Finance glossary
Swing Trading
Definition
Holding positions for days to weeks to capture medium-term price moves.
Swing trading sits between day trading and long-term investing, aiming to capture price swings over several days or weeks. Traders rely heavily on technical analysis to time entries and exits. It requires less screen time than day trading but carries overnight and weekend risk.
In a sentence
Rather than watch screens all day, he favored swing trading, holding winners for a week or two.
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