trading

/ˈtreɪdɪŋ/

/ˈtreɪdɪŋ/

Other forms: tradings

Definitions of trading

1. noun

   buying or selling securities or commodities
   types:

   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

   type of:

   commerce, commercialism, mercantilism

   transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)