Arbitrage Trading Program - ATP
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Arbitrage Trading Program - ATP
acronym for arbitrage trading program, better known as program trading. Program traders simultaneously place orders for stock index futures and the underlying stocks in an attempt to exploit price variations.
Their activity is often blamed for excessive Volatility.
Their activity is often blamed for excessive Volatility.
| APS, ADR | |
| Abandonment, Abeyance |
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Arbitrage Trading Program - ATP
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Arbitrage Trading Program - ATP
A program used to place simultaneous orders for stock index futures and the underlying stocks.
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The ATP attempts to exploit price variations (market arbitrage). The term is better known as program trading.
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