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Trading postsThe 17 horseshoe-shaped counters manned by clerks and specialists on the Trading Floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Each trading post is responsible for over 100 stocks. The actual buying and selling takes place around each post.Trading postsThe positions on the floor of a stock exchange where the specialists stand and securities are traded.Trading posts Similar MatchesTrading IndexTrading IndexSee: 'Arms index'. Normal trading unitNormal trading unitThe normal size of a securities order. A normal trading unit for shares is 100. Also called a round lot. Known as an odd lots where trades of shares are below 100. TradingTradingBuying and selling securities. Unlisted tradingUnlisted tradingTrading in unlisted securities that occurs on an organized exchange to accommodate members. This practice is not permitted at the NYSE. Automated Pit Trading (APT)Automated Pit Trading (APT)Introduced in 1989, APT is the LIFFE screen-based trading system that replicates the open outcry method of trading on screen. APT is used to extend the trading day for the major futures contracts as well as to provide a daytime trading environment for non-floor trading products. Further Suggestionstrading unitDecimal trading Trading halt day trading Commodity Futures Trading Commission Overtrading Stock Exchange Automated Trading System PLUS Commodity Trading Advisor Normal trading unit Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Insider Trading Sanctions Act of 1984 Crowd trading Export Trading Company (ETC) Trading arrangement Trading symbol unit of trading Central Warrants Trading Service Prearranged trading State trading enterprise Commodity Trading Advisor Trading limit Trading variation Subject to a print or execution or trading Intermarket Trading System Trading pattern |
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