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
day-trade noun or verb

Examples of day trader in a Sentence

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Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of day trader was in 1953

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“Day trader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20trader. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.

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