daytrader

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A form of day trader — 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

noundaytrader (plural daytraders)

plural daytraders

  1. alternativeAlternative form of day trader.
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    But now people are always on their toes to spot the next trend early, particularly if it means they can make a fast buck — the tech-stock boom, a hot housing market, poker (online gambling was a particularly easy transition for all those former daytraders), and hedge funds for people wealthy enough to gain access.

    2007 July 1, Adam Bryant, “iSee Into the Future, Therefore iAm”, in New York Times
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APA

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

MLA

“daytrader.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daytrader. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “daytrader,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/daytrader.

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