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Over-the-Counter
Definition 1
OTC. A security which is not traded on an Exchange , usually due to an inability to meet Listing requirements. For such securities, broker/dealers negotiate directly with one another over computer networks and by phone, and their activities are monitored by the NASD . OTC stocks are usually very risky since they are the stocks that are not considered large or stable enough to Trade on a major exchange. They also tend to Trade infrequently, making the bid-ask Spread larger. Also, Research about these stocks is more difficult to obtain. also called Unlisted .
Definition 2
The computer and phone system through which over the counter (as well as listed) securities are traded.
Related Terms: 24
Ask , Bid , Broker , Call , Dealer , Deal , Exchange , ECU , FIN , Heir , Inc. , Listed , Listing , Listing requirements , Net , NASD , OTC , Put , Risk , Research , SEC , Spread , Trade , Unlisted
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10-Q ,
10-K ,
1035 exchange ,
12b-1 funds ,
19c3 stock ,
Accelerated Cost Recovery System ,
Allowance for depreciation ,
Approved list ,
Agency security ,
American Stock Exchange ,
Ask ,
Asset-backed security ,
At par ,
All or any part ,
At best ,
At call ,
Automated Order Entry System ,
Adjustable rate preferred stock ,
All-risks coverage ,
At risk ,
Add-on service ,
Action to quiet title ,
As is ,
Assignment to creditors ,
Attorney in fact ,
A shares ,
Alligator spread ,
At the money ,
Across the board ,
Additional paid-in capital ,
Ad valorem ,
Against the box ,
At the bell ,
At the close ,
At the figure ,
At the full ,
At the market ,
At the opening order ,
Automated Pricing and Reporting System ,
Away from the market ,
Below the line ,
Banking Act of 1933 ,
Best ask ,
Best bid ,
Bid ,
Bid/ask spread ,
Bid-to-cover ratio ,
Block trade ,
Blue List ,
Book-entry security ,
Best-execution requirement ,
Blue Sky Laws ,
Broker ,
Broker loan ,
Brought over the wall ,
Buying on margin ,
Buy on close ,
Buy on opening ,
Buy the book ,
Breaking the syndicate ,
Bill of exchange ,
By the book ,
Bailing out ,
Broker loan rate ,
Backdoor listing ,
Back-end load ,
Benchmark risk ,
B shares ,
Butterfly spread ,
Buy and write ,
Borrowed stock ,
Buy-side ,
Box spread ,
Beat the gun ,
Cabinet security ,
Call ,
Call date ,
Called away ,
Called bond ,
Call price ,
Call protection ,
Call risk ,
Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures ,
Common stock equivalent ,
Convertible security ,
Credit risk ,
Call money rate ,
Closed out ,
Contra broker ,
Contract broker ,
Crossed trade ,
Chicago Mercantile Exchange ,
Cyclical stock ,
Cash and carry trade ,
Certificated stock ,
Chasing the market ,
Cheapest to deliver ,
Chicago Board of Trade ,
Commodities Exchange Act ,
Commodities Exchange Center ,
Commodity Exchange ,
Commodity-product spread ,
Crack spread ,
Crush spread ,
Country risk ,
Callable stock ,
Certificate of stock ,
Chicago Board Options Exchange ,
Consumer stock ,
Control stock ,
Competitive bid ,
Contract for deed ,
Cash-out refinancing ,
Closed-end credit ,
Correspondency system ,
Crowding out ,
Closed-end fund ,
Closed-end investment company ,
C shares ,
Calendar spread ,
Call option ,
Call ratio backspread ,
Call swaption ,
Close to the money ,
Counterparty risk ,
Covered call ,
Covered put ,
Credit spread ,
Cloud on title ,
Cash or Deferred Arrangement ,
Class A Shares ,
Class B Shares ,
Child and dependent care credit ,
Cup and handle ,
Close a position ,
Close out ,
Cornering the market ,
Curbs in ,
Curbs out ,
Deficit net worth ,
Direct profit ,
Dealer bank ,
Deposit in transit ,
Direct deposit ,
Direct sends ,
Dealer market ,
Digested security ,
Direct issuer ,
Direct paper ,
Drawn securities ,
Droplock security ,
Dual listing ,
Due date ,
Dealer ,
