what is day trading
Day trading is the practice of buying a security and then selling the same security in the same day. Day trading can also be selling a security short and then buying it back in the same day. As you can see, this is a short term trading method. The online trader's intention is to make a profit from the difference of the prices of these two offsetting transactions. These two trades are known as one round trip. Commonly used securities when Day Trading include shares of stock, shares of ETFs, call options, and put options,