Day trading is the buying and selling of securities within a very short time frame. Strictly speaking, it means that all buys/sells for a given instrument close on the same day — hence the name. But the term has come to apply to other lengths of time as well, from a few days to a month or so.
Day traders typically do not consider the strength of the underlying business when deciding to purchase shares in a company. Rather, they may refer to technical patterns, the momentum of price movements, or some other consideration for their decision.
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