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Trade date is the date on which a security trade occurs. A trade done very early or very late falls on the previous or following trade date. This occurs because in the international market a trade conducted in (e.g.) Japanese equities at 3 pm in London needs to effectively be considered as the following day for Japanese stock exchange reporting requirements.
The number of days between trade date and settlement date depends on the security and the convention in the market it was traded. For example, when settling a share transaction on the London Stock Exchange , this is set at trade date + 2 business days . [ 1 ]
In the United States, the settlement date for marketable stocks is usually 1 business day after the trade is executed, often referred to as "T+1." [3] For listed options and government securities in the US, settlement typically occurs 1 day after trade execution. In Europe, settlement date has been adopted as 2 business days after the trade is ...
Understanding Settlement Cycles Under the T+2 settlement cycle, a trade settles two business days after the trade date. For example, if you purchase a stock on Monday, the settlement occurs on ...
In finance, a spot contract, spot transaction, or simply spot, is a contract of buying or selling a commodity, security or currency for immediate settlement (payment and delivery) on the spot date, which is normally two business days after the trade date. The settlement price (or rate) is called spot price (or spot rate).
The ex-date or ex-dividend date represents the date on or after which a security is traded without a previously declared dividend or distribution. [1] The opening price on the ex-dividend date, in comparison to the previous closing price, can be expected to decrease by the amount of the dividend, although this change may be obscured by other ...
Reference data is a catch all term used in the finance industry to describe counterparty and security identifiers used when making a trade. As opposed to market data the reference data is used to complete financial transactions and settle those transactions. The financial service industry and regulatory agencies have pursued a policy of ...
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