Deep discount broker ,
Discount broker ,
Do Not Reduce ,
Dividend in arrears ,
Dividend requirement ,
Desk (the) ,
Derivative security ,
Deal stock ,
Defensive stock ,
Distribution stock ,
Donated stock ,
Direct financing ,
Direct placement ,
Direct Public Offering ,
Due diligence ,
De-escalation clause ,
De facto ,
Doing business as ,
Due process ,
Debtor in possession ,
Debtor-in-possession financing ,
Default risk ,
Direct lease ,
Double net lease ,
Due-on-sale clause ,
Debit spread ,
Deep in the money ,
Deep out of the money ,
Delta spread ,
Diagonal spread ,
Department of Housing and Urban Development ,
Direct rollover ,
Direct transfer ,
Direct participation program ,
Dirty stock ,
Distressed security ,
Diversifiable risk ,
Dogs of the Dow ,
Daylight trade ,
Day trade ,
Downside risk ,
Due bill ,
Deal ,
Deal flow ,
Equity risk premium ,
Escrowed to maturity ,
Event risk ,
Exchange ,
Exchangeable security ,
Exempt security ,
Ex-legal ,
Either-or order ,
Eligible list ,
Exchange seat ,
ECU ,
European Monetary System ,
Exchange rate ,
Edge Act ,
E-mini ,
Exchange against actuals ,
Exchange for futures ,
Exchange for physical ,
Exchange of spot ,
Exchange versus cash ,
Ex-pit transaction ,
Eligibility requirements ,
Excluded risk ,
Employee Stock Purchase Plan ,
Employee stock repurchase agreement ,
Ex-all ,
Exchange ratio ,
Exchange fund ,
Exchange privilege ,
Exchange-traded option ,
Ex-warrants ,
Exclusive listing ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ,
Ex-rights ,
Ex-rights date ,
Electronic Communication Network ,
Even spread ,
Exchange distribution ,
First In First Out ,
Form 10-Q ,
Federal Savings and Loan Association ,
First call date ,
Flight to quality ,
Federal Call ,
Fill or kill ,
Floor broker ,
Front-ending an order ,
Floating exchange rate ,
Foreign exchange ,
Foreign exchange rate ,
Forward deal ,
Forward exchange rate ,
Forward P/E ,
Favorable balance of trade ,
Federal Reserve requirement ,
Federal Trade Commission ,
Free trade ,
Foreign direct investment ,
Fee-for-service ,
Front-end load ,
First preferred stock ,
Form 8-K ,
Form S-1 ,
Full stock ,
Floating security ,
Friends and family offering ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act ,
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ,
Financial risk ,
Full faith and credit ,
Free and clear ,
Federal Insurance Contributions Act ,
Free right of exchange ,
Federal ID Number ,
FIN ,
Forward trade ,
Ginnie Mae pass-through ,
Government securities ,
Government Securities Clearing Corporation ,
Graduated security ,
General Securities Representative Examination ,
Glass-Steagall Act ,
Growth stock ,
G-7 ,
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ,
G-8 ,
Gross spread ,
Growth and income fund ,
Gather in the stops ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act of 1976 ,
Hit the bid ,
House call ,
Hang Seng Index ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ,
High-tech stock ,
Heir ,
Holder in due course ,
Hang out loan ,
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ,
HUD-1 statement ,
Horizontal spread ,
Head and shoulders ,
Hammering the market ,
Held at the opening ,
Holding the market ,
In escrow ,
Inflation-indexed security ,
Interest rate risk ,
International Securities Identification Number ,
Investment security ,
Independent broker ,
In-house ,
Introducing broker ,
Investment Advisor Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Income stock ,
In line ,
Intercommodity spread ,
Interdelivery spread ,
Intermarket spread ,
Intracommodity spread ,
International trade ,
Insurance broker ,
Insider Trading sanctions Act of 1984 ,
Inc. ,
In intestacy ,
In play ,
In-process research and development ,
Income risk ,
I/O strip ,
In-service withdrawal ,
Idiosyncratic risk ,
In and out ,
Inside spread ,
In sympathy ,
Intermarket Trading System ,
In the tank ,
