scalper investment & finance definition
A
speculator in the futures market who trades in order to make a small profit
from small upticks and downticks in prices. Often local traders, who are those
who trade for their own accounts, are scalpers.
See scalper in Wall Street Words
- A market maker who assigns excessive markups or markdowns on security transactions. Such activity is in violation of National Association of Securities Dealers rules.
- An investment adviser who takes a position in a security before publicly recommending the security for purchase. The scalper then sells the security at a profit after the recommendation has caused investors to buy the security and push its price higher. This type of activity must be disclosed to buyers.
- An in-and-out trader who attempts to profit on relatively small price changes.
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