Posted Price
Categories: Trading
Want to know what something is really worth? Check out what the big-timers paid for it.
To do that, look at the posted price. The term refers to the price at which a company bought or sold a commodity. It comes up often in the oil business. Firms will publish the prices at which they bought or sold barrels of oil. It's of interest to traders because it indicates the price at which real demand is matching real supply, rather than the speculation that sometimes drives futures pricing.
