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floor trader

American  

noun

  1. a member of a stock or commodity exchange who executes orders on the floor of the exchange for their own account.


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The longtime floor trader survived several of what he calls “it-looks-like-the-end-of-the-world” markets: Black Monday in 1987; the Great Financial Crisis; the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

“I think we’re standing at the edge of a similar run today,” says Rational Equity Armor Fund portfolio manager Joe Tigay, who lived through the dot-com boom and bust as a floor trader.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025

Under the terms of the bet, when Mr. Van Peebles lost, he had to go to work as a floor trader.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2021

Peter Tuchman, a floor trader for Quattro Securities, noticed that his colleagues on the trading floor were bringing their lunches from home rather than ordering out.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2020

"I think tomorrow is supposed to be the worse day," said Kenneth Polcari, a long-time floor trader at the NYSE.

From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2012

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