what is a grinder 
a grinder is a slang term for a person who works in the investment industry and makes only small amounts of money at a time on small investments over and over again grinders typically are hard working and highly respected investors who value every cent they make off their investments grinders who are investment advisors tend to keep in regular contact with their clients understanding grindersa grinder in this case stands for a person who grinds the term grind is defined as taking a thing and breaking it down into very small pieces in financial investing this describes a person who puts in significant work to bring in small amounts or profits in a highly tedious and laborious but ultimately effective manner a grinder also is thus an informal term used to describe the style of an investor who specializes in small trades while the term implies a high level of effort to achieve a satisfactory return a grinder rarely is inclined to work on larger trades for larger yields in contrast a grinder focuses on making a large quantity of smaller trades compensating for the lower returns of each individual trade by conducting them in large volumes example of a grinderto produce a return on investment a grinder may conduct 100 transactions each yielding a 50 profit this results in a total return of 5 000 in contrast an investor working with larger scale investments may conduct five trades each yielding a 1 000 profit this also results in a total of 5 000 while both investors achieved the same results the grinder did so by conducting transactions at a large volume while the other investor did not inherently the work required to complete 100 transactions is likely to be more involved in both time and effort than what is required to complete five trades this increase in required effort also applies to the use of the term grinder regardless of the level of success the grinder experiences other uses of the terms grind and grinderthe term grind can be applied to any tedious yet lengthy endeavor regardless of the industry or circumstances in which it occurs a college student s activity of studying at length for an exam can be considered a grind the term also applies to anyone whose job may be monotonous or simple in nature yet requires a large amount of effort to complete in that case since the large effort yields minimal returns the position may be considered a grind finally if a trader has a particular trade that must be done it is sometimes referred to as having an axe to grind 