Options trader vs securities trader

Differences between options trader and securities trader duties and responsibilities

Options trader example responsibilities.

• Enact, and manage equity block desk operation and set up floor broker network on NYSE.
• Create VBA applications to automate basic trading functions and administration functions such as reorganization tenders and trade pricing issues.
• Manage business, sales, marketing, international negotiation and communication for a commodities business.
• Trade options profitably on screen markets and trade complex option spreads via telephone brokers at the CBOE and CME.
• Experience in communicating and executing derivative arbitrage opportunities, as well as communicating and executing trades fitting against an option position.
• Research the SPX, DOW, and NASDAQ.
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Securities trader example responsibilities.

• Research, analyze, and invest in equities in order to achieve short term capital gains.
• Manage business, sales, marketing, international negotiation and communication for a commodities business.
• Collaborate with partners in trading domestic equities, international equities, corporate bonds, and sovereign debt instruments.
• Carry out NYSE and NASDAQ equity trading on behalf of institutional clientele and register investment advisors.
• Execute institutional equity orders on both an agency and proprietary basis in strict accordance to FINRA regulations and establish company guidelines.
• Trade multiple products on SGX, CBOT, CME, HKFE, TSE, EUREX and LIFFE exchanges.
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