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Trading costsCosts of buying and selling marketable securities and borrowing. Trading costs include commissions, slippage, and the bi../../finance-glossary/ask spread. See: Transactions costs.Trading costs Similar MatchesStock Exchange Electronic Trading ServiceStock Exchange Electronic Trading ServiceThe automated trading system introduced in 1997 for the largest companies quoted on the main list of the London Stock Exchange. Trades through SETS match buyers and sellers automatically, cutting out the need for a market maker which theoretically means a narrower bid-offer spread. Smaller companies continue to use the SEAQ 'quote' book system, with market makers quoting prices to brokers and trades being done on a semi-automatic rather than fully-automatic basis. Prearranged tradingPrearranged tradingPossibly fraudulent practice whereby commodities dealers carry out risk-free trades at predetermined prices to acquire tax advantages. Last trading dayLast trading dayAn expression used in futures and options trading which refers to the last day for trading in a contract for a particular delivery or expiry month. Central Warrants Trading ServiceCentral Warrants Trading ServiceThe Central Warrants Trading Service is the automatic execution order book system on the London Stock Exchange. Trading patternTrading patternLong-range direction of a security or commodity futures price, charted by drawing one line connecting the highest prices the security has reached and another line connecting the lowest prices at which the security has traded over the same period. See: Technical analysis. Further SuggestionsTrading unitCommodity Futures Trading Commission normal trading unit Margin trading Trading authorization Unlisted trading Suspended trading fictitious trading Full trading authorization Trading desk (dealing desk) Unit of trading Historical trading range Automated Pit Trading (APT) unit of trading automated pit trading Arbitrage Trading Program (ATP) Dealing desk (Trading desk) Decimal trading day trading Trading posts Trading paper Side by side trading Intermarket Trading System (ITS) Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Permanent normal trading relations |
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