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Proprietary Trading: Principal trading in which firm seeks direct gain rather than commission dollars.

Trading Authorization: Buying and selling securities.

Trading Account: An account which shows the gross profit or loss of a manufacturing or retail business, i.e. sales less the cost of sales.

Trading Costs: A 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.

Trading Floor: The trading floor is the active trading area of a stock exchange, such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Securities are traded auction-style on an exchange trading floor. That means the . . . View Full Definition

Trading Halt: Maximizing a firm's revenues by purchasing stock in other firms in order to collect the maximum amount of dividends of which 70% is tax-free.

Trading: A stock that is very difficult to trade to because of illiquidity.

Trading Dividends: Costs of buying and selling marketable securities and borrowing. Trading costs include commissions, slippage, and the bid/ask spread. See: Transactions costs.

Suspended Trading: Suspended trading means that an exchange has temporarily stopped trading in a particular stock or other security. Trading is typically halted either because an important piece of information . . . View Full Definition

Russian Trading System (RTS): An electronic system in Russia, like the Nasdaq system on which the majority of Russian equities trading is conducted.