day trader

See also: daytrader and day-trader

English

Alternative forms

day-trader, daytrader

Noun

day trader (plural day traders)

(business, finance) A person who practices the short-term investment strategy of trading stocks or other investment instruments by selling any given security during the same market day within which it was purchased.
- 2009 March 12, James Poniewozik, “CNBC Under Fire: Sticking Up for the Big Guy?”, in Time:
  CNBC's reaction is colored by its stressed-out day trader's focus on the short term.

Related terms

day trade

Translations

person who practices the short-term investment strategy

German: Daytrader (de) m
Swedish: daytrader c

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