English Explanatory Dictionary

noise trader

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who trades financial products (such as stocks) not based on fundamental analysis.

Pronunciation

En-us-noise trader.oga

Word forms

noise trader noise traders

Etymology

Derived from the financial definition of noise, formally defined in a 1986 paper by Fischer Black as "[n]oise in the sense of a large number of small events is often a cause factor much more powerful than a small number of large events can be."

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