trading activities
1trading — (1) The activity of buying and selling financial instruments or commodities for profit. Individuals or entities may engage in trading either strictly on their own behalf or for current or future transactions with customers. Trading profits may… …
2Trading room — The notion of trading room (sometimes used as a synonym of trading floor ) is widely used in financial markets to refer to the office space where market activities are concentrated in investment banks or brokerage houses. Financial trading rooms… …
3Trading Floor — The floor where trading activities are conducted. Trading floors are found in the buildings of various exchanges, such as the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade. These floors represent the area where traders complete the… …
4Trading Account — 1. An account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and is administered by an investment dealer. 2. An account held at a financial institution and administered by an investment dealer that the account holder uses to… …
5Trading Arcade — A slang term for an electronic trading facility where local investors can get together and trade for their own accounts. The arcade is often run by a member of a clearing organization, and has no physical trading area or pit. The users of an… …
6Trading Effect — A measure of performance that examines the difference in returns between a bond portfolio and a chosen benchmark. This difference occurs as a result of short term alterations in the portfolio s composition. The trading effect reveals whether… …
7Trading result — Result of trading activities as calculated on the basis of revaluation …
8trading account — UK US noun [C] ► ACCOUNTING a company’s financial statement showing the amount it has spent on its business activities, the money that those activities have earned in a particular period, and the profit or loss from them ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET… …
9trading certificate — Under section 117 of the Companies Act 1985, a company may not trade; i.e. acquire assets, incur liabilities or carry on business activities until it has received a trading certificate issued by the Companies Registry. The trading certificate can …
10trading division — A trading identity adopted by a company for part of its commercial activities, but which itself is not a limited company. Easyform Glossary of Law Terms. UK law terms …
