day trader
noun
: a speculator who seeks profit from the intraday fluctuation in the price of a security or commodity by completing double trades of buying and selling or selling and covering during a single session of the market
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His top tips for day traders include investing in education, practicing consistently, and managing finances wisely.
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Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
Is this problematic for amateur day traders that may not understand how bitcoin works?
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
What mattered was whether these companies and the SPACs that gobbled them up could craft slide decks snazzy enough to pique the interest of overnight day traders cooped up in their homes.
—Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 20 June 2024
And there was a lot of options buying, namely among day traders — volumes have skyrocketed, and one WallStreetBets trader claimed to have turned $50,000 into $11 million playing options.
—Emily Stewart, Vox, 13 May 2024
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Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
Is this problematic for amateur day traders that may not understand how bitcoin works?
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
What mattered was whether these companies and the SPACs that gobbled them up could craft slide decks snazzy enough to pique the interest of overnight day traders cooped up in their homes.
—Andy Kalmowitz / Jalopnik, Quartz, 20 June 2024
And there was a lot of options buying, namely among day traders — volumes have skyrocketed, and one WallStreetBets trader claimed to have turned $50,000 into $11 million playing options.
—Emily Stewart, Vox, 13 May 2024
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“Day trader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20trader. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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