"What's the difference between a trader and an investor?"

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-ooO-(GoldTrade

Speculating vs. Investing

I consider myself a serious trader. I was having a discussion with a friend of mine who calls himself an 'Investor'. So I asked him,

"What's the difference between a trader and an investor?" He replied,

"I don't know, let me think about it for a while . . .”
 
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Speculating vs. Investing

I consider myself a serious trader. I was having a discussion with a friend of mine who calls himself an 'Investor'. So I asked him,

"What's the difference between a trader and an investor?" He replied,

"I don't know, let me think about it for a while . . .”
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Traders trade; investors invest. Traders need to take profits regularly(if there is any); investor may buy and hold a security for decades. Traders know how to earn money by shorting; Investors usually only play the long side.

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traders are guys who trade short term and have an edge
investors can start out by being shitty traders, like many of you on these forums, getting into a bad trade, holding it too long and taking too much risk, because dammit, they have to be right.......
thats why we love retail pikers- amatuer hour is great.....
 
There is only one definition that makes sense to me:

An investor has his money "work" for him. A trader works for his money.

This is not trying to be cute. IMHO, this "definition" is the ESSENCE of the difference. Note that I do not quote the second work.

nitro
 
Quote from -ooO-(GoldTrade:

Speculating vs. Investing

I consider myself a serious trader. I was having a discussion with a friend of mine who calls himself an 'Investor'. So I asked him,

"What's the difference between a trader and an investor?" He replied,

"I don't know, let me think about it for a while . . .”
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Simple. A Trader would have given you an immediate answer. An Investor has to "think about it for a while".
 
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Speculating vs. Investing

I consider myself a serious trader. I was having a discussion with a friend of
mine who calls himself an 'Investor'. So I asked him,

"What's the difference between a trader and an investor?" He replied,

"I don't know, let me think about it for a while . . .”
More...
A trader can deduct all his losses from his profits, an investor cannot.
 
Quote from nitro:

There is only one definition that makes sense to me:

An investor has his money "work" for him. A trader works for his money.

This is not trying to be cute. IMHO, this "definition" it is the ESSENCE of the difference. Note that I do not quote the second work.

nitro
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Very nice!

Good Trade!

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