Pair Off

Pair Off - Pair Off is the purchasing of stock securities to offset a previously transacted sale from the same stock security. A transaction in stock securities markets, offsetting buy and sell trading and are settled in cash currency, this based on the difference between the processes of the offsetting of the trading. No stock securities trading hands and instead the settlement difference is the calculated trade. The cash currency is wire transferred to the appropriate involved party. The offsetting position transacted the same day of the authentic purchase. Matching trading for the pair off is reduced settlement risk, a form of speculation.