DAYTRADING
Day trading
Day trading is speculation in securities, specifically buying and selling financial instruments within the same trading day, such that all positions are usually closed before the market close for the trading day. Traders who participate in day trading are called active traders or day traders. Traders who trade in this capacity with the motive of profit assume the capital markets' role of speculator.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Day trading
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