Monday, May 14, 2007

Day Trading An Outline

By: Praveen Ortec

Day trading is regarded as the most vigorous trading practice. It is the buying and selling of financial instruments within a day so that at the closing of the market the trader have no open positions. Day traders by virtue of their trading practice are free from overnight risks and also benefit from not paying any margin interest (normally margin interest applies to trades having open overnight positions). Day trading is a risky practice where traders trade financial instruments for very small price differences and require substantial concentration and mental strength.

Day trading can be scalping or momentum trading. Scalping is the practice of buying and selling of any type of financial instrument in large quantities with in seconds. Scalpers are generally institutional traders or mutual finds who trades for minute price differences. Their profit mainly depends on the quantity of the trades done each day. Momentum trading is the practice of trading according to the market trend. Momentum traders are the normal individual traders looking to profit by buying when the market goes down and selling when the market goes up. Some other popular day trading strategies include rebate trading, range trading and news playing, etc. [Read full article]

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