day trader
noun
: a speculator who seeks profit from the intraday fluctuation in the price of a security or commodity by completing double trades of buying and selling or selling and covering during a single session of the market
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But as serious news outlets have increasingly concentrated on the high end, a downmarket digital ecosystem for financial information has emerged for casual investors and day traders.
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Max Tani, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
This has been the hottest asset for day traders and other short-term traders recently.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Wall Street observers might remember when stocks for GameStop and Koss Corp. got the attention of small day traders who drove up the price in 2020.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
The show fares better with the Irvine clan, which in addition to Milo, Marissa and Peter includes Peter’s sister, Lia (Abby Elliott), a recovering drug addict, and their brother, Brian (Daniel Monks), a disabled day trader.
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Max Tani, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
This has been the hottest asset for day traders and other short-term traders recently.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
Wall Street observers might remember when stocks for GameStop and Koss Corp. got the attention of small day traders who drove up the price in 2020.
—Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 29 Dec. 2025
The show fares better with the Irvine clan, which in addition to Milo, Marissa and Peter includes Peter’s sister, Lia (Abby Elliott), a recovering drug addict, and their brother, Brian (Daniel Monks), a disabled day trader.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Day trader.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/day%20trader. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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