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Warehouse Receipt |
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Document guaranteeing the existence and availability of a given quantity and quality of a commodity in storage; commonly used as the instrument of transfer of ownership in both cash and futures transactions. |
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Weak Hands |
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In a trading context, this refers to the ownership of the commodity or security as being a source of relatively weak financial capability. |
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Weighting |
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A method of evaluating the price performance of individual stocks compared with the movement of the total stock market. This method involves (1) assigning equal weights to equal price changes, or (2) determining the relative importance of each stock in accordance with market value. |
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Wirehouse |
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See Futures Commission Merchant. |
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Writer |
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The seller of an option. The writer is required to fulfill the option should it be exercised. Also known as a Grantor. |
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Wedge |
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Technical pattern where two converging lines connect a group of price peaks and troughs.
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Whipsaw |
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Losing money on both sides of a price swing.
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