Trader (finance)
| Part of a series on | 
| Financial markets | 
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| Bond market | 
| Stock market | 
| Other markets | 
| Alternative investment | 
| Over-the-counter (off-exchange) | 
| Trading | 
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A trader is a person, firm, or entity in finance who buys and sells financial instruments, such as forex, cryptocurrencies, stocks, bonds, commodities, derivatives, and mutual funds, indices in the capacity of agent, hedger, arbitrager, or speculator.