Saturday, 16 April 2016

Trading, a misunderstood profession. By Arthur GENEIX

 

Nowadays, choosing to become a trader is becoming more and more difficult to understand. Furthermore, the increasing number of suspected frauds (such as the Kerviel case or the best-known of them: the Bernard Madoff Ponzi Scheme) is linked to the perverse standing of this profession. In other words, most people have a fiendish vision of traders.

Nevertheless, many of us would not be able to define what a trader is. It can be summarized as a financial or an economic analyst who anticipates market fluctuations and trade values in order to generate profits. Moreover, they are often incurred by a bank or a brokerage and investment firm.

So, what are the reasons why traders are most of the time associated with fraud? Can traders cause stock market crashes?

One way to trade is trading for one’s own account: a certain amount of cash is allocated to traders who will take positions so that they manage to minimize risks taken against the expected gains. This is for example the case of banks that allocate funds for this purpose. This is the activity whose legitimacy is the most criticized, but it represents only a small part of trading activities.

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Arthur GENEIX wants to work for a financial company.

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