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bullet trade

bullet trade noun: a secondary market trade involving the purchasing of an underlying asset already in the money, allowing the option buyer to capitalize on the move without waiting for the exchange-mandated price change.

Noun

bullet trade (countable and uncountable, plural bullet trades)

  1. A secondary market trade involving the purchasing of an underlying asset already in the money, allowing the option buyer to capitalize on the move without waiting for the exchange-mandated price change.

Forms of bullet trade

pluralbullet trades

Origin of bullet trade

bullet + trade, implying the high velocity of a bullet during trading.

Questions about bullet trade

What does bullet trade mean?
Bullet trade means a secondary market trade involving the purchasing of an underlying asset already in the money, allowing the option buyer to capitalize on the move without waiting for the exchange-mandated price change.
What part of speech is bullet trade?
Bullet trade is a noun.
What is the plural of bullet trade?
The plural of bullet trade is bullet trades.

Words near bullet trade in the dictionary

  1. bullet point
  2. bullet points
  3. bullet sponge
  4. bullet sponges
  5. bullet time
  6. bullet trade
  7. bullet trades
  8. bullet train
  9. bullet trains
  10. bullet tree
  11. bullet trees

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