Jointly and severally ,
Jumping the gun ,
Joint and several liability ,
Joint and survivor annuity ,
Joint Stock Company ,
Knock-out option ,
Last In First Out ,
Legal list ,
Law of one price ,
Letter security ,
Limited risk ,
Listed ,
Listing ,
Lending at a rate ,
Limit-on-close order ,
Limit order information system ,
Look-through earnings ,
London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ,
Loan stock ,
Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities ,
Legal risk ,
Loan-to-cost ,
Loan-to-value ,
Lock-in ,
Listed option ,
Large cap ,
Leading the market ,
Listing requirements ,
Like-kind exchange ,
Locked in ,
Long-term gain or loss ,
Level I quotes ,
Marketable security ,
Mob spread ,
Mortgage-backed security ,
Mortgage pass-through security ,
Maintenance call ,
Make a market ,
Margin call ,
Market if touched order ,
Market maker spread ,
Market on close order ,
Mark-to-market ,
Multiple Listing Service ,
Medium of exchange ,
Marginal propensity to consume ,
Major medical insurance ,
Marginable stock ,
Making delivery ,
Modified pass-through ,
Money at call ,
Mortgage broker ,
Mortgage risk ,
Morningstar Rating System ,
Married put ,
Marketable securities ,
Net ,
Net book value ,
Net current assets ,
Net income ,
Net income multiplier ,
Net interest margin ,
Net investment ,
Net margin ,
Net Operating Income ,
Net operating margin ,
Net profit ,
Net profit margin ,
Net quick assets ,
Net sales ,
Net surplus ,
Net tangible assets ,
National Market System ,
Negotiable security ,
New York Stock Exchange ,
Noncompetitive bid ,
NASD ,
NASD Regulation ,
National Association of Securities Dealers ,
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system ,
National Securities Clearing Corporation ,
National Securities Trade Association ,
Net capital ratio ,
No limit order ,
No quote ,
New York Futures Exchange ,
No-Fault ,
Net Asset Value ,
Nonvoting stock ,
Net estate ,
No-Action Letter ,
Null and void ,
No-lien affidavit ,
No-load ,
Naked call ,
Naked put ,
Neutral spread ,
Non-qualified stock option ,
Non-statutory stock option ,
Net lease ,
No-load stock ,
Net change ,
Net position ,
Net transaction ,
Net volume ,
No book ,
Off the books ,
One time charge ,
Other current assets ,
Other long term liabilities ,
OTC Bulletin Board ,
Out-of-favor ,
Over-the-Counter ,
On-floor order ,
Online broker ,
On margin ,
Or better ,
Outside broker ,
Other income ,
One-share one-vote rule ,
Optionable stock ,
Original issue stock ,
On account ,
On-the-spot loan ,
Open-end credit ,
Open-end mortgage ,
Open-end fund ,
Open-end management company ,
Option spread ,
Out of the money ,
Open-end lease ,
Old age, survivors, and disability insurance ,
On-balance volume ,
On close ,
One man picture ,
On open ,
On the opening ,
Open trade equity ,
Option exchange ,
OTC ,
Pre-depreciation profit ,
Pre-tax profit margin ,
Profit and loss statement ,
Paper dealer ,
Pass-through ,
Pass-through coupon rate ,
Payment-in-kind security ,
Premium over bond value ,
Premium over conversion value ,
Price Value of a Basis Point ,
Private sector pass-through ,
Provisional call feature ,
Put bond ,
Put provision ,
Payment for order flow ,
Primary Dealer ,
Prime broker ,
Public Securities Association ,
Preferred stock ,
Prior preferred stock ,
P&L ,
Provision for income taxes ,
Pre-existing conditions ,
Pour-over will ,
Past-due balance method ,
Prepayment risk ,
Principal risk ,
Phone switching ,
Publicly-traded fund ,
Pairs trade ,
Perpendicular spread ,
Price spread ,
Privilege dealer ,
Protective put ,
Protective put buying ,
Put ,
Put option ,
Put swaption ,
Put warrant ,
Prudent Expert Act ,
Paid-in capital ,
Paid-in surplus ,
Percent held by institutions ,
Pre-syndicate bid ,
Private Investment in Public Equity ,
Publicly traded ,
Put ratio backspread ,
Point-and-figure chart ,
Painting the tape ,
