speculator.

1. A person or organization that takes market positions in the expectation of profiting from price movements, while accepting the associated risk.

2. A person who forms or discusses conjectures, especially beyond the securely available evidence.

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Words that belong together

• market speculator
• currency speculator

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The currency speculator accepted the risk that the exchange rate would move against the position.

A market speculator could profit from the anticipated change but could also incur substantial losses.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular speculator; plural speculators. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: economic explanation, resource analysis, incentive analysis, comparison. Disciplines: economics, business, social science. Commonness: moderately common.