day trader
noun
: a speculator who seeks profit from the intraday fluctuation in the price of a security or commodity by completing double trades of buying and selling or selling and covering during a single session of the market
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This market swing happened because hyper-vigilant investors and day traders, glued to their screens for any sign of a reversal, hoped that cooler heads would prevail.
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Hillary Stalker, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
By Monica Mercuri Contestants so far in Season 7 include 24-year-old fitness coach Huda Mustafa, 24-year-old cowboy Taylor Williams and 27-year-old day trader Chelley Bissainthe.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Therefore, investors, speculators, day traders, and short sellers could already be altering their current strategies for a reversal.
—John S. Tobey, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Throughout the day there was some garden variety intraday choppiness, but nothing that would have alarmed investors that weren’t day traders.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 June 2025
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Hillary Stalker, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
By Monica Mercuri Contestants so far in Season 7 include 24-year-old fitness coach Huda Mustafa, 24-year-old cowboy Taylor Williams and 27-year-old day trader Chelley Bissainthe.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Therefore, investors, speculators, day traders, and short sellers could already be altering their current strategies for a reversal.
—John S. Tobey, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Throughout the day there was some garden variety intraday choppiness, but nothing that would have alarmed investors that weren’t day traders.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 June 2025
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“Day trader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20trader. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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