What are block trades?

Block trades are big secret deals between grown-ups who buy and sell things like candy or toys, but instead of regular stores, they use a special kind of shop called stock markets.

Imagine you're at a lemonade stand, and you want to buy a lot of lemons from your friend so you can make more lemonade. But instead of buying them one by one in front of everyone, you both agree on a price behind the scenes, and you trade all the lemons at once, no one else knows about it! That's like a block trade.

In real life, stock markets are where people buy and sell parts of companies. Sometimes, big investors want to buy or sell a whole bunch of these parts without everyone noticing. So they make a secret deal, a block trade, and it happens all at once, like your lemonade stand deal.

These big deals can change the price of things in the market, just like if you suddenly had a ton more lemons, people might start paying more for lemonade!