tick
Definition
Securities trading term for the minimum allowable increment of upward or downward price movement. One tick equals 1/32nd of a bond's par value, or 1/8th of a percentage point of a share's par value. A graph showing the successive ticks of a security over a period indicate its market performance trend.
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