Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

day trader

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables: day -trad-er
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who practices the short-term investment strategy of trading stocks or other investment instruments by selling any given security during the same market day within which it was purchased.

Example Sentences

"CNBC's reaction is colored by its stressed-out day trader's focus on the short term."

Inflected Forms

day traders (plural) day-trader (alternative) daytrader (alternative)

Phrases

day trade

Frequently Paired Words

day trade

Questions

What does day trader mean?: A person who practices the short-term investment strategy of trading stocks or other investment instruments by selling any given security during the same market day within which it was purchased.

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