in-and-out trading

noun

The practice of buying shares and then selling them shortly afterward.

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Meanings

nounin-and-out trading (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebusinessThe practice of buying shares and then selling them shortly afterward.

    Virtually all of this in-and-out trading was speculative, as is usually the case when traders enter and leave the market on the same day.

    1957, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture, Milk: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Dairy Products
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