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 principal trade All right
People think the broker as money manager or invest or
for their own account rather than just commission taker That
is a principle trade happens when the principal in the
trade by cell shorts leverage longs and well any other
kind of investment exposures such that they make or lose
money for their own account using their own money I'ii
they are the principles in that trade Well the extra
spiff to the brokerage in making trading happen on their
own is that the scum sucking leeches they normally be
paying commissions to on those trades are in fact yes
themselves I either just trading for themselves and yeah thumbs
up there pal Well when making this kind of trade
brokers must report it I make it known to their
trading partners or whoever they're trading with and then file
paperwork behind it The thinking being that a brokerage should
presumably have a lot more knowledge than the average schmo
Yeah this guy when they're making these trades and they
have to be highly disc close it tive that they're
actually buying or selling a given stock for their own
account when maybe they've got some stockbroker who's doing the
opposite for some unwitting client The SEC wants to know
about it If there's any you no funny business going 00:01:22.14 --> [endTime] on they're there to protect the little guy
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