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day trading

British  

noun

  1. the practice of buying and selling shares on the same day, often via the internet, in order to make a quick profit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Michalka said that, with day trading, investors have to be correct twice to turn a profit: once when they enter a trade and again when they exit, and timing the market is really hard.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

“You’re extremely unlikely to make money,” Alex Michalka, Wealthfront’s vice president of investment research, said of day trading.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

Older generations always think younger ones are reckless, whether it’s physical risks like riding a motorcycle or financial ones like day trading leveraged ETFs.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

Diana said that many financial markets exhibit similar patterns of wealth concentration, and that more users make money on Kalshi than by day trading or on traditional sportsbooks.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

Exhausted and numb from days of hectic trading and back office operations, the brokerage houses pressured the stock exchange to declare a two day trading holiday.

From Crime and Corruption by Vaknin, Samuel

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