Trader

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Financial markets

Public market Exchange · Securities
Bond market
Bond valuation Corporate bond Fixed income Government bond High-yield debt Municipal bond Securitization
Stock market
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Other markets
Derivatives (Credit derivative Futures exchange Hybrid security) Foreign exchange (Currency Exchange rate) Commodity Money Real estate Reinsurance
Over-the-counter (off-exchange)
Forwards Options Spot market Swaps
Trading
Participants Regulation Clearing
Related areas
Banks and banking Finance corporate personal public

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: