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day trading

British

noun

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

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day trader

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A handful of academic studies have analyzed retail investor day trading, and the results don’t look too good for day traders.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

A handful of academic studies have analyzed day trading among individual investors, and the results don’t look so good.

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

There were many different approaches and specialties: day trading, intermediate and long term investing, stocks, bonds, currencies, and commodities.

From Joe Burke's Last Stand by Wetterau, John Moncure

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