This type of trading comes with risks, particularly if you're trading on margin.

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

If you currently engage in or are considering an active investment strategy, be sure to understand what's changing and how this will affect you.

The attraction of day trading is irresistible; executing short-term trades in an attempt to make big profits from the financial markets. However, success in intraday trading requires a very dynamic, ...

To succeed in intraday trading, you must keep up with any news about the companies whose securities you are buying, their ...

The prefix “intra-” comes from Latin, meaning “within” or “on the inside of time.” So intraday trading means to buy and sell a stock or derivative in the same day. Now, intraday trading