Day Trading

Day Trading is, simply put, the trading of securities throughout the regular local trading day. It is often characterized by rapid trades in an attempt to make profit quickly while minimizing loses. Day traders more often than not closes all trades prior to the end of trading hours in the local market. Overnight positions are mostly avoided.

Day trading is participated by the majority of traders. Under this trading are several trading styles and trading types.

The various trading styles are applied to all kinds of day traders. There are short-term trading, position trading, long-term swing trading and many more. For the trading types there is the trend traders who trade according to the current price movements and the ranging traders who alternate between two prices. It all depends on your trading personality.

Day traders are able to trade in many stock markets across the globe in all kinds of securities and financial instruments there is.