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Trading Book

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Trading Book

The portfolio of financial instruments held by a brokerage or bank. The financial instruments in the trading book are purchased or sold to facilitate trading for their customers, to profit from spreads between the bid/ask spread, or to hedge against various types of risk.

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The trading books for large financial institutions can be worth billions of dollars.

See also: Bid/Ask Spread, Hedge, Risk, Security

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