However, a day trader with the legal minimum of $25,000 in their account can buy $100,000 (4× leverage) worth of stock during the day, as long as half of those positions are exited before the market close. In the United States, based on rules by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, people who make more than 3 day trades per 5-trading-day period are termed pattern day traders and are required to maintain $25,000 in equity in their accounts. Day trading is similar to swing trading, in which positions are held for a few days.ĭay traders generally use leverage such as margin loans in the United States, Regulation T permits an initial maximum leverage of 2:1, but many brokers will permit 4:1 intraday leverage as long as the leverage is reduced to 2:1 or less by the end of the trading day. It is made easier using day trading software. Day trading contrasts with the long-term trades underlying buy-and-hold and value investing strategies. Traders who trade in this capacity are generally classified as speculators. Most information to help you learn and practice can be found in our wiki.Chart of the NASDAQ-100 between 19, including the dot-com bubbleĭay trading is a form of speculation in securities in which a trader buys and sells a financial instrument within the same trading day, so that all positions are closed before the market closes for the trading day to avoid unmanageable risks and negative price gaps between one day's close and the next day's price at the open. Related Subreddits (see the rules above for related subs as well) Read here for more info.Īlmost any post related to stocks and investment is welcome on /r/stocks, including pre IPO news, futures & forex related to stocks, and geopolitical or corporate events indicating risks outside this is offtopic and can be removed. Consider posting to r/SPACs, r/pennystocks, or r/weedstocks instead. No penny stock discussions, including OTC, microcaps, pump & dumps, low vol pumps and SPACs.
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