Jérôme Kerviel upheld the October 2010 sentence to three years in prison with another two suspended, and ordered Kerviel to reimburse 4.9bn euros to Société Générale for its loss. In March 2014, a French high court upheld Kerviel's prison sentence but ruled he would not have to repay €4.9bn. On 7 June 2016, condemned Société Générale for unlawful firing of Jérôme Kerviel. Société Générale said it would appeal. In April 2008, following Kerviel's provisional release, he was hired by Lemaire Consultants & Associates, an information systems and computer security consulting firm. While awaiting a ruling on his legal appeal and still protesting
Day trader Day trader A day trader is a trader who adheres to a trading style called day trading. This involves buying and subsequently selling financial instruments (e.g. stocks, options, futures, derivatives, currencies) within the same trading day, such that all positions will usually be closed before the market close of the trading day. Depending on one's trading strategy, trades may range from several to hundreds of orders a day. There are two types of day traders: institutional and retail. Both institutional and retail day traders are described as speculators, as opposed to investors; speculation is considered negatively as personal behavior and