Meaning LEAVES: Used in the context of general equities. Remains to buy or sell of a previously entered order after a report of partial execution has been given. If the floor broker to buy 20M IBM at $115, and he then buys 6M at this price, his report would be, "You bought 6M IBM at $115; leaves 14."
More terms such as Leaves in Dictionary L.
- Definition Low Price-Earnings Ratio Effect:
- Examples The tendency of portfolios of stocks with a low price-earnings ratio to outperform portfolios of stocks with high price-earnings ratios leaves definition.
- Definition London Stock Exchange (LSE):
- Examples regional exchanges joined together in 1973 to form the stock exchange of Great Britain and Ireland, later named the LSE. The FTSE 100 index (known as the footsie) is its dominant index leaves explain.
- Definition Limited Payment Policy:
- Examples Life insurance providing full life protection but requiring premiums for only part of the customer's lifetime leaves what is.
- Definition Lots:
- Examples general equities, this blocks or portions of trades. Can express a specific transaction in a stock at a certain time, often implying execution at the same price (e.g., I traded 40m in two lots of 10 leaves meaning.
- Definition Last Sale:
- Examples The most recent trade performed in a security leaves abbreviation.