Priced out ,
Primary exchange ,
Primary listing ,
Put/call ratio ,
Quality spread ,
Qualitative research ,
Reports and Records ,
Return on Capital ,
Return on Invested Capital ,
Return on Total Assets ,
Risk adjusted return ,
Regulation Q ,
Reserve requirement ,
Registered security ,
Residual security ,
Restricted security ,
Risk ,
Reading the tape ,
Real-time trade reporting ,
Regulation D ,
Regulation G ,
Regulation T ,
Regulation U ,
Research department ,
Rule 15c3-1 ,
Rate of exchange ,
Reinvestment risk ,
Restricted stock ,
Red herring ,
Regulation A ,
Reverse Take-Over ,
Right to Know ,
Roll over ,
Ratio calendar spread ,
Ratio spread ,
Real estate broker ,
Retirement Equity Act of 1984 ,
Research ,
Risk/return trade-off ,
Risk arbitrage ,
Risk-averse ,
Risk management ,
Risk neutral ,
Risk premium ,
Risk seeking ,
Return on Capital Employed ,
Regional exchange ,
Risk capital ,
SEC filing ,
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses ,
SG&A ,
Savings and Loan ,
S&L ,
Stock association ,
SEC ,
Securities and Exchange Commission ,
Series EE bond ,
Stamped security ,
Stock buyback ,
SEC fee ,
Securities analyst ,
Securities Industry Association ,
Securities Investor Protection Corporation ,
Securities loan ,
Segregation of securities ,
Sell-side analyst ,
Sell the book ,
Small Order Execution System ,
Stock loan ,
Street broker ,
Syndicate bid ,
Second preferred stock ,
Stock dividend ,
Supply-side economics ,
Systemic risk ,
Single stock futures ,
Second-to-die insurance ,
Stock life insurance company ,
Secondary stock ,
Stock bonus plan ,
Stock certificate ,
Stock Clearing Corporation ,
Stock consolidation ,
Stock exchange ,
Stock index ,
Stock market ,
Stock option ,
Stock option plan ,
Stock power ,
Stock screening ,
Stock swap ,
Stock symbol ,
Stock ticker ,
Severally but not jointly ,
Sale and leaseback ,
Securities lending ,
Security interest ,
Security loan ,
Senior security ,
Stock fund ,
Selling the spread ,
Spread option ,
Synthetic put ,
Synthetic stock ,
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees ,
Social Security ,
Social Security Tax ,
Secondary listing ,
Stock list ,
Story stock ,
Security analysis ,
Selling short against the box ,
Shorting against the box ,
Swing trade ,
S Corporation ,
Short-term gain or loss ,
Sin tax ,
Subchapter M ,
Subchapter S Corporation ,
Schedule C ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ,
Securities fraud ,
Seek a market ,
S&P phenomenon ,
Spread ,
Stop and reverse ,
Stopped out ,
Tangible net worth ,
T-Bill ,
Term to maturity ,
Trade ,
Treasury Direct ,
Treasury Inflation-Protected Security ,
Trust-preferred security ,
Take a position ,
Two-sided market ,
Two-way market ,
Trailing P/E ,
Trade barrier ,
Trade deficit ,
Trade surplus ,
Trade house ,
Treasury Stock ,
Tenancy by the entirety ,
TED spread ,
Triple net lease ,
Truth in Lending ,
Two-step mortgage ,
Time spread ,
Tenancy at will ,
Title search ,
Top hat plan ,
Ten-bagger ,
The Street ,
Timing the market ,
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1986 ,
Tax Reform Act of 1993 ,
Top out ,
Take a bath ,
Thinly traded ,
Trade date ,
U.S. Government Agency Security ,
U.S. Savings Bond ,
U.S. Treasury ,
U.S. Treasury Bill ,
U.S. Treasury Bond ,
U.S. Treasury Note ,
U.S. Treasury Securities ,
Unlimited risk ,
Unlisted ,
Underwriting spread ,
Uniform Securities Act ,
Unlisted trading ,
Underlying security ,
Uncovered call ,
Uncovered put ,
Unsystematic risk ,
Unit of trade ,
Value stock ,
Vetoing stock ,
Voting stock ,
Vertical spread ,
Watch list ,
With interest ,
Williams Act ,
Work force ,
World Trade Organization ,
Watered stock ,
Widow-and-orphan stock ,
W-2 Form ,
W formation ,
When, as, and if issued ,
X or XD ,
Year-over-year ,
Year-To-Date ,
Yield spread ,
Yield to call ,
Yield to maturity ,
Yield to worst ,
Y shares