 shares of Tesla and then decided to sell 1 share for .50 on the market.. once it sold..would I see on the Tesla stock ticker that the price had dropped to .50 at some point during the ...
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Is stock exchange order book data useful for retail investors?
I am a small retail investor, and I have a stock brokerage account. The stock brokerage firm is offering free real-time order book data for NASDAQ and BATS. I noticed that, as a standalone product ...
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Price movements in ETFs
How much money would it take to move the S&P 500 +1% or -1%? How would this be estimated?
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Selling stock prices and GTC Ext
I will be on vacation for a while and wanted to attempt to sell my stock as GTC Ext while I’m away. I am trying to sell at a very high price in case it happens to go that high. If it doesn’t then I ...
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Is it possible to see market data for options trading?
Is it possible to see market data for options trading, i.e. that shows all placed option orders?
Some brokerage platforms provide "level 2" order book information of all placed stock orders ...
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Price matching with Limit Orders
I have basic question concerning the stock market. I placed a Limit-Sell Order of 500 shares at $1.45 for Stock X while it was trading below that. Two days later I woke up to all shares being sold for ...
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Is $3,7 USD for 340 grams/11.9 oz of "creamy" Skippy-brand peanut butter expensive from an American's perspective? [closed]
Right now, in Sweden, a small-feeling 340 g (which is apparently 11.9 oz) jar of "Skippy creamy peanut butter" is, translated to current USD value, $3.7 USD. I think it has been around this ...
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Broker Reversed a Sell That Filled
I had a market sell order that went through last Friday morning, 06/05/2020 at 11 am.
It has an Order Id, Security ID, and CUSIP ID.
Today the broker removed it from my account and took the money ...
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What is the use of having access to Level 2 quotes as a retail investor?
I am a small retail investor. I recently opened a new stock brokerage account. The stock brokerage firm is offering free Level 2 quotes for NYSE and NASDAQ. Judging by the general availability of this ...
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Very short-term drop in stock price
When looking at stock price charts, you sometimes see a large drop in the price for just a short amount of time.
Is this simply an error in the presentation of the chart, or has the price actually ...
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