TRADING GLOSSARY
Free float
Free float is the portion of a company's outstanding shares considered available for public trading, excluding restricted shares and certain closely held or strategic holdings. Index providers may apply different rules when determining which holdings qualify.
EXAMPLE
In a hypothetical company with 100 million outstanding shares, 30 million are excluded as strategic holdings, leaving a free float of 70 million shares.
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