Electronic trading in stocks is an electronic trading system for the sale and purchase of securities. Customers’ orders are entered via a keyboard; a computer system matches and executes the deals; and prices and deals are shown on monitors, thus dispensing with the need for face-to-face contact on a trading floor.this trading is done through visual display units. It makes possible a floorless exchange and brings transparency to deals.
the system does away with the need for face-to-face trading on a formal stock-exchange floor, and even dispenses with telephone dealing. It potentially reduces or eliminates paperwork.
Electronic trading (eTrading or e-Trading) , is a method of trading securities such as stocks, and bonds, foreign currency, and exchange traded derivatives electronically. It uses information technology to bring together buyers and sellers through electronic media to create a virtual market place. NASDAQ and Globex are examples of electronic market places.National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System NASDAQ A US computer system for trading in over-the-counter securities that began operations on 8 February 1971, when it was the first screen-based trading system with no m National Association of Securities…