Market maker
Market makers are players in the stockmarket who trade as principals and may actively try to encourage/discourage trading by changing the prices they quote to tempt buyers and sellers into the market.

Member Firm
A member firm is a trading firm which has membership of the stock exchange.The firm is permitted to deal in shares on behalf of its clients or on behalf of the firm itself.

Is an order for which no price has been specified at order entry.

When a buy and a sell order satisfy the price - time priority, they can result in a trade. This process is called as matching. The match can be full or partial depending on the order conditions.

This is one of the special conditions where a minimum quantity is specified for an order. The quantity of the trade involving an order with a MF attribute should at least be this minimum quantity specified.

Market lot is the minimum number of shares of a particular security that must be transacted on the Exchange. Multiples of the market lot may also be transacted.

The membership of the exchange consists of such number of members as the exchange in general meeting may from time to time determine. According to the stock exchange rules, no person shall be a member if he is less than 21 years or is not an Indian citizen or has been adjudged bankrupt or proved an insolvent or has been compounded by this creditors or has been convicted of an offence involving fraud or dishonesty or is engaged as principal or employee in any business other than that of securities.

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Market capitalization

Market capitalisation is the market value of the equity of a company.Simply put, it is the number of outstanding shares multiplied by the market price of the company. The total market value at the current stock exchange list prices of the total number of equity shares issued by company It is also the currency which can be used in case of acquisitions (in terms of stock swaps).

The amount a buyer/seller of a futures contractor an uncovered (naked) option seller (writer) is required to deposit and maintain to cover his daily position valuation and reasonably foreseeable intra day price changes.

MF

Minimum Fill (MF) orders allow the user to specify the minimum amount by which an order should be filled. For example, an order of Rs. 1000 lakhs with Minimum Fill Rs. 200 lakhs will require that each trade be for at least Rs. 200 lakhs. This could result in a partial match or a maximum of 5 possible trades of Rs. 200 lakhs each and a minimum of one trade of Rs.1000 lakhs.

This arises whenever one invests in a specific market. This is the risk that every business operating in that market must bear - and is thus not avoidable by diversification. The only way to evade market risk is by moving to alternate forms of investment or exiting that specific market.