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trader

[tray-der] / ˈtreɪ dər /


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“I grew up in a world as a trader where if I was wrong 49% of the time, that was a pretty good day, so I’m not afraid of putting out a forecast,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Only one former trader in the world now remains convicted: former Barclays trader Peter Johnson, who was also one of the original whistleblowers in the interest rate rigging scandal.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The latest ruling means just two traders still have convictions over interest rate rigging - former Deutsche Bank trader Christian Bittar and former Barclays trader Peter Johnson.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Founded in 2024 by Zack Chroman and Tanner Hoke, Alcedine Technologies quickly emerged as a top-10 trader across U.S. regulated exchanges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

“What if those copper ingots and that bronze knife were from…a sea trader of the time of Odysseus and the Trojan wars?”

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

The long-term nature of the leverage will also spare traders from the intense volatility decay experienced from holding leveraged ETFs that see big price swings and that reset daily.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

Everyday traders have gained access to new, riskier assets, from event contracts and private companies to leveraged perpetual futures and even tokenized stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Robinhood’s conference for active traders is the largest of the brokerage’s annual events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Former Conservative cabinet minister David Davis told the BBC the innocent traders had been the victims of a series of miscarriages of justice.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Then they took a group of traders from Wall Street across New York Harbor to the military base on Governor’s Island and played war games on computers.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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