trading desk
Financial operations center
A trading desk is a group within a financial institution that buys and sells securities, currencies, or other financial instruments.
The term refers both to the team of traders and their physical workspace—typically rows of monitors displaying market data.
Large banks have separate trading desks for equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, and commodities: She started on the bond trading desk before moving to derivatives.
- brokerTransaction intermediary for hire
- floorIndoor walking surface
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
- buyObtain through payment
sell · bid · ask · spread · execution · Wall Street · Bloomberg · screens · ticker · position · portfolio · hedge · arbitrage · market maker · pit · closing bell · orders · volatility
- trading floorspit, brokers, hand signals, crowd, jackets
- bankingbank, banks, ATM, ATMs, account
- marketsmarket, marketplace, stock market, bazaar, flea market
- tradersmerchant, retailer, vendor, dealer, wholesaler
- Brokerage Termsstockbroker, broker, commission, fee, spread
- Financial HubsWall Street, City of London, Frankfurt, Zurich, Singapore
trading deskback office
Internal administrative functions
risk management · clearing house · regulatory oversight · custodian · IT support
trading deskindex fund
Investment matching market benchmark
endowment · pension fund · savings account · trust fund · endowment fund
trading deskshop floor
Industrial production workspace
customer service desk · checkout counter · teller window · sales floor · storefront
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