Tape Trading

When you get in the business of selling & trading VHS cassette tapes. This was popular in the 90's and early 2000's & was popularised with tapes of wrestling such as WWF, ECW, AJPW, World of Sport & WCW. These where mainly done over the phone or via postal orders & paid via cheque.
tape trading
"Dear BWL, Can I order 736b, 836c, 938j & 528n please.
Find the cheque attached to this letter bellow"
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Hobo-Trade

When a person (usually without income) trades an item of theirs for a different item that belongs to another person (regardless of whether they are there, or not, to agree with the trade.) It is not outright theft; rather an exchange of items, even if not verbally agreed to.
"I Hobo-Traded my backpack for his blanket while he was gone all week."
by Polly Histor December 15, 2021
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trade vulture

A friend who swoops in and hooks up with the person you've been chatting up.
I can't believe you hooked up with the guy I was taking to. I wanted to hook up with him! You're such a trade vulture.
by The Pop Sucker June 28, 2017
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Trade Size

A trader for example in the stocks and futures market who likes to trade in huge quantity
for example Trading 100 YM (worth $16.4m time of writing) / ES Contracts (dow jones index & S&P 500 Futures)

or buying 10000s of Apple Shares on the spot.

And of course for the Forex traders 10 lots+
Example 1:
Experienced Trader: I like to wait for pullbacks to my specific price levels and i'll buy 100 YM Futures contracts minimum (of time writing worth $16.4m in cash)
Another Trader: That's alot of size Steve i couldn't handle that.
Experienced Trader: I like to trade size the markets reward those who Trade Size
Another Trader: Oh really steve?
Experienced Trader: Oh yes i like to trade astronomical size!

Example 2:
Steve Ruffley: The ability trade size is a rare, rare thing you know and I'm not even a big trader you know there's guys
out there they are much bigger than me and I trade size because all I make money that's a simple fact
of the matter it's a necessity for me I don't have the interest of patience straight a ten pounds a point it will not give
me what I want out of life so I trade big because the bigger you trade the more money you make
you know you deal with that in your own way.
by Straight As A Pencil March 13, 2021
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cock trade

when one wants to trade ones tits with anothers cock vice versa
person one: “hey man i really want to have a cock
person two: “you wanna do a cock trade?”
person one: “ah hell yea man
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Tactical trade

Similar to a normal trade, except nothing is given in return, basically stealing
I got this new Xbox game from a tactical trade at my local Gamestop.
by SigurJ January 31, 2009
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Trading Size

A trader for example in the stocks and futures market who likes to trade in huge quantity
for example Trading 100 YM (worth $16.4m time of writing) / ES Contracts (dow jones index & S&P 500 Futures)

or buying 10000s of Apple Shares on the spot.

And of course for the Forex traders 10 lots+
Example 1:
Experienced Trader: I like to wait for pullbacks to my specific price levels and i'll buy 100 YM Futures contracts minimum (of time writing worth $16.4m in cash)
Another Trader: That's alot of size Steve i couldn't handle that.
Experienced Trader: I like to trade size the markets reward those who're Trading Size
Another Trader: Oh really steve?
Experienced Trader: Oh yes i like to trade astronomical size!

Example 2:
Steve Ruffley: The ability trade size is a rare, rare thing you know and I'm not even a big trader you know there's guys
out there they are much bigger than me and I trade size because all I make money that's a simple fact
of the matter it's a necessity for me I don't have the interest of patience straight a ten pounds a point it will not give
me what I want out of life so I trade big because the bigger you trade the more money you make
you know you deal with that in your own way.
by Straight As A Pencil March 13, 2021
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