"trading technique" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you need to refer to a strategy used when trading stocks, commodities, or other financial instruments. Example: "The day trader used an aggressive trading technique to capitalize on short-term market swings."
"We bet on the country's revival," Mr. Tepper, who describes his trading technique as a mix of deep analysis and common sense, said Wednesday in an interview.
A high-ranking lawmaker has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to prohibit a trading technique that enables some large banks and hedge funds to peek at investors' stock orders before they are sent to the broader marketplace.
The official said that he did not expect the commission to take any steps to curtail short-selling, a trading technique used by investors who are betting that the price of a stock will decline.
Some advisers say that people who make regular investments through a trading technique known as dollar-cost averaging may be better served with no-load index mutual funds because their shares can be bought without paying brokerage commissions, which are required for each purchase of an exchange-traded fund.
But shorting is a very specialized trading technique that requires a lot of attention.
The trading technique has the potential to yield positive gain under reasonable transaction fees.
Nor were the buyers trained in sophisticated trading techniques.
They say it will not reduce liquidity because it will not restrict hedge funds' legitimate trading techniques.
Earlier this month the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission asked 150 California power sellers to admit or deny using various trading techniques, including round-trip trades, to manipulate the market.
Among the companies cited in the crackdown were CompuTrade, Granite Investments, Day Trading International, New Age Trading Techniques, Global Futures Exchange and Trading, Trendy Systems, First Financial Trading, Paul Judd International and Oasis Publishing.
The speech is expected to disappoint bankers, many of whom they still believe they can use innovative trading techniques and financial derivatives to drive profitability.
