Third market

Third market in finance refers to the trading of exchange-listed securities in the over-the-counter (OTC) market. These trades allow institutional investors to trade blocks of securities directly, rather than through an exchange, providing liquidity and anonymity to buyers.^[1]

Third market trading was pioneered in the 1960s by firms such as Jefferies & Company although today there are a number of brokerage firms focused on third market trading, and more recently dark pools of liquidity.^[2]

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^ What is third market
^ Boyd L. Jefferies Dies at 70; Headed Institutional Broker. New York Times, August 25, 2001

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v t e Financial markets
Types of markets	Primary market Secondary market Third market Fourth market
Types of stocks	Common stock Golden share Preferred stock Restricted stock Tracking stock
Share capital	Authorised capital Issued shares Shares outstanding Treasury stock
Participants	Broker-dealer Day trader Floor broker Floor trader Investor Market maker Proprietary trader Quantitative analyst Financial law Regulator Stock trader
Exchanges	Electronic communication network List of stock exchanges Trading hours Multilateral trading facility Over-the-counter
Stock valuation	Alpha Arbitrage pricing theory Beta Bid–ask spread Book value Capital asset pricing model Capital market line Dividend discount model Dividend yield Earnings per share Earnings yield Fed model Net asset value Security characteristic line Security market line T-model
Trading theories and strategies	Algorithmic trading Buy and hold Contrarian investing Day trading Dollar cost averaging Efficient-market hypothesis Fundamental analysis Growth stock Market timing Modern portfolio theory Momentum investing Mosaic theory Pairs trade Post-modern portfolio theory Random walk hypothesis Sector rotation Style investing Swing trading Technical analysis Trend following Value averaging Value investing
Related terms	Block trade Cross listing Dark pool Dividend Dual-listed company DuPont analysis Efficient frontier Flight-to-quality Government bond Greenspan put Haircut Initial public offering Long Margin Market anomaly Market capitalization Market depth Market manipulation Market trend Mean reversion Momentum Open outcry Position Public float Public offering Rally Returns-based style analysis Reverse stock split Share repurchase Short selling Slippage Speculation Stock dilution Stock exchange Stock market index Stock split Trade Uptick rule Volatility Voting interest Yield

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