program trading
program trading noun: high-volume and high-speed buying and selling of investment securities, such as stocks and bonds, which is initiated and executed by brokerage firms' computer programs that continually monitor market conditions.
Noun
program trading (uncountable)
- High-volume and high-speed buying and selling of investment securities, such as stocks and bonds, which is initiated and executed by brokerage firms' computer programs that continually monitor market conditions.
- But the controversy over program trading, the sophisticated investment strategy responsible for the upheavals that have sometimes marked “witching” Fridays, is far from over.1986 September 21, James Sterngold, “Wall Street rethinks its latest trading fad”, in New York Times, retrieved 31 May 2014
- When program trading came into vogue in the mid-1980s, it was at the forefront of Wall Street's computer revolution—and its practitioners included the Street's largest and most luminous brokerages.1992 May 17, “Program Traders: They're Back, Without The Bad Vibes”, in Businessweek, retrieved 31 May 2014
- Synonyms:
- high-frequency trading
Synonyms of program trading
Forms of program trading
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Questions about program trading
- What does program trading mean?
- Program trading means high-volume and high-speed buying and selling of investment securities, such as stocks and bonds, which is initiated and executed by brokerage firms' computer programs that continually monitor market conditions.
- What part of speech is program trading?
- Program trading is a noun.
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