Block Trade: When at least 10,000 shares of stock or bonds valued at $200,000 or more are bought or sold in a single transaction, it is called a block trade. Institutional investors, including mutual funds and pension funds, typically trade in this volume, and most individual investors do not.

 

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Block Trade: When at least 10,000 shares of stock or bonds valued at $200,000 or more are bought or sold in a single transaction, it is called a block trade. Institutional investors, including mutual fun . . . View Full Definition

Trade On The Wire: Work out of one's long position (usually created by committing firm principal to complete a trade block trade) by selling stock. Antithesis of 'buy them back.'

Block Trader: A dealer who will take a position in the block trades to accommodate customer buyers and sellers of blocks. See: Dealer, market maker, principal.

Block House: Brokerage firms that help to find potential buyers or sellers of large block trades.

Program Trades: Orders requiring the execution of trades in a large number of different stocks at as near the same time as possible. Also called basket trades. Related: Block trade

Road Blocking: The scheduling of a brand's commercial at approximately the same time on all networks, or all stations in a given market.

Round-Trip Trade: The purchase and sale of a security within a short period of time.

Shallow Space Blocking: A type of blocking associated with multiple-camera, studio set productions, where, due to the shallow sets, the actors mostly move side-to-side, rather than up-and-back.

Risk-Return Trade-Off: The basic concept that higher expected returns accompany greater risk, and vice versa.

Reversing Trade: Entering the opposite side of a currently held futures position to close out the position.