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stock trader

stock trader

2 2.8
A person who buys and sells company shares to make money
  • noun
  • /stɑk ˈtreɪdər/
translation icon : operador de bolsa
  • He worked as a stock trader in New York, buying and selling shares on the exchange.

stocks and bonds are possibly pricing in slightly different outcomes and what international stock traders appear to expect.

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Examples

  • They hired her because she is a successful stock trader with years of experience in the market.

  • When stock traders start talking about Treasury yields...

  • Chart Swing Trader is a website intended for the education of online stock traders.

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  • A stock trader smiles as the curve of the German stock index rises.

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  • Alert stock traders face very few losses, so be an alert trader and start enjoying daily profits from share trading.

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  • In the BBC interview, stock trader Alessio Rastani provides us a glimpse behind the curtain of the general sentiment and motivation on Wall Street and other financial trading centers.

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  • Many young investors aspire to become a stock trader after studying finance in college.

Synonyms

trader
vsstock trader
279 2.1

A person or company that buys and sells things to make money

specializes in shares on a public market rather than general goods or assets
dealer
vsstock trader
  • Specialized
99 4.0

A person or company that buys and sells stocks and money for themselves

focuses specifically on buying and selling shares on a public market

How Technical

technical analyst
  • Specialized
2 5.7
market analyst
  • Specialized
4 3.5
analyst
484 3.8
stock trader
2 2.8
investor
715 3.1

Surface Forms

stock trader singular
stock traders plural

Morphology

stock + trader

The compound is fully compositional: a 'trader' is someone who trades and 'stock' refers to shares, so 'stock trader' straightforwardly means a person who trades stocks. This noun–noun construction is a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

Stock trader comes from older uses where stock meant the goods or money a person owned and trader meant someone who bought and sold. Imagine a person in a busy market swapping pieces of a company like trading cards; that is why a stock trader today buys and sells 'shares'.