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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 MatchesUnit of tradingUnit of tradingThe minimum number of shares, bonds or commodities which are traded in a transaction on an exchange. This number is usually 100 for shares. Automated pit tradingAutomated pit tradingA computer based trading system operating in futures markets incorporating the features of open outcry transactions. Trading profitTrading profitThe profit earned on short-term trades of securities held for less than one year, subject to tax at normal income tax rates. Trading authorizationTrading authorizationA document (power of attorney) a customer gives to a broker in order that the broker may buy and sell securities on behalf of the customer. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)An agency created by the US Congress in 1974 to regulate exchange trading in futures. Further SuggestionsTrading variationCommodity Futures Trading Commission Trading bloc Historical trading range Trading Index Trading price Intermarket Trading System Trading desk (dealing desk) Trading unit Trading pattern Intermarket Trading System (ITS) Margin trading State trading enterprise Unit of trading Arbitrage Trading Program (ATP) Export Trading Company (ETC) Normal trading unit Permanent normal trading relations Trading arrangement Full trading authorization fictitious trading Insider trading Trading costs Mock trading Stock Exchange Automated Trading System PLUS |
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