day trader

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounday trader (plural day traders)

plural day traders · alternative day-trader · alternative daytrader

  1. businessA 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.

    CNBC's reaction is colored by its stressed-out day trader's focus on the short term.

    2009 March 12, James Poniewozik, “CNBC Under Fire: Sticking Up for the Big Guy?”, in Time

Translations

German Daytrader
  • Daytraderperson who practices the short-term investment strategy
Spanish tréider diurno
  • tréider diurnoperson who practices the short-term investment strategy
Swedish daytrader
  • daytraderperson who practices the short-term investment strategy
Cite this entry
APA

day trader. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20trader

MLA

“day trader.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20trader. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “day trader,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20trader.

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