had been trading
- past perfect progressive of trade.
Example Sentences
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EBay shares had been trading closer to $104 before the offer was publicized, giving the company a market value of around $45 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
The S&P 500, as of last week, had been trading at more than 20 times estimated earnings.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
The largest digital asset had been trading above $90,000 last week before plunging on Sunday and into Monday to near $85,000.
From Barron's ● Dec. 2, 2025
It first appeared on June 27, 2021, in a thread on the WoodenBoat forum, a corner of the internet where fans had been trading reflections about Bourdain for years.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2025
When gold had been trading around $650 an ounce for the past two years, an option to buy it for $2,000 an ounce anytime during the next ten years might well be badly underpriced.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
