There are basically two ways to do a deal to buy or sell a security – on exchange or over the counter.
There are basically two ways to do a deal to buy or sell a security – on exchange or over the counter.
Many shares for example are listed at large exchanges such as the London Stock Exchange so when a broker wants to place a trade they can do easily quickly and cheaply “on exchange”. Trades that are not routed this way are known as over the counter. Most currency trades and a large number of bonds trades are executed this way.
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