trading

Noun
  1. Buying or selling securities or commodities (synset 100080218)
    is a type of: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
    subtypes:
    • bond trading, bond-trading activity - trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange)
    • program trading - a trading technique involving large blocks of stock with trades triggered by computer programs
    • short sale, short selling - sale of securities or commodity futures not owned by the seller (who hopes to buy them back later at a lower price)
    • short covering - the purchase of securities or commodities by a short seller to close out a short sale
    • insider trading - buying or selling corporate stock by a corporate officer or other insider on the basis of information that has not been made public and is supposed to remain confidential

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