Stock trader
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A stock trader or equity trader or share trader, also called a stock investor, is a person or company involved in trading equity securities and attempting to profit from the purchase and sale of those
Courtyard of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange (Beurs van Hendrick de Keyser) by Emanuel de Witte, 1653
Courtyard of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange (Beurs van Hendrick de Keyser in Dutch)
Historical photo of stock traders and stockbrokers in the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (1963)
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Stockbroker
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A stockbroker is an individual or company that buys and sells stocks and other investments for a financial market participant in return for a commission, markup, or fee. In most countries they are reg
Stock trader
…and attempting to profit from the purchase and sale of those securities. Stock traders may be an investor, agent, hedger, arbitrageur, speculator, or stockbroker. Such equity trading in large publicly traded companies may be through a stock exchange. Stock shares in smaller public companies may be bought and…
A stock trader with a multi-monitor workstation, including a Bloomberg Terminal