A hara-kiri swap is an interest rate or cross-currency swap that is lacking profit potential for the originator. 

Halloween strategy, is a market-timing strategy based on the theory that stocks perform better between Oct. 31 and May 1 than they do through the rest of the year.

Hard dollars are payments made by a customer to a brokerage firm in return for their services. 

Herd instinct in finance is the phenomenon where investors follow what they see other investors are doing, rather than follow their own analysis.

Hook reversals are short-term candlestick patterns that predict a reversal in the direction of the current trade.

A horizontal line is drawn on a price chart to highlight areas of support or resistance.

Hot money is currency that moves, between financial markets quickly and investors make sure that they are going to get the highest short-term interest rates possible. 

A hot issue is a highly anticipated and hyped initial public offering.

Holdovers are transactions which are in transit and delayed during the collection process until the next cycle which usually comes the next business day.

Horizontal equity is an economic theory that states that individuals with the same income and assets are to pay the same taxes.

Hammer candlestick appears on a chart when the asset trades much lower than its opening but surges within the period to close near opening price. These moves form hammer-shaped candlestick where the lower shadow is at least twice as big as the body of the stick itself.

Harami cross is a Japanese candlestick pattern that consists of a large candlestick that moves together with the trend and is followed by a small doji candlestick. Harami cross usually signals about a further reversal of a trend.

Hard-to-borrow list is a list of securities held at a brokerage firm which includes the list of securities which are hard to borrow for short sale transactions.

Held order is a market term that describes an order that has to be filled immediately. A trader holding an order is expected to accept the best offer or bid depending on the kind of trade they are in for. There is not time for trader to wait and hold their position until the best offer comes along.

High close is a market manipulation tactics that includes making small trades right before the market is ready to close. This way an illusion that the stock did very well is created.

High filler is a stocks that sees its price rising in several fields, for example is current earning and in current revenue. The gains usually come unexpectedly with the stock outgrowing the entire market during the same period in time.

Holing period is a time between purchasing a security and selling it.

Holdings are the content of the investment portfolio that is held by a mutual or a pension fund. Portfolio in its turn can include assets like bonds, futures, stocks and other options.

Holding costs are the costs associated with the storing of the inventory that hasn’t been sold yet. These costs are usually added up with the rest of the inventory costs. The price for holding costs consists of damaged or spoiled goods and cost of storage space, labor needed to maintain then and insurance that might cover them.

To have a hot hand means to have several successes in a row. For example, if someone tosses a coin a guesses what the coin is going to land on correct all of the times, they have a hot hand. It is synonymous to a winning streak and can be easily said about traders who win several times in a row.