Day trader vs commodity broker

Differences between day trader and commodity broker duties and responsibilities

Day trader example responsibilities.

• Day-Trade stocks on the NASDAQ and NYSE, and achieve positive returns through an analysis of trends base on moving averages.
• Manage business, sales, marketing, international negotiation and communication for a commodities business.
• Trade equities and derivatives for long term investment and short term trading purposes while utilizing proper risk management
• Engage in market speculation of various commodities, rapid scalping of mini futures contracts & ETF's.
• Perform a financial analysis, risk assessment of various publicly trade companies on the NYSE, NASDQ and CME.
• Enter buy/sell orders for NASDAQ stocks
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Commodity broker example responsibilities.

• Manage and execute physical/financial grains book as well as base metal arbitrage portfolio.
• Trade on the NYFE, CME, and CBOT exchanges.
• Provide research and analysis of prospective exchange trade funds for listing on the AMEX.
• Support the firm's compliance director with records verification pertaining to audits, inquiries, and questions concerning NYSE floor operations.
• Reorganize the UBS NYSE floor structure utilizing state-of-the-art technology and consolidating booth spaces.
• Solicit profitable freight brokerage business by marketing transportation capability via direct sales calls, telephone and direct mail marketing activity.
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