mistrade

plural mistrades

1. countableuncountablelawA trade that is made at an obviously incorrect price; or the act of making such trades.

   The difference between a mistrade and an erroneous trade confirmation is that with a mistrade, the trader agreed to trade at an off-market price.

   2021, Alexander During, Fixed Income Trading and Risk Management, page 98

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   The proposed rule change would also add language that would make it clear that the party responsible for a mistrade would be required to report to the OOM Help Desk the details of any transactions conducted pursuant to Part A or B of the Error Trade Policy that occurred outside of the OneChicago system.

   2007, “Security Exchange Act of 1934: Release No. 34-5964; File No. SR-OC-2007001; June 26, 2007, Self-Regulatory Organizations; OneChicago, LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change Relating to Nullification Policy for Error Trades and Mistrades”, in SEC Docket, volume 90, number 3, page 2600

   With the rise of electronic trading, such 'error trades' or 'mistrades' have turned out to be a major regulatory challenge, even long before the 'flash crash' (2010). In Germany, the handling of mistrades belongs to the few trading details that retail investors care about and that, as a consequence, marketplaces use to differentiate their trading systems from the competition.

   2015, Niamh Moloney, Eilís Ferran, Jennifer Payne, The Oxford Handbook of Financial Regulation, page 612

2. countableuncountableA trade that does not turn out well and is a cause for regret, or the act of making such trades.

   When the vows are purposively made, Why is there a curse of mistrade?

   2003, Chaka S. Thomas, In the Midst of Love and Desires, page 41

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   Looking at failures and mistrades in the markets is just as helpful as showing how profitable a strategy may be.

   2001, Robert Fischer, Jens Fischer, The New Fibonacci Trader, page 77

   For example, by analyzing his mistrades, one can discover what typical patterns of action and belief are hidden behind them.

   2020, Forex Investment Lounge, Finance Psychology

present singular third person mistrades · participle present mistrading · participle past mistraded · past mistraded

1. To trade badly or unfairly.

   In his own interest the owner of a brand should not allow any distributor to mistrade upon a reputable name.

   1928, Advertiser's Weekly - Volume 57, Issues 762-774, page 359

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   For what can he have done with all that money taken upon me which I have accepted, besides 100l. sterling there taken the 10th January of Samuel de Fisher which I must protest, since he cannot have misspent nor mistraded already so much?

   1966, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Reports, page 208

   The Engs allege that their trading advisor, Marketarian Incorporated, mistraded their account in a number of ways: (1) churning; (2) failing to lock-in profits by using moving stop-loss orders; (3) breaching a promise to use $300 stop-loss orders in connection with certain day and overnight trades; […]

   1974, Commerce Clearing House, Commodity Futures Law Reporter, pages 39-295

   Antonio tries to stop her trading her body by saying that his body is actually the one that was mistraded: "I once did lend my body his wealth," but his body was saved by "him that had your husband's ring," so Antonio "dare be bound again,/My soul upon the forfeit"

   2021, Michael Tratner, Love and Money: A Literary History of Desires