A basket is an economic term for a group of several securities created for the purpose of simultaneous buying or selling. Baskets are frequently used for program trading.

Certain specific products can be seen as specialized "baskets".

• Index funds are a basket for all the securities in a particular exchange, weighted appropriately.
• Market baskets are baskets for all the securities on a particular market, weighted appropriately.
• Basket options are exotic options for which the underlying is a (weighted) combination of individual assets.

See also

• Currency basket

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