User:Jcarey81/draft article on basket trading

In finance, basket trading, also known as program trading or portfolio trading, is the simultaneous buying and/or selling of several securities as part of a single strategy. Basket trading is most commonly a service offered by sell-side firms to assist their customers in routine portfolio re-balancing, transition management, or X. Accomplishing a basket trade is done using many tools, including manual electronic trading, algorithmic trading, and monitoring and reporting of transaction cost analysis.