Cost of buying or selling a financial instrument. Transaction Date - Date on which a trade takes place.

For accounting purposes, this is restricted to commissions actually paid to a broker or other agent, but in finance theory the concept is extended to include the sum of commissions, bid/ask spreads, market impact (the effect of the trade on the posted exchange price) and the opportunity cost of unexecuted trades. This is an estimated quantity that varies with individual issues as well as market conditions and between markets.

A cost associated with buying and selling investments within a portfolio, which can cover brokerage and stamp duty. This cost is generally included in the buy/sell spread.

The cost associated with buying or selling of a financial instrument.

The cost of buying or selling of financial instrument.

a cost associated with the purchase of a good or service beyond price, for example, the time and phone calls used to learn about a product. In addition, there are the costs of negotiating and signing a contract.

The cost of a Forex transaction, typically the spread between bid and ask prices.

the cost of buying or selling a financial instrument.

In economics and related disciplines, a transaction cost is a cost incurred in making an economic exchange. For example, most people, when buying or selling a stock, must pay a commission to their broker; that commission is a transaction cost of doing the stock deal. Or consider buying a banana from a store; to purchase the banana, your costs will be not only the price of the banana itself, but also the energy and effort it requires to find out which of the various banana products you prefer, where to get them and at what price, the cost of travelling from your house to the store and back, the time waiting in line, and the effort of the paying itself; the costs above and beyond the cost of the banana are the transaction costs.