options trader
Contracts market participant
An options trader is someone who buys and sells options—financial contracts that give the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell an asset at a set price within a specified time.
Options traders may work for investment firms or trade independently, speculating on price movements or hedging against risk: She worked as an options trader on Wall Street for fifteen years.
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