Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Caroline Banton has 6+ years of experience as a writer of business and finance articles. She also writes biographies for Story Terrace. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst ...

A commission is a monetary award as part of an employee's salary based on products sold to customers. There are three types of sales commissions: payment for individual sales, pay based on sale profit ...

Discount brokerage firms are stockbrokers that execute buy and sell orders for investors at an affordable rate, but do not provide the same services as a full-service brokerage. A discount brokerage ...