Day Trading
Opening and closing positions within the same session to profit from intraday price moves.
Related terms
52-Week Range
The highest and lowest prices a security has traded at over the past year, used as a quick gauge of momentum and value.
After-Hours TradingBuying and selling of shares outside the regular exchange session, typically with thinner liquidity and wider spreads.
ArbitrageProfiting from a price difference for the same asset in two markets by buying in the cheaper one and selling in the dearer one.
Limit OrderAn instruction to buy or sell only at a specified price or better, giving price control but no fill guarantee.
Margin CallA broker's demand for additional funds when the equity in a leveraged account falls below the required minimum.
Short SellingA trading strategy in which an investor borrows shares and sells them, hoping to buy them back later at a lower price to return to the lender and profit from the decline.