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noise trader

noise trader noun: one who trades financial products (such as stocks) not based on fundamental analysis.

Noun

noise trader (plural noise traders)

  1. One who trades financial products (such as stocks) not based on fundamental analysis.

Forms of noise trader

pluralnoise traders

Origin of noise trader

Derived from the financial definition of noise, formally defined in a 1986 paper by Fischer Black as "[n]oise in the sense of a large number of small events is often a cause factor much more powerful than a small number of large events can be."

Questions about noise trader

What does noise trader mean?
Noise trader means one who trades financial products (such as stocks) not based on fundamental analysis.
What part of speech is noise trader?
Noise trader is a noun.
What is the plural of noise trader?
The plural of noise trader is noise traders.

Words near noise trader in the dictionary

  1. noise powers
  2. noise reduction
  3. noise rock
  4. noise stick
  5. noise sticks
  6. noise trader
  7. noise traders
  8. noise up
  9. noise word
  10. noise words
  11. noise-cancel

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