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Trader (finance)

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Trader (finance)

A trader is person or entity, in finance, who buys and sells financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, commodities, derivatives, and mutual funds in the capacity of agent, hedger, arbitrageur, or speculator.

Duties and types

Traders are either professionals (institutional) working in a financial institution or a corporation. They buy and sell financial instruments traded in the stock markets, derivatives markets and commodity markets, comprising the stock exchanges, derivatives exchanges and the commodities exchanges. Several categories and designations for diverse kinds of traders are found in finance, these may include:

  • Day trader
  • Floor trader
  • High-frequency trader
  • Pattern day trader
  • Rogue trader
  • Stock trader
  • References

    Trader (finance) Wikipedia