What is board lot (Taiwan)?Board Lot (Taiwan)

Taiwan's whole-lot trading unit: 1 lot (zhang) = 1,000 shares. A stock priced at NT$600 costs NT$600,000 per lot, so many people buy odd lots instead.

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Taiwan Stock Rules
1,000-Share Lots and Odd-Lot Trading
Taiwan stocks normally trade in lots (zhang) of 1,000 shares; if you can't afford a whole lot, you can buy odd lots share by share, but they trade differently and more slowly.

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commission
board lot
odd lot
intraday odd-lot trading

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