Société Générale loss, that same day two credit rating agencies reduced the bank's long term debt ratings: from AA to AA- by Fitch; and from Aa1/B to Aa2/B- by Moody's (B and B- indicate the bank's financial strength ratings). Executives said the trader acted alone and that he may not have benefited directly from the fraudulent deals. The bank announced it will be immediately seeking 5.5 billion euros in financing. On the eve and afternoon of January 25, 2008, Police raided the Paris headquarters of Société Générale and Kerviel's apartment in the western suburb of Neuilly, to seize his computer files. French
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