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Dolly Llama

11/22/16 10:39 AM

#36861 RE: cuthy #36860

All trades are both a sell and a buy. Someone sells to someone who buys.

Dolly Llama

11/22/16 11:24 AM

#36862 RE: cuthy #36860

Though all trades are both buys and sells, they can be classified as one or the other. If a trade takes place at the bid price, it is called a sell. If it takes place at the ask price it is called a buy. Also many charts assign a color to trades. A trade that causes the price per share to increase is usually green, while a trade that doesn't cause the pps to rise or causes it to drop is red. So it is possible for a trade that is classified as a buy to nevertheless be red. Buys, sells, red and green are just classifications. In all cases someone has sold to someone who has bought.