Meaning of "XT" in course of sales?

• 11 February 2009

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Hi All,

I have got a newbie question to ask. I am using Commsec. I just noticed that I could track the course of sales of a particular stock. There is this column "Condition" with some sales have "XT" in it. What does XT mean? And how do I know which sales is Sell and which is Buy? Hope my questions are not too silly.

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Honey85
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• 11 February 2009

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Re: Commsec - "Course of Sales"

It means cross trade. 2 parties (usually insots, or different holders within instos) simply cross the shares.

Do a search for XT or cross trade

 

• 11 February 2009

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A trade consists of one person buying and another selling...
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• 12 February 2009

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Thanks for the definition of XT. Another question is how do I track the buy and sell volumes at different prices separatey?

 

• 20 February 2013

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honey85 said:

Thanks for the definition of XT. Another question is how do I track the buy and sell volumes at different prices separatey?

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Did you find what you were looking for. I am halway through analsysing the data and getting some interesting lines on charts

Moldy

 

• 20 February 2013

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I'm not sure that a clear explanation was given. It is where the one broker has 2 clients, one of whom wants to buy say, 4000 shares and the other client wants to sell 4000 shares. The trade will show as a cross trade for 4000 shares. 2 clients, same broker.

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• 20 February 2013

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If you follow one stock, it is worth watching XT as often institutions transfer stocks from a higher or a lower taxing entity depending on whether the news is bad or good.

Also XT can change price dynamics intraday, as leaking occurrs when an insto will support a price or drive it up or down a few points according to an algorithm.

gg