Terms

Trade

Trading is buying and selling investments, such as stocks, bonds, commodities, securities, currencies, and other types of assets, with the goal of making a profit. White traditional investing focuses on making long-term gains by holding assets, trading capitalizes on market fluctuations in the short term. Trading takes place in stock markets, forex markets, commodities exchanges, and other financial markets. All trading involves buying and selling investments, but how your trading is classified depends in large part on your timeline. Experienced traders often combine multiple strategies or adapt their approaches based on market conditions, risk tolerance, and individual preferences to optimize their trading success.

Asset Classes

Commodity
Currency

Entity Types

Exchange
Stock Market

Strategies

Active Trading
Day Trading
Momentum
Scalping
Swing Trading

Terms

Bond
Derivative
Security

Mentioned by the Following

Entities

AVM
Ace Trades
Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group
AlphaPoint
American Conference Institute
American Financial Exchange, LLC
Andy Krieger Trading
Apiary Fund
Architect.xyz
Aspen Trading Group
Bank of America
Banyan Hill Publishing
Bitcoin Suisse
BridgeFT
Bullish
C the Light Trading
CMT Association
Cabot Wealth Network
Capitalist Exploits
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Chaikin Analytics
Chatham House
Coin Bureau
CoinFLEX
Collective2
Crypto Banter
DARMA Capital
DRW
DeCarley Trading
Directional Research & Trading
Dow Jones Newswires
Elwood Technologies
Enodo Economics
Eventus
Explosive Options
Factor, LLC
FireStorm Capital
Flowdesk
Forge Global
GSR
Genesis
Habitus Capital
Hard Assets Alliance
Hedge Fund Telemetry
IEX
Interactive Brokers
InvestorPlace
JCI Capital
JonesTrading
KJ Trading Systems
KUNA Exchange
Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Long-Term Stock Exchange
Macro Intelligence 2 Partners
Macro Ops
McVean Trading
MoneyShow
National Association of Personal Financial Advisors
OTC Markets Group
Online Trading Academy
Opportunity Network
Peak Capital Trading
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Pivot Analytics
Port Phillip Publishing
PrismFP
Profitly
QCP Capital
RULEMATCH
Real Life Trading
SCRYPT
SMB Capital
Saxo Bank
Shore Capital Markets
Simpler Trading
Steno Research
StockCharts
Tallbacken Capital Advisors
Tao of Trading
The Market Sniper
The Stock Dork
The Trading Channel
Tidal Financial Group
Tokenise
Trade Speakeasy
TradeDay
Trader University
Traders Reality
Tradeview Markets
TradingAnalysis.com
United Arab Bank
Van Tharp Institute
Wall Street Daily
WealthPress
YouCanTrade
Zerodha
Zeta Markets
dYdX
i10 Research

