day trader
noun1
Business, Finance 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.
- CNBC's reaction is colored by its stressed-out day trader's focus on the short term.2009 March 12, James Poniewozik, “CNBC Under Fire: Sticking Up for the Big Guy?”, in Time:
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