Financial crisis triggered dramatic slumps of issuers at Bucharest Stock Exchange. During the bearish trend which lasts for nearly one year, we witness technical rebounds, which is profitable for some investors. Specialists polled by Wall-Street explained how these bounding lines for price movement of securities can be profitable and framed a profile of a stock market speculator.

What defines a speculator?

A speculator is an investor who is always in the hunt for high returns, much above the market’s average, being aware this means taking higher risks. He is always on the seek for new profit-making opportunities, does not have long-term horizons, has expertise in the market in which they are trading and spends most of his time on stock market investments.

Speculation is actually one of the four possible investment strategies in the financial markets, together with portfolio investments arbitrage and hedging, says Andrea Gheorghe, director at the analysis department of Intercapital Invest (photo).

“A speculator is a person who trades with higher-than-average risk, anticipating in case of a financial tool, future price movements. Thus, speculation itself is not analogue to gambling, the person involved in this kind of strategy relies on a precursory expertise. Specula ting is not necessarily investing on short term, but taking high risks in return for high gains”, she explained.

“Being speculator is a state of mind, a permanent connection to the market and a frequent trading activity. Speculators don’t take into consideration the market’s trend or setting up a long-term portfolio, focusing more on very-short term profitable opportunities, being exposed to higher-than-average risks, in return of higher-than-average gains or losses”, said Gabriel Necula, deputy operation manager at Prime Transaction.

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