Long-range direction of a security or commodity futures price, charted by drawing one line connecting the highest prices the security has reached and another line connecting the lowest prices at which the security has traded over the same period. See: Technical analysis.
Automated Pit Trading (APT) Introduced in 1989, APT is the LIFFE
screen-based trading system that replicates the open outcry method of trading
on screen. APT is used to extend the trading day for the major futures contracts
as well as to provide a daytime trading environment for non-floor trading
products.