Trader (finance)




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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.




Contents






  • 1 Duties and types


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





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



See also



  • Commodities exchange

  • Commodity market

  • Derivatives market

  • List of commodity traders

  • List of trading losses

  • Stock exchange

  • Stock market

  • Trading strategy



References





External links



  • Trading at Wikibooks



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