Trading transactions carried out by a bank or brokerage using its own capital to generate its own profit rather than trading on behalf of clients for commission. Its proprietary trading activities do ...

Proprietary trading is a common financial activity that is currently being targeted for additional regulation in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and several high-profile losses by major ...

Almost all proprietary trading firms that are currently registered as broker-dealers with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would likely be required to join the Financial Industry ...