Short-term trading
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Short-term trading refers to those trading strategies in stock market
or futures market in which the time duration between entry and exit is within a range of few days to few weeks.
There are two main school of thoughts: day trading
and trend following
.
Stock market
A stock market or equity market is a public entity for the trading of company stock and derivatives at an agreed price; these are securities listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately.The size of the world stock market was estimated at about $36.6 trillion...
or futures market in which the time duration between entry and exit is within a range of few days to few weeks.
There are two main school of thoughts: day trading
Day trading
Day trading refers to the practice of buying and selling financial instruments within the same trading day such that all positions are usually closed before the market close for the trading day...
and trend following
Trend following
Trend following is an investment strategy that tries to take advantage of long-term moves that seem to play out in various markets. The strategy aims to work on the market trend mechanism and take benefit from both sides of the market, enjoying the profits from the ups and downs of the stock or...
.