trade on
verb
traded on; trading on; trades on
: to take often unscrupulous advantage of : exploit
… traded on their influence … in securing special favors.—
T. C. Pease
T. C. PeaseExamples of trade on in a Sentence
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Crypto has always traded on a different clock.
—Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
On Monday, FedEx’s freight business will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
—Kevin Stankiewicz,zev Fima, CNBC, 31 May 2026
If a player is traded on June 2 or afterward, the money is spread.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Once the shares begin trading on a stock exchange, buyers and sellers take over.
—Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 May 2026
Platforms delegate the illusion of control and trade on a libertarian myth to obscure the autocratic reality.
—Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
With a $500 cash advance from his credit card company, Andrew sat in a Starbucks for more than six hours, trading on live tennis matches on Kalshi.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Among bets, Polymarket’s users traded on the most searched passing of the year.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Indeed, recent academic research looking at 588 million trades on Polymarket found that profits were concentrated to just a very small group of top traders while the majority of users — 69% — lost money.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Fortune, 28 May 2026
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Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
On Monday, FedEx’s freight business will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
—Kevin Stankiewicz,zev Fima, CNBC, 31 May 2026
If a player is traded on June 2 or afterward, the money is spread.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Once the shares begin trading on a stock exchange, buyers and sellers take over.
—Bydoug Ashburn, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 May 2026
Platforms delegate the illusion of control and trade on a libertarian myth to obscure the autocratic reality.
—Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
With a $500 cash advance from his credit card company, Andrew sat in a Starbucks for more than six hours, trading on live tennis matches on Kalshi.
—Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Among bets, Polymarket’s users traded on the most searched passing of the year.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 28 May 2026
Indeed, recent academic research looking at 588 million trades on Polymarket found that profits were concentrated to just a very small group of top traders while the majority of users — 69% — lost money.
—Kaitlyn Huamani, Fortune, 28 May 2026
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“Trade on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20on. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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