A trader who buys and sells desks. Wood for metal. Steel for plastic.
Ok, no no no—not what this is. A desk trader is actually a semi-proprietary trader who shockingly sits at a desk...and trades securities and other financial products on the behalf of investor clients. Desk traders work for brokerage houses, and must be registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission or other relevant regulatory body.
See: Proprietary Trader.
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Finance allah shmoop What is ah floor broker versus a
floor trader All right Well here's a floor fixer and
here's a floor broker but okay Shocking a floor broker
Brokers stocks on the floor of a stock exchange Right
Well here's the new york stock exchange here's its floor
These guys down here they're floor brokers That is they're
trading stocks and other securities on behalf of their clients
Basically this is the scene from trading places with eddie
murphy Great old film Old rich white guys in a
building up here Call down to their guys on the
floor who execute their bidding All right well it's a
bunch of brokers all trading their clients stocks right here
and here And here and here and here all over
the world within among each other So that money is
well pushed around thoroughly like that Cato's in grandma's hash
browns recipe Note that a floor broker is different from
a floor trader Who although he or she works on
the floor of an exchange also makes trades as a
principal for his or her own account So yeah that's
floor broker No jackhammer required Thank you very much Go
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