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Margin rate
Margin rate is the interest charged by brokers when traders purchase financial instruments like stock on margin and hold it overnight. It may also refer to a fee charged above and beyond the broker's call rate.

stock on margin

Buying on margin involves borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock.

Commission
佣金

Margin Loan
A margin loan allows you to borrow against the value of securities you already own.

exchange
交易所

hedge fund
对冲基金

dark pool
(Stock Market)
a private securities exchange in which investors, typically large financial institutions, are able to make trades anonymously.


wily

skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully.
在获取优势方面很有技术,尤其是使用欺骗

what is "than"
"than" means
introducing the second element in a comparison

to name but a few
giving only these as examples, even though more could be cited.

holdover
(North American) a person or thing surviving from an earlier time, especially someone surviving in office or remaining on a sports team.

Hopped Up Coffee
Hopped Up Coffee is a single-origin coffee blended with various hops and malted barley to add the texture, sweetness, and body of various beer styles.

facsimile
an exact copy, especially of written or printed material.

rundown
an item-by-item report or review

Expound vs Expand
Expound means "explain in detail." Expand means "explain in greater detail." So while expound does imply thoroughness, expand is comparative. All you can tell for certain when person A says person B has "expanded" on a topic is that person B said more than he did earlier.

tenet vs cread
A tenet is a single belief. Many tenets can form a creed

sweet spot
the point or area on a bat, club, or racket at which it makes most effective contact with the ball.

an optimum point or combination of factors or qualities.

club
a heavy stick with a thick end, especially one used as a weapon.

a black trefoil

stochastic vs random

A variable is random.
A process is stochastic.
Apart from this difference, the two words are synonyms.

trampoline
a piece of equipment consisting of a strong fabric sheet connected by springs to a frame, used as a springboard and landing area in doing acrobatic or gymnastic exercises.

salamander vs newt
all newt are salamanders, but not all salamanders are newts

on the fly
while in motion or progress.
during the running of a computer program without interrupting the run.

water off a duck's back
it does not have any effect at all on the person being criticized
Fleetingly, without having any significant, lasting, or apparent impact on someone or something.

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