Trading Glossary
Browse 5 trading terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
5 Trading Terms
- Aftermarket
- The market where securities trade after their initial issuance, such as the public trading that follows an IPO. In startup contexts it can also refer to...
- liquidity pool
- A smart contract holding paired token reserves that enables decentralized trading without order books. Liquidity providers deposit equal values of two tokens...
- Market Maker
- A participant that provides continuous buy and sell quotes to support liquidity in a market. In startup-adjacent finance, market makers show up especially in...
- MEV
- Maximal extractable value (originally 'miner extractable value') — the profit a block producer can capture by arbitrarily reordering, inserting, or censoring...
- Public Market
- A market where securities can be bought and sold openly by public investors, typically through stock exchanges. For startups, the public market often...