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program trading

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: business, computing, engineering, finance, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: high-frequency trading

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a trading technique involving large blocks of stock with trades triggered by computer programs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: trading

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: високочестотна търго́вия (visokočestotna tǎrgóvija) — programmed trading
  • Czech: vysokofrekvenční obchodování — programmed trading
  • Danish: højfrekvenshandel — programmed trading
  • Finnish: robottikauppa — programmed trading
  • French: trading à haute fréquence — programmed trading
  • French: trading haute fréquence — programmed trading
  • German: Hochfrequenzhandel — programmed trading
  • Italian: trading ad alta frequenza — programmed trading
  • Latvian: ātrā datorizētā tirdzniecība — programmed trading
  • Polish: handel wysokich częstotliwości — programmed trading
  • Polish: handel wysokiej częstotliwości — programmed trading
  • Portuguese: transacções de alta frequência — programmed trading
  • Russian: высокочасто́тная торго́вля (vysokočastótnaja torgóvlja) — programmed trading
  • Slovak: vysokofrekvenčné obchodovanie — programmed trading
  • Slovene: visokofrekvenčno trgovanje — programmed trading
  • Spanish: transacciones de alta frecuencia — programmed trading
  • Spanish: negociación de alta frecuencia — programmed trading