Trader

A trader buys and sells financial assets such as stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, and derivatives. You watch the markets, read news and data, decide when to enter or exit a position, and manage how much risk you are taking at any moment. Depending on the job, you may trade for a firm, a bank, a fund, or an asset manager, executing orders for clients or using the firm's own capital. Your days are fast, focused, and driven by screens, with regular conversations with analysts, sales staff, risk managers, and portfolio managers.