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trading firm

American  
[trayd-ing furm] / ˈtreɪd ɪŋ ˈfɜrm /

noun

  • trading firms
    plural
  1. Finance. a company or institution whose main purpose is to buy and sell securities.


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Investors included Google, which is funding various technologies to help power AI, and the venture arm of XTX Markets, a trading firm building its own data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

“It might be early innings for this change in strategy from Strategy,” said Joshua Lim, global co-head of markets at crypto trading firm FalconX.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

“Crypto sentiment has broadly weakened since Oct. 10, 2025, and the market is currently operating in a low-liquidity environment with limited new catalysts,” said Paul Howard, senior director at crypto trading firm Wincent.

From Barron's May 28, 2026

Quantitative trading firm Susquehanna International Group signed on as Kalshi’s first major institutional market maker in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

They longed for a relationship with some big Wall Street trading firm and mentioned the desire to their accountant.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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