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over-the-counter trading

financial trading done directly between two parties, rather than on an exchange
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over-the-counter trading

Summary

over-the-counter trading ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,057 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • over-the-counter trading is a type of financial transaction[2].
  • over-the-counter trading is a type of securities trading[3].
  • over-the-counter trading's said to be the same as is recorded as security and commodity contracts brokerage[4].
  • over-the-counter trading's different from is recorded as over-the-counter drug[5].
  • over-the-counter trading's different from is recorded as OTC[6].
  • over-the-counter trading's does not use is recorded as trading venue[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include financial transaction[2] and securities trading[3].

Why It Matters

over-the-counter trading ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,057 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Different from → over-the-counter drug, OTC
    Does not use → trading venue
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → money/over-the-counter-market
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007555858605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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