What Do You Know About Stock Traders? Quiz

20 Questions | By Gsmoothe | Updated: Nov 30, 2022 | Attempts: 3201

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What Do You Know About Stock Traders? Quiz - Quiz

What do you know about the stock market and stock traders? Take this quiz and gather some information about it. One of the ways through which people make an earning is through the buying of shares of a company when the share price is low and selling it back when it is high. This profession is very keen on attention to detail and being aware of the changes in the economy around us. Play the quiz below to see if you have what it takes to trade stocks well.

Questions and Answers

1.

One can profit from stocks by
- A.
  
  Buying high and selling low
- B.
  
  Buying low and selling high
- C.
  
  Buying and selling at the same price
- D.
  
  All of the above
2.

The Volatility Index (VIX) is
- A.
  
  A spot check of the number of floor traders at work on a given day
- B.
  
  A gauge of the likelihood that the stock market will shut down due to an unexpected event
- C.
  
  An indicator used to measure the perceived volatility of stock prices
- D.
  
  All of the above
3.

Which of the following is(was) not a stock exchange?
- A.
  
  HQSX
- B.
  
  NASDAQ
- C.
  
  NYSE
- D.
  
  ASDF
4.

EBITDA stands for
- A.
  
  End Buying, Initial Tax and Daily Allowance
- B.
  
  Even Bidding and Internal Testing of Daily Adjustments
- C.
  
  Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization
- D.
  
  All of the above
5.

Stock symbols MMI and MSI replaced what single ticker symbol?
- A.
  
  MRI
- B.
  
  MOT
- C.
  
  MTR
- D.
  
  All of the above
6.

A double short ETF is
- A.
  
  A short-term entry agreement between buyer and seller
- B.
  
  A way of arbitrating a dispute when two people own the same stock
- C.
  
  A 2X shorting vehicle for a particular market sector
- D.
  
  None of the above
7.

In pre and post market trading, an allowable order type is
- A.
  
  A limit order
- B.
  
  A market order
- C.
  
  A takeover order
- D.
  
  All of the above
8.

A stock's PE is
- A.
  
  The Predicted Eventuality that the stock will close at a given price
- B.
  
  The Price to Earnings ratio of the stock
- C.
  
  The Perceived Entry point of the stock into the marketplace
- D.
  
  All of the above
9.

Stocks that have small bottom-to-top trading ranges in a given timeframe are
- A.
  
  Low beta stocks
- B.
  
  Low-T stocks
- C.
  
  Closely framed stocks
- D.
  
  All of the above
10.

FOREX typically refers to
- A.
  
  Formulated Expectation of a stock's trading volume
- B.
  
  Forced Execution of trades by computers
- C.
  
  Foreign Exchange
- D.
  
  All of the above
11.

Margin compression occurs when
- A.
  
  All of the available stock for a company has been sold
- B.
  
  The profit that a company makes on a sold item decreases
- C.
  
  A company's stock experiences a drop in its marginal price per share
- D.
  
  All of the above
12.

The average value of a stock's price over a rolling 50 day period is
- A.
  
  The 50 day moving average
- B.
  
  The 50 day concensus term
- C.
  
  The 50 day adjustment point
- D.
  
  All of the above
13.

The total number of shares of a company's stock multiplied by the current share price is the
- A.
  
  Net Share Allocation
- B.
  
  Stock Distribution
- C.
  
  Market Capitalization
- D.
  
  All of the above
14.

A company has just issued an IPO. This means that it has
- A.
  
  Released the specifics of its Internal Purchasing Operation
- B.
  
  Made an Initial Public Offering of stock
- C.
  
  Announced that it is in compliance with International Profit Organization rules
- D.
  
  All of the above
15.

When the buyer of a stock sets a pre-determined maximum price that he or she is willing to pay, the buyer is placing a
- A.
  
  Set Purchase Arrangement(SPA)
- B.
  
  Negotiated Price Point Order
- C.
  
  Limit Order
- D.
  
  All of the above
16.

The group that sets the rules for pattern day trading is
- A.
  
  FINRA
- B.
  
  The SEC
- C.
  
  The Federal Trade Commission
- D.
  
  All of the above
17.

When a company purchases shares of its stock from current shareholders this is called a
- A.
  
  Share buyback
- B.
  
  Dvidend
- C.
  
  Stock split
- D.
  
  All of the above
18.

The term M & A typically refers to
- A.
  
  The Mean Amount of shares traded per time period
- B.
  
  Mergers and Acquisitions
- C.
  
  Criteria for a stock trade being Met and Affirmed
- D.
  
  All of the above
19.

When a stock's price goes from historical highs down to a previously-attained lower milestone this is called
- A.
  
  Recalibration
- B.
  
  Retrenchment
- C.
  
  Retracement
- D.
  
  Reincarnation
20.

Coffee, cocoa, sugar, wheat and corn are examples of
- A.
  
  Soft commodities
- B.
  
  Hard commodities
- C.
  
  Stocks that frequently experience mean reversion
- D.
  
  All of the above