Trade Date 

The date that a trade, or sale and purchase, is consummated, with settlement to be made later (see ?settlement date?).

Remarks: Bond funds including mutual funds (open-end and closed-end, actively managed and indexed), exchange-traded funds and unit investment trusts offer a convenient and affordable way to invest in a diversified portfolio of bonds, but a bond fund investment can differ from a bond investment in ways that are important to understand.