Floor trader vs flow trader

Differences between floor trader and flow trader duties and responsibilities

Floor trader example responsibilities.

• Manage business, sales, marketing, international negotiation and communication for a commodities business.
• Lead arbitrage trader with the highest return on investment.
• Demonstrate outstanding performance and become recognized as one of the top producing firms on the NYSE.
• Facilitate trades, generate commission dollars, and reduce risk for clients by reflecting liquidity on the NYSE to senior traders.
• Automate the trade allocation and reconciliation procedures using VBA programming which is leveraged to systematically detect any trade breaks or discrepancies.
• Integrate into an existing trading pit on the CBOE, illustrating success in new, challenging work environments.

Flow trader example responsibilities.

• Manage foreign currency position and maximize profit from FX market.
• Communicate with brokers to ensure accurate allocations for futures, foreign exchange, and equities between separately manage accounts.
• Increase the update frequency of currency position from minutes to seconds by applying VBA.
• Provide FX investment consultant and training class to investment sales, making them qualify for introducing to customers.
• Automate the trade allocation and reconciliation procedures using VBA programming which is leveraged to systematically detect any trade breaks or discrepancies.
• Make markets electronically in CME commodity option markets.