Events

1962 Trade Act
South Sea Bubble
Trump Trade Wars

Locations

Westlake

People

Aaron Brown
Aaron Uitenbroek
Adam Collins
Adam Golden
Adam Khoo
Agustin Lebron
Alan Northcott
Alex Gurevich
Ali Hassan
Andrew Aziz
Andrew Beer
Andrew Pancholi
Andrés Trujillo Renzi
Andy Cosh
Andy Krieger
Andy Redleaf
Angela Gingras
Anne Stevenson-Yang
Anneka Treon
Ari Pine
Audra Plageman
Austin Arnold
Barry Knapp
Ben Floyd
Ben Hunt
Benoit Bosc
Berk Ozdogan
Beth Hammack
Bill Pang
Bob Janjuah
Bob Lang
Bob Treue
Branden Lee
Bret Kenwell
Brian Quartarolo
Bruce Mumford
Carl Walter
Carlos Asilis
Cem Karsan
Cenk Sidar
Changpeng Zhao
Chris Blasi
Chris Cady
Chris Camillo
Chris Castroviejo
Chris Giancarlo
Chris Perkins
Chris Tyrer
Christopher Dembik
Clete Willems
Colin Butler
Courtney Smith
Craig Johnson
Cromwell Coulson
D.R. Barton
Dale Pinkert
Dan Barclay
Dan Morehead
Daniel Drezner
Daniel Masters
Dario Villani
Darius Sit
Dave Mazza
David Berns
David Dredge
David Duong
David Keller
David Kotok
David Packham
David Riegelnig
David Truffelman
David Zervos
Denise Shull
Dennis Gartman
Doug MacKay
Edward Goldberg
Eric Johnston
Ernie Tremblay
Francis Gannon
Frank Cappelleri
Gareth Murphy
Gareth Soloway
Garett Lim
Gary Antonacci
Gavin von Loeser
Geoffrey Webster
George Leong
Grace Rodriguez
Greg Diamond
Greg Guttas
Greg Reid
Greg Weldon
Greg Zuckerman
Guilhem Chaumont
Guy Adami
Guy Cerundolo
Harley Bassman
Ian King
Imran Lakha
J. Peter Steidlmayer
JP Marra
Jack Inglis
Jack Schwager
Jake Weber
Jamie Coutts
Jason Gerlach
Jason Hsu
Jason Pagoulatos
Jason Raznick
Jay Newman
Jeff Berwick
Jeff Dorman
Jeff Zananiri
Jens Nordvig
Jerremy Newsome
Jesse Felder
Jim Leitner
Joel Greenblatt
John Hamburger
John Kiple
John Murphy
John Ross
John Taylor
John Vincent
Jonathan Goldberg
Jonathan Pollock
Jonathan Tepper
Jonathan Treussard
Joseph Wang
Julian Brigden
Keith Black
Ken Gronbach
Kennon Kincaid
Kenny Estes
Kevin Davey
Kevin Johnson
Kevin Meyersburg
Kevin Miao
Kevin Muir
Kevin Nugent
Kieran Goodwin
Kokou Agbo-Bloua
Kris Sidial
Kyle Dennis
Kyle du Plessis
Larry McDonald
Larry Williams
Lars Jensen
Lars Seier Christensen
Lawrence Ingrassia
Leigh Drogen
Leo Mizuhara
Leon Gaudiosi
Lita Epstein
Lutz Muller
Mads Eberhardt
Maitha Al Shamsi
Marc Levinson
Marcos Douer
Mark Anson
Mark Ritchie
Mark Wolfinger
Matt Zhang
Matthew Klein
Matthias Knab
Max Galka
Michael Covel
Michael Hintze
Michael Lebowitz
Michael Venuto
Mike Cahill
Mike Creadon
Mike O'Rourke
Mish Schneider
Nathan Batchelor
Neil Dutta
Neil Shearing
Nigam Arora
Nilus Mattive
Osman Ozsan
Ovie Faruq
Paul Britton
Paul Mampilly
Pei Chen
Pete Najarian
Pete Nickerson
Peter Boockvar
Peter Borish
Peter Brandt
Peter Lacalamita
Petr Pinkhasov
Raghee Horner
Raoul Pal
Rayner Teo
Reed Werbitt
Renè Aninao
Renée DiResta
Richard Brennan
Rick Bensignor
Rishi Narang
Robert Salomon
Ross Laser
Russell Korgaonkar
Ruth Barrons Roosevelt
Saagar Gupta
Said Haidar
Scott Garliss
Scott Skyrm
Sean Hyman
Sebastian Purcell
Sergio Silva
Seth Merrin
Sethu Bijumalla
Siddhartha Jha
Slobodan Jovanovic
Stefan Juriansz
Stephen Bigalow
Stephen Roach
Steve Miley
Steve Mobbs
Steve Voulgaridis
Steven Goldstein
Steven Hart
Suzanne Noukahoua
Tadas Viskanta
Takaaki Kato
Thejas Nalval
Thomas Bulkowski
Thomas Herold
Tim Ruth
Tim Seymour
Tim Sykes
Tino Pistou
Tom Busby
Tom Farley
Tony Greer
Tony Saliba
Tony Zhang
Tyler Neville
Vicki Ellis
Victor Sperandeo
William Gann
Zach Scheidt

