Talk:Stock trader

Comments

Some distinction should probably be made betweeen investors and traders. As it is now, they appear to be synomyms, which they plainly are not. Perhaps there should even be two seperate articles on traders and investors. --Benna 22:27, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Indeed. In the US at least, there is a legal distinction between investor and trader, and they receive different tax treatments. These points should be q

discussed. Jm546 (talk) 19:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

In Australia also have Legal and Taxation distinctions between Trader and Investor, with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) accommodating these differences. Pwparker (talk) 02:06, 12 December 2015 (UTC)Pwparker

The 7 Deadly Sins article is not functioning. A Google search shows it is a pay article. [1] Pat 21:12, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

"The 7 Deadly Sins" PDF downloaded as 7 page article (US Letter, Portrait (216 × 279 mm)) without need to log in, using button "Open PDF in Browser". Pwparker (talk) 07:43, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

"Stock Trader" Loans

I would like to see an example of a "Stock Trader" trading in loans. I.e., financial instruments other than stocks. I am not familiar with the abilility to trade loans as instruments. Thanka. // Brick Thrower 08:15, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Bonds are loans that are publicly traded, similar to the way stocks are traded. Bonds are offered through most all major stock brokerages, and offer the possibility of capital gains/losses, in addition to interest payments. Mcavic 07:07, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Notable stock traders

The famous traders/investors section should include people notable for trading, as opposed to people famous for entirely different careers, who also happened to have traded some time in their life. I removed Jules Verne and Isaac Newton, since they are not famous stock traders.—DMCer™ 08:16, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

• I would concur with your decision to do so. Stevenmitchell (talk) 04:13, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Be your own broker

"Stock traders/investors usually need a stock broker such as a bank or a brokerage firm to access the stock market"

keyword is usually, what about the unusual ways? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.17.167.191 (talk) 07:20, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

When an amateur asks "Can I buy stocks without paying commissions or having a broker?" the answer is no. The broker provides your price feed, handles exchange of certificates, tax reporting, etc. Of course with enough money and experience you can be your own broker, but it's rarely worthwhile, even if you're a self-employed investment advisor. If you're an investment firm operating in multiple cities, then it's a good topic to investigate. Even so, more knowledge on the subject would be welcome. Mcavic (talk) 06:56, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Absolutely Amateur Article

What amateurs wrote this Wikipedia article? Hopefully, it is obvious to everyone that no one with Wall Street experience participated in this article. And why are stock trading and stock investing grouped together? The two endeavors have absolutely nothing to do with one another. Just how confused are you folks? Stevenmitchell (talk) 04:13, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Feel free to fix it or rewrite completely. I'm an experienced trader, but not that much of a writer. Wikipedia is not generally trader-friendly, and even among traders there are a lot of conflicting viewpoints. Some first-hand knowledge on order routing and execution, floor trading, etc, would certainly be welcome. Mcavic (talk) 06:46, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I would say, though, that stock investing and trading have everything to do with each other, except for profit objectives and the motivations for buying and selling. Mcavic (talk) 04:48, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

Types of stock traders

The different types of 'Stock Trader' causes considerable confusion. They may be employees of larger corporate entities, of smaller corporate entities, or individuals who trade for themselves. Each may trade in stocks/shares, bonds, currencies, other products or derivatives, all to obtain financial gain. Certainly exists differences between those who gamble in currency in small to very large values.

Each country may apply legislation and definitions on these differently, with effect on tax and income, so whether an Investor or Trader depends largely on the definitions, and taxation implications, set by governments.

Principles of trading apply to each, example you buy one apple for AUD$1.00 then sell it for AUD$1.50 to provide a (50%) AUD$0.50 gain.

Question is can you do same for 100 or 1,000 or 1,000,000, achieve same % increases, with only return/loss Value changing ?

Pwparker (talk) 00:27, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

You're referring to "trader" in general, not a "stock trader" which is the subject of this article. A stock trader is someone who trades in stocks. I know people who do this exclusively. I know others who trade financial futures exclusively, or agricultural commodities, or currencies, and don't trade stocks. Your question relates to the concept of arbitrage, in which the trader takes advantage of momentary price differences of the same thing in different markets. A stock may be trading for 25.50 on the NYSE exchange and 25.51 on the AMEX exchange. Simultaneously buying at the low price and selling at the high price provides a small profit, which is magnified by the volume of shares you trade. These differences are rapidly closed as computers auto-trade them. ~Anachronist (talk) 19:10, 7 December 2017 (UTC)

Psychology

Initially proposed in May 2019, it seems reasonable to merge Trading psychology here, both to improve this article and to resolve the problem with that one-reference stub. Klbrain (talk) 11:01, 16 April 2020 (UTC)

  Y Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 16:00, 8 July 2020 (UTC)