Why do you trade?

Discussion in 'Professional Trading' started by Chris Paciello, Jul 2, 2011.

  1. Anybody work as a Trade Checker? Or know of someone who does?
     
    #91     Sep 27, 2011
  2. Lucias

    Lucias

    Dunno.. sounds like someone who verifies the trades. You ask about the floor. My take is that there aren't many/any jobs on the floor. Historically the floor trader acted as an intermediary between retail/broker order flow and institutional orders. By acting as the middle man he could profit a tidy sum. However, most of this style trading is now handled by automated trading software. You may have 1 guy watching an auto trading box.

    Reported trading styles are involved in scalping, high frequency arbitrage, market making, and spreading.

    Historically, there were many trading jobs: Market maker, Floor trader, Prop Trader, Day trader, hedge fund, and non hedge-fund institutional. It is mostly just bots and institutional traders left these days.



     
    #92     Sep 27, 2011
  3. I did a Google search for "trade verifier jobs", and found this link:

    http://www.jobstell.com/new/jobs/question.php?ID=2507

    It gives a good description of the position, and the education and experience requirements.

    My question about "why" was why do you want this job? Is it to learn the business so you can become a floor trader?
     
    #93     Sep 27, 2011
  4. I'm working as a trader water bottle handler.
    I bring water bottles to traders hoping they will give me some info.

    Some call me lazy or leech,
    I call myself a " VP of trader bottle handling."
    Looks good to the chicks.
     
    #94     Sep 27, 2011
  5. Oh yeah, chicks dig traders!! And dogs love trucks.

    I've always wondered what type of water the "real traders" drink, can you tell us? Or did they make you sign a NDA?

    Time to make the doughnuts...
     
    #95     Sep 27, 2011
  6. I think that's different from a Trade Checker.
     
    #96     Sep 27, 2011
  7. Crispy

    Crispy

    I trade because I am unemployable.
     
    #97     Sep 27, 2011
  8. LOL...


    Zr1Trader nailed it with one word.
    Freedom.
     
    #98     Sep 27, 2011
  9. Me too...and I enjoy the freedom!! :cool:
     
    #99     Sep 27, 2011
  10. GordonTheGekko

    GordonTheGekko Guest

    To have income, start our company and enjoy a six screen system (shortly to be sixteen) :)
     
    #100     Sep 27, 2011