Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

day trade

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English

Syllables: day -trade
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A transaction in which units of stock or other investment instruments are purchased and then sold within a single market day.

verb

To engage, as a deliberate investment strategy, in the very short-term trading of stocks or other securities, by selling any given security within the same market day during which it was purchased.

Example Sentences

"Netting a quick ten grand on a day trade of 1750 shares, he paid off his credit-card debts and gave his wife a ring with five diamonds."
"No one knows for sure how many people day trade."

Inflected Forms

day trades (plural) day-trade (alternative) daytrade (alternative) day trades (present, singular) day trading (participle, present) day traded (participle, past) day traded (past)

Phrases

day trader

Questions

What does day trade mean?: A transaction in which units of stock or other investment instruments are purchased and then sold within a single market day.

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