paper trade

English

Noun

the paper trade

  1. The business of buying and selling paper.
  2. (UK, slang, obsolete) The sale of printed song lyrics by street peddlers.

Noun

paper trade (plural paper trades)

  1. (stock market, finance) A single transaction within paper trading, i.e. an order in a hypothetical portfolio for learning the stock market.

Verb

paper trade (third-person singular simple present paper trades, present participle paper trading, simple past and past participle paper traded)

  1. (stock market, intransitive) To engage in or order in the context of paper trading.
    • 2017, Oleg A. Pozhidaev, Proven Trading Strategies For Winning In The Stock Market, Market Prowler LLC / Black Pen Industries LLC, unnumbered page:
      I suggest you paper trade for 2 to 3 months before you start live trading with real money.

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