This form involves the simultaneous purchase of stocks and sale of futures, or vice versa.

Spreading, also referred to as straddling, involves the simultaneous purchase and sale of different delivery months in one or more futures markets.

It involves the simultaneous purchase of convertible securities and the short sale of the same issuer's common stock.

Spread trading involves the simultaneous purchase of one future and the sale of another.

To limit risk, such trades typically involve the simultaneous purchase of one contract and sale of another.

Program trading normally involves the simultaneous purchase and sale of index futures contracts and actual stocks.

Futures calendar spreads or switches represent simultaneous purchase and sales in different delivery months, and are quoted as the difference in prices.

Spreading involves the simultaneous purchase and sale of different deliveries.

In finance, a spread trade is the simultaneous purchase of one security and sale of a related security, called legs, as a unit.

The New York Stock Exchange defines program trading as the simultaneous purchase or sale of at least 15 stocks.