Party

A party is an organization, or part of an organization, which is legally involved in a trade

Detail

Every trade has at least two parties: a buyer and a seller

Our organization, or part of organization, is referred to as the first party, the other organization, or part of an organization is the counterparty

There may be a broker who introduces the buyer and seller - the buyer and seller are not known to each other until the trade is executed 

If our organization executes a trade on an Exchange then the Exchange is the counterparty

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