Understanding Penny Stocks by Peter Leeds

Buying more shares of penny stocks you already own, and getting the new shares at a lower price because the penny stock has been dropping.

Companies that are considered safe and conservative investments, with low downside risk. These stocks are widely held, have major market capitalizations, and have a certain degree of price stability. [..]

The price that buying investors are willing to pay for shares of stock. You can learn all about bid prices and trading penny stocks in the section on Trading Penny Stocks.

When a stock ceases to be traded by a stock exchange it is considered delisted. There are various reasons a stock would get delisted, such as failure to meet the parent exchange's listing require [..]

A method of researching a stock that looks at fundamental factors, which include; financial results, financial ratios, industry conditions, press releases, and more. View a full discussion of fundamen [..]

When an exchange temporarily (or sometimes permanently) stops a stock from trading. In some cases, the company can request that their own stock be halted. Causes for halts are numerous, but usually in [..]

Diversifying exposure or managing risk through opposing investments. For example, you could buy an airline penny stock and an oil production penny stock. Higher oil prices would hurt one, but help the [..]

You want to buy or sell shares of a stock, and have specified the exact price you are willing to accept per share. A full discussion of limit orders can be found in Buying Penny Stocks.

The number of shares of a company times the price per share = the market capitalization. It is a method of quickly calculating a company's 'worth.' For example, ABC with 1 million outst [..]