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TRADING ADDRESS

Location of premises for doing business that is or isn’t the official and registered address.

TRADING AS (T/A)

Bank account designation for business and personal transactions. See doing business as.

TRADING ASSETS

Accounts receivable and payable and inventory that the 3 main financial items impacting on cash flow.

TRADING BLOC

Group of countries engaging in international trade together and are normally in a free trade agreement .

TRADING BOOK

Company’s book showing accounts for stock market shares bought and sold by the company.

TRADING CAPITAL

Money allocated by investors to buy and sell different securities as part of the strategy.

TRADING COMPANY

Firm connecting sellers and buyers but does not own or store merchandise.

TRADING DIVIDENDS

Practice where firms sell and buy each others stock in order to collect maximum dividends. Also known as dividend capture.

TRADING DOWN

Reducing number of features or product quality to bettered suit the selling price customers demand.

TRADING FLOOR

Area where transaction of commodities, options and futures takes place.

TRADING HALT

Small pause in trading a certain security for a reason such as anew announcement.

TRADING ON THE EQUITY

Use of funds borrowed to generate a return greater than the interest on the borrowed funds.

TRADING PARTNER

One of 2 or more participants in a business relationship that is continuing.

TRADING PIT

Area located on the trading floor of an options and futures exchange. Contracts are sold and bought in a live cry out auction.

TRADING POST

Area located on the trading floor of an stock exchange where a specialist will conduct a live cry out auction.

TRADING RANGE

1. Commodities trading. Maximum and minimum limit set by an exchange where a commodity price is allowed to fluctuate on a trading day. 2. Securities trading. Spread from the low and high

TRADING SESSION

Term referring to a normal day of trading excluding trading before and after opening and closing bells.

TRADING UP

1. Increasing number of product features, quality improvements, increasing support services to justify a higher price. Trading down is the opposite. 2. Selling type where a customer can be persuaded to buy

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