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day trader
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day trader
n.
A speculator who buys and sells securities on the basis of small short-term price movements.

day trading n.


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Prior to the year 2000 it was not uncommon for some of the most successful Daytraders to make more than a million dollars in a single day.
They are daytraders in the sense that they spend their days trading, but they evaluate companies according to the usual criteria and buy and sell through brokers, whether real or online.
Unscrupulous daytraders induldge in "ramping" - talking up shares in the hope others will buy and send the price spiralling.
 
 
 
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