Société Générale was at the centre of a financial scandal in 2009. The bank denied those accusations. January 2008: Trading loss incident (Kerviel Fraud) On January 24, 2008, the bank announced that a single futures trader at the bank had fraudulently lost the bank €4.9 billion (an equivalent of US$7.2 billion), the largest such loss in history. The company did not name the trader, but other sources identified him as Jérôme Kerviel, a relatively junior futures trader who allegedly orchestrated a series of bogus transactions that spiraled out of control amid turbulent markets in 2007 and early 2008. Partly due to the
Day trader to whatever condition the market is in, at any given moment. Day trading is associated with risk of capital loss. According to millionaire day trader and author James Altucher, only around 5% of retail traders make money as full-time day traders. Day trading is stressful due to needing to watch of multiple screens to spot trading opportunities and then react quickly to exploit them. There are many different markets for day trading, including futures, forex, stocks, options and etf's. Because of the short time horizon, day traders will look at the market with a different perspective than a long term