In finance, a trader is someone who buys and sells financial instruments such as stocks, bonds and derivatives. Traders are professionals, casual investors or speculators in financial instruments traded in the stock markets, derivatives markets and commodity markets, comprising the stock exchanges, derivatives exchanges and the commodities exchanges. Finance studies and addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses, and organizations raise, allocate, and use monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks entailed in their projects. ... Financial instruments package financial capital in readily tradeable forms - they do not exist outside the context of the financial markets. ... For other uses, see Stock (disambiguation). ... For alternative meanings, see bond (a disambiguation page). ... Derivatives traders at the Chicago Board of Trade. ... Investment is a term with several closely related meanings in finance and economics. ... Speculation is the buying, holding, and selling of stocks, commodities, futures, currencies, collectibles, real estate, or any valuable thing to profit from fluctuations in its price as opposed to buying it for use or for income - dividends, rent etc. ... A stock exchange is an organization of which the members are stock brokers. ... The derivatives markets are the financial markets for derivatives. ... Chicago Board of Trade Futures market Commodity markets are markets where raw or primary products are exchanged. ... Derivatives Exchange is an exchange for trading derivatives. ... A commodities exchange is an exchange where various commodities and derivatives products are traded. ...

Several categories and designations for diverse kinds of traders are found in finance, these may include: Finance studies and addresses the ways in which individuals, businesses, and organizations raise, allocate, and use monetary resources over time, taking into account the risks entailed in their projects. ...

• stock trader
• day trader
• floor trader
• paper trading

A stock trader or a stock investor is an individual or firm who buys and sells stocks or bonds (and possibly other financial assets) in the financial markets. ... A Day trader is a very active trader who holds positions for a very short time and makes several trades each day. ... A Floor Trader checking market prices A Floor Trader is a member of a stock or commodities exchange who trades on the floor of that exchange for his or her own account. ... Paper trading is a simulated process in which would-be investors can practice investing without committing real money. ...

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