English

Alternative forms

• day-trade, daytrade

Noun

day trade ‎(plural day trades)

1. (business, finance) A transaction in which units of stock or other investment instruments are purchased and then sold within a single market day.
   • 1998, Jeanne Lee, "Sharing The Dell Wealth," CNNMoney,com, 11 May (Retrieved 15 Apr 2011):

     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.

Verb

to day trade ‎(third-person singular simple present day trades, present participle day trading, simple past and past participle day traded)

1. (business, finance) 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.
   • 1999, Daniel Kadlec, "Day Trading: It's a Brutal World," Time, 9 Aug.:

     No one knows for sure how many people day trade.

Derived terms

• day trader

References

• day trade at OneLook Dictionary Search