Noise trader Definition
A noise trader is a stock trader that does not have any specific information of the security. If the efficient market hypothesis holds, NTs add liquidity to a market while not distorting valuations.
In fact, a market without noise traders will tend to break down, because prices in such a market will become fully revealing. Informed traders will not enter a market without noises, because it is impossible to profit from trading in a completely efficient market. Informed traders need the existence of noise traders to “hide” their trades and by trading on their private information, informed traders make profits. Through trading, informed traders gradually release relevant information to the market prices and together with the noise traders, they help bring the market back to equilibrium.