Tick

A “tick” is the minimum price increment a stock, future, or option can trade in. For example, in a stock that trades in minimum increments of .0625 of a point, a move of .0625 up or down would be a one-tick move. In the S&P 500 futures, a tick is .10, in crude oil futures, a tick is .01, and so on.

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