trader broker dealer...and some other terms

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I have difficulties understanding the difference between a broker a dealer and a trader.

broker trades on behalf of the trader.
but what is the difference between a dealer and a trader?

moreover there is a low-cost-whatever-the-liquidity trading strategy:
The TRADER places a limit order outside the current bid-ask quotes in order to minimize trading costs. For example a trader may place a LIMIT BUY ORDER at a price below the current market bid. the sstrengt of this strategy is that commissions, spreads, and market impact costs tend to be low....

i dont't understand this - if somebody (here the trader) wants to buy securites - doesn't he have to place an order the ask rate.

I think my general confusion is from which perspective to we see this? if i want to buy securites, i look at the ask price - the dealer quotes the bid ( the price at which he buyssecurities) and the ask(price at which he sells securites).

so if i want to place a limit buy order. do i see this from perspective of investor or trader???

thanks.

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A broker puts the two counterparties together into a trade i.e. finds each party for the other , usually for a fixed commission .

The dealer waits for the two parties to come to him and collects a bid-ask spread from both together . i.e. he acts as counterparty to both parties. No commission is charged by dealer because he is paid the spread. To get to a dealer too , you might have to pay commission to a broker.

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can somebody please specify some more?
what is the difference between a trader and a dealer?
and lets say i want to sell securites - then i look at the bid price. above there was an example from a trader placing a buy order below the bid. but shouldnt he look at the ask??

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yellayella Wrote:
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> can somebody please specify some more?
> what is the difference between a trader and a
> dealer?
> and lets say i want to sell securites - then i
> look at the bid price. above there was an example
> from a trader placing a buy order below the bid.
> but shouldnt he look at the ask??

janakisri said it best.

Trader is the one on the other side of the transaction.

Broker is the intermediary.

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