Trader (finance)
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A trader is a person, firm, or entity in
Duties and types
The word "trader" appeared as early as 1863 in a universal dictionary as "trading man."[2] Traders work for financial institutions as foreign exchange or securities dealers in the cash market and in the futures market, or for their own account as proprietary traders.[3] They also include stock exchange traders, but not stockbrokers or lead brokers.
Traders buy and sell financial instruments traded in the
commodities exchanges. Several categories and designations for diverse kinds of traders are found in finance
, including:
- Bond trader
- Floor trader
- Hedge fund trader
- High-frequency trader
- Market maker
- Pattern day trader
- Principal trader
- Proprietary trader
- Rogue trader
- Scalper
- Stock trader
Income
According to the
managing director convertible bond trader was earning between $700,000 and $900,000 on average.[4]
See also
- Commodities exchange
- Commodity market
- Derivatives market
- Financial risk management § Investment management
- List of commodity traders
- List of trading losses
- Mismarking
- Stock exchange
- Stock market
- Trading strategy
References
- ^ "Trader definition". Archived from the original on Jun 28, 2023.
- ^ Verlagsbuchhandlung Pierer (Hrsg.), Pierer's Universal Lexikon der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, Band 17, 1863, S. 740
- ^ Ulrich Becker, Lexikon Terminhandel: Finanz- und Rohstoff-Futures, 1994, S. 612 f.
- ^ Street's Weather: Bonus Showers - WSJ.com
External links
Trading at Wikibooks