Publications

10X Project
1600 Alert
30 Day Dividends
37 Quickfire Lessons In Trading Options
8-Figure Fortunes
A Beginner's Guide to Short Term Trading
A Beginner's Guide to the Stock Market
A Splendid Exchange
A Strategy for Daily Living
A Trader's First Book on Commodities: An Introduction
A Trader's First Book on Commodities: Everything You Need To Know
Accelerated Profits
Ace Trades
Advanced Options
Alan Ellman's Selling Cash-Secured Puts
Alpha 9 Trader
Alpha Investor
Alpha Stock Alert
Altcoin Daily
American Kingpin
Andy Krieger’s Big Trades
App Economy Portfolio
Australian Small-Cap Investigator
Automatic Trading Millionaire
Avoiding Bear Markets and the Next Great Depression
Basic Economics
Bear Trader
Bio-Technology Profit Alliance
Bollinger on Bollinger Bands
Bubble Finance Trader
Building Winning Algorithmic Trading Systems
Buy High, Sell Higher
Cannabis Cash Weekly
Chaos Theory
Chart Patterns
Closing Bell Profits
Come Into My Trading Room
Commitments of Traders Report (COT)
Commodities
Crypto Unstacked
Cryptocurrency Windfalls
Currency Trading in the Forex and Futures Markets
Daily Flash Cash
Day Trade Futures Online
Day Trading Micro Futures for Income
Day Trading Options
Day Trading for a Living Series
Den of Thieves
Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader
Disunited Nations
EAP Training Program
ETF Investing
Eight Edges You Must Have
Empire Elite Trader
Enhancing Trader Performance
Entries & Exits
Exceptional Trading
Extreme Fortunes
Fast Fortune Club
Fessler’s Flash Profits
Fidenza Macro
Financial Stability
Forex Trading for Beginners
Front Line Profits
Geography and Trade
Getting Started in Chart Patterns
Global Capitalism
Global Trading Dispatch
Handbook of Finance
How I Made One Million Dollars ... Last Year ... Trading Commodities
How I Trade Options
How the Stock Market Works
How to Actually Day Trade for a Living
How to Make Money Selling Stocks Short
IPO Speculator
Introduction To Algo Trading
Investing for Beginner with Recession Vanguard Strategies
Investment Psychology Explained
Iron Condors
Jack Schwager's Complete Guide to Mastering the Markets
Jason Bond Picks
Level 1: Profit Snapper
Liar's Poker
Long-Term Secrets to Short-Term Trading
Mastering Technical Analysis
Mastering Trading Psychology
Mastering Trading Stress
Mastering the Trade
Mental Game of Trading
Money Calendar Pro
Money, Method, and the Market Process
Morning Navigator
Moving Averages 101
My Life as a Quant
Naked Economics
Natural Gas Trading: Basic Instructions
On Classical Economics
Online Investing For Dummies
Options Academy
Options Alert
Options Floor Trader PRO
Options Trading QuickStart Guide
Options Trading for Beginners: A Quick Start
Options Trading: Strategy Guide
Peak Velocity Trader
Perfect Timing
Point Lookout Package
Pop Internationalism
Prechter's Perspective
Precision Profits
Prediction Machines
Predictive Analytic Models
Profit Line
Profitable Candlestick Trading
Pure Income
Quick Hit Profits
RIA Pro
Rags & Riches
Reading The Markets
Real Money
Real-Time Alerts
Rebound Profit Trader
Reminiscences of a Commodity Trader
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Rethinking International Trade
Risk Ranges
Rocket Stocks
SPX Market Report
Seasonal Commodity Charts
Sell and Sell Short
SentimenTrader.com
Stock Market Investing for Beginner
Stock Trader's Almanac
Strategic Trader
Street Freak
Study Guide for The New Trading for a Living
Swing Trading: A Comprehensive Guide
Swing Trading: Best Proven Strategies and Money Management
Swing Trading: Investing in the Stock Market
Swing Trading: Stock Market Investing
TIM ALERTS
Technical Analysis Using Multiple Timeframes
The 10-Minute Millionaire
The Algorithmic Advantage
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Foreign Currency Trading
The Complete Penny Stock Course
The Complete Trading for a Living
The Daily Feather
The Daily Trading Coach
The Exchange
The Felder Report
The Futures
The Great Rebalancing
The Greatest Trade Ever
The Green Line
The Insider Alert
The Larry McDonald Series
The Little Book of Market Wizards
The MacroTourist
The Mental Game of Trading
The Mental Strategies of Top Traders
The Momentum Alert
The New Trading for a Living
The New York Money Market and the Finance of Trade, 1900-1913
The Next Perfect Trade
The Options Trader
The Power to Profit with the Stochastic Oscillator Indicator
The Rainmaker Investor Report
The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean
The Spatial Economy
The Treasury Bond Basis
The Ultimate Algorithmic Trading System Toolbox + Website
The Ultimate Stock Trading Course
The Ultimate Trading Guide
The Ultimate Trading Psychology Guide
The VIPER Alert
The Wagner Daily
Thirty Days of Forex Trading
Tony Greer Interviews
Top Traders Unplugged
Total Wealth Insider
Trade Ideas
Trade Like A 1-percenter
Trade Of The Week
Trade Stocks and Commodities with the Insiders
Trade Wars Are Class Wars
Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom
Trade and Grow Rich
Trade the Markets with an Edge
Traders, Guns and Money
Trading Beyond the Matrix
Trading Classic Chart Patterns
Trading Club
Trading Evolved
Trading For Dummies
Trading Options
Trading Systems
Trading for a Living
Trading in the Zone
Trading in the Zone
Trading to Win
TradingwithRayner
Trend Following™ Radio
Triple Income Formula
Two Roads Diverged
V3 Trader
W.D Gann Ticker & Investment Digest Interview 1909
Weekly Money Call
Weekly Options Alert
World Politics
Your Broker's Worst Nightmare
Zacks Ultimate

Terms

Alpha 9
Delta
Investment Portfolio
Options Trading
Proprietary Trading
Silk Road

Aaron Brown

Aaron Uitenbroek

Adam Collins

Adam Golden

Adam Khoo

Agustin Lebron

Alan Northcott

Alex Gurevich

Ali Hassan

Andrew Aziz

Andrew Beer

Andrew Pancholi

Andrés Trujillo Renzi

Andy Cosh

Andy Krieger

Andy Redleaf

Angela Gingras

Anne Stevenson-Yang

Anneka Treon

Ari Pine

Audra Plageman

Austin Arnold

Barry Knapp

Ben Floyd

Ben Hunt

Benoit Bosc

Berk Ozdogan

Beth Hammack

Bill Pang

Bob Janjuah

Bob Lang

Bob Treue

Branden Lee

Bret Kenwell

Brian Quartarolo

Bruce Mumford

Carl Walter

Carlos Asilis

Cem Karsan

Cenk Sidar

Changpeng Zhao

Chris Blasi

Chris Cady

Chris Camillo

Chris Castroviejo

Chris Giancarlo

Chris Perkins

Chris Tyrer

Christopher Dembik

Clete Willems

Colin Butler

Courtney Smith

Craig Johnson

Cromwell Coulson

D.R. Barton

Dale Pinkert

Dan Barclay

Dan Morehead

Daniel Drezner

Daniel Masters

Dario Villani

Darius Sit

Dave Mazza

David Berns

David Dredge

David Duong

David Keller

David Kotok

David Packham

David Riegelnig

David Truffelman

David Zervos

Denise Shull

Dennis Gartman

Doug MacKay

Edward Goldberg

Eric Johnston

Ernie Tremblay

Francis Gannon

Frank Cappelleri

Gareth Murphy

Gareth Soloway

Garett Lim

Gary Antonacci

Gavin von Loeser

Geoffrey Webster

George Leong

Grace Rodriguez

Greg Diamond

Greg Guttas

Greg Reid

Greg Weldon

Greg Zuckerman

Guilhem Chaumont

Guy Adami

Guy Cerundolo

Harley Bassman

Ian King

Imran Lakha

J. Peter Steidlmayer

JP Marra

Jack Inglis

Jack Schwager

Jake Weber

Jamie Coutts

Jason Gerlach

Jason Hsu

Jason Pagoulatos

Jason Raznick

Jay Newman

Jeff Berwick

Jeff Dorman

Jeff Zananiri

Jens Nordvig

Jerremy Newsome

Jesse Felder

Jim Leitner

Joel Greenblatt

John Hamburger

John Kiple

John Murphy

John Ross

John Taylor

John Vincent

Jonathan Goldberg

Jonathan Pollock

Jonathan Tepper

Jonathan Treussard

Joseph Wang

Julian Brigden

Keith Black

Ken Gronbach

Kennon Kincaid

Kenny Estes

Kevin Davey

Kevin Johnson

Kevin Meyersburg

Kevin Miao

Kevin Muir

Kevin Nugent

Kieran Goodwin

Kokou Agbo-Bloua

Kris Sidial

Kyle Dennis

Kyle du Plessis

Larry McDonald

Larry Williams

Lars Jensen

Lars Seier Christensen

Lawrence Ingrassia

Leigh Drogen

Leo Mizuhara

Leon Gaudiosi

Lita Epstein

Lutz Muller

Mads Eberhardt

Maitha Al Shamsi

Marc Levinson

Marcos Douer

Mark Anson

Mark Ritchie

Mark Wolfinger

Matt Zhang

Matthew Klein

Matthias Knab

Max Galka

Michael Covel

Michael Hintze

Michael Lebowitz

Michael Venuto

Mike Cahill

Mike Creadon

Mike O'Rourke

Mish Schneider

Nathan Batchelor

Neil Dutta

Neil Shearing

Nigam Arora

Nilus Mattive

Osman Ozsan

Ovie Faruq

Paul Britton

Paul Mampilly

Pei Chen

Pete Najarian

Pete Nickerson

Peter Boockvar

Peter Borish

Peter Brandt

Peter Lacalamita

Petr Pinkhasov

Raghee Horner

Raoul Pal

Rayner Teo

Reed Werbitt

Renè Aninao

Renée DiResta

Richard Brennan

Rick Bensignor

Rishi Narang

Robert Salomon

Ross Laser

Russell Korgaonkar

Ruth Barrons Roosevelt

Saagar Gupta

Said Haidar

Scott Garliss

Scott Skyrm

Sean Hyman

Sebastian Purcell

Sergio Silva

Seth Merrin

Sethu Bijumalla

Siddhartha Jha

Slobodan Jovanovic

Stefan Juriansz

Stephen Bigalow

Stephen Roach

Steve Miley

Steve Mobbs

Steve Voulgaridis

Steven Goldstein

Steven Hart

Suzanne Noukahoua

Tadas Viskanta

Takaaki Kato

Thejas Nalval

Thomas Bulkowski

Thomas Herold

Tim Ruth

Tim Seymour

Tim Sykes

Tino Pistou

Tom Busby

Tom Farley

Tony Greer

Tony Saliba

Tony Zhang

Tyler Neville

Vicki Ellis

Victor Sperandeo

William Gann

Zach Scheidt

TYPES OF TRADING

  • Day Trading. 

This form of trade involves purchasing and selling stocks in a single day. A single day in stock market terms means 9:15 am to 3:30 pm on a weekday (barring market holidays).

  • Scalping. 

It is also known as micro-trading. Scalping and day-trading are both subsets of intraday trading. Scalping involves reaping small profits repeatedly ranging from a dozen to a hundred profits in a single market day. 

  • Swing Trading. 

This style of stock market trading is used to capitalize on the short-term stock trends and patterns. Swing trading is used to earn gains from stock within a few days of purchasing it; ideally one to seven days. 

  • Momentum Trading.

In case of momentum trading, a trader exploits a stock’s momentum, i.e. a substantial value movement of stock, either upwards or downwards.

  • Position Trading. 

Position traders hold securities for months aiming to capitalize on the long-term potential of stocks rather than short-term price movements. 


ADVANTAGES OF TRADING

  • Complete control over the investments you pick. 

This lets you follow your own hunches and invest in companies you believe in—and possibly profit if their stocks gain value.

  • Learn first-hand about the stock market. 

Because it requires more hands-on involvement than buy-and-hold investing, trading can help you better understand trends in the market.


RISKS OF TRADING

  • You may lose some, or all, of the money you use to trade stocks. 

This, of course, is true of investing in general. But it's particularly worth keeping in mind with trading.

  • Active trading can be time-consuming. 

As it requires a lot of research and near-constant monitoring to ensure you make informed trades. 

  • Trading can be stressful. 

Especially when you're watching your account balance fall.