trading firm
noun
a company or institution whose main purpose is to buy and sell securities.
trading firms
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pluralof trading firm.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They’re turning to options and credit-default swaps, while trading firms are developing new derivatives tied to the price of computing power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Fed and BoE step up scrutiny of bank exposure to trading firms after Jane Street loss.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
New college graduates and Ph.D.s are now securing million-dollar pay deals from elite trading firms seeking to secure the best and brightest amid fierce competition from artificial-intelligence companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Truth API data feed would be available to institutional customers, including high-frequency algorithmic trading firms, starting next month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
His name was Joseph Ryan—“Joey,” he’d corrected himself—and he worked, as she’d guessed, on Wall Street: he’d rattled off a string of names that she recognized as one of the big trading firms.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
