David M
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January 31, 2014, 10:32:21 PM

Thanks, but that's for two different brokers. We are talking about an account buying to himself.

I have seen many instances of performing a cross trade for the same client.  

Imagine a stop loss order getting hit for a client who then immediately reverses his trade position.

e.g A guy is long 50 and then wants to go short 25.   In this instance if the broker has somebody who wants to go long 25, then a Sell 50 Cross 25 does the job.

The volume of the cross trade does not have to match the initiating trade volume.  As long as there are other trades to match the cross, then you can do whatever you like...

EDIT:  I just noticed you said "account".  That would be pointless as all you are doing is generating fees for the broker.