Transfer Trades

This Issue in United States

Concept of Transfer Trades in Futures Trading

In this context of financial law, the following is a definition of Transfer Trades: Entries made upon the books of futures commission merchants for the purpose of: (a) transferring existing trades from one account to another within the same firm where no change in ownership is involved; (b) transferring existing trades from the books of one futures commission merchant (FCM) to the books of another FCM where no change in ownership is involved.