Day traders buy and sell stock quickly based on small movements in the market.

A trader holding a position open somewhat longer than a scalper but closing all positions at the end of the day. Traders that rapidly buy and sell stocks in the hope that the stocks will continue to rise or fall in value for the seconds or minutes they are prepared to hold a position.

When you continuously buy and sell investments within a very short time, perhaps a few minutes or hours, and rarely hold them overnight, you're considered a day trader. The strategy is to take advantage of rapid price changes to make money quickly. The risk is that as a day trader you can lose substantial amounts of money since no one can p [..]

Definition Very active stock trader who holds positions for a very short time and makes several trades each day. Day traders are individuals who are trying to make a career out of buying and selling s [..]

An individual who buys and sells investments in the same day, generally trying to capitalize on and profit from quick price changes in the short term.

is a term applied to a very active securities trader who holds securities for a short period of time. Day traders will often open and close a position within the same day.

Day trader is an individual involved in day trading, usually in technology companies. Day traders frequently borrow money to increase the number of stock shares they can purchase and sell.

An individual who buys and sells investments in the same day, generally trying to capitalize on and profit from quick price changes in the short term.

An individual who buys and sells investments in the same day, generally trying to capitalize on and profit from quick price changes in the short term.

Traders who take positions in the foreign exchange market that are then liquidated prior to the close of the same trading day.

A day trader

A trader who speculates on securities by buying and selling financial instruments during the course of one trading day.

(business,finance) A person who practices the short-term investment strategy of trading stocks or other investment instruments by selling any given security during the same market day within which i [..]