day-trade
Americanverb (used without object)
Other Word Forms
- day-trader noun
Example Sentences
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On the other hand, if you aim to tap equity to day-trade stocks or to play the cryptocurrency boom, the smart advice is to think again.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2021
People were quitting their jobs to day-trade stocks over the Internet.
From Forbes • May 14, 2015
“I can day-trade these stocks and make money by myself, I don’t need your help to do that,” Horvath says Steinberg told him, speaking slowly and deliberately.
From BusinessWeek • Jan. 2, 2014
If the motto of the original day-trade boom was, “If the pros can do it, so can we,” the motto today is, “We can’t do much worse than the pros.”
From New York Times • Mar. 27, 2010
A report from the Day Trading Project Group of the North American Securities Administrators Association showed conclusively last week that the majority of people attempting to day-trade professionally lose "everything they invest."
From Time Magazine Archive
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