program trading

  • 1Program trading — is casually defined as the use of computers in stock markets to engage in arbitrage and portfolio insurance strategies. However, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) defines the term as a wide range of portfolio trading strategies involving the… …

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  • 2program trading — Trading on financial markets using computer programs. The programs used trigger trading automatically once certain limits are reached. It was said to account for some 10% of the daily turnover on the New York Stock Exchange in the late 1980s and… …

    Big dictionary of business and management

  • 3program trading — n. the use of sophisticated computer programs to execute large orders to buy and sell stocks and futures * * * …

    Universalium

  • 4program trading — n. the use of sophisticated computer programs to execute large orders to buy and sell stocks and futures …

    English World dictionary

  • 5program trading — trade based on signals from computer programs, usually entered directly from the trader s computer in to the market s computer system and executed automatically. Applies to derivative products. A process of electronic execution of trading of a… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 6Program trading — Trades based on signals from computer programs, usually entered directly from the trader s computer to the market s computer system and executed automatically. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * program trading program trading ➔ trading… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 7Program Trading — Computerized trading used primarily by institutional investors typically for large volume trades. Orders from the trader s computer are entered directly into the market s computer system and executed automatically. Program trades are usually… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 8program trading —   I program trading o programmi di trading sono dei sistemi automatizzati di compravendita, utilizzati dal trader per effettuare automaticamente operazioni di arbitraggio fra posizioni contanti e strumenti derivati, speciamente nel mercato… …

    Glossario di economia e finanza

  • 9program trading — noun a trading technique involving large blocks of stock with trades triggered by computer programs • Hypernyms: ↑trading …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 10program trading — noun Date: 1984 computerized trading of large blocks of stocks in one market and stock index futures in another so as to take advantage of price differentials between the markets …

    New Collegiate Dictionary