proceeds sale

Proceeds sale

OTC securities sale whose revenue is used to buy another security.

Proceeds Sale

The sale of a security where the revenue from the sale is used immediately to buy another security. FINRA considers both the sale and the purchase to be a single transaction and one may not charge more than a 5% markup in a proceeds sale.

proceeds sale

A transaction in which funds received from selling a security are immediately reinvested in another security. The National Association of Securities Dealers regards a proceeds sale as a single transaction; therefore, the member's commission or markup cannot exceed 5% of the principal of the trade.