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

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for day trader

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First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

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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 10 Jul. 2025.

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