A professional trader is someone who buys and sells securities frequently for short-term benefits. An investor generally buys and sells securities for long term capital gains and dividends.
What is a professional trader? A professional trader is a person who works in finance and engaged in investing as a business or in a full-time role rather than occasionally or as a hobby. They may work for themselves, at a trading company, at a wealth management firm or as a freelance trader for individual clients.
The estimated total pay for a Trader is ₹13,41,500 per year, with an average salary of ₹8,41,500 per year. This number represents the median, which is the midpoint of the ranges from our proprietary Total Pay Estimate model and based on salaries collected from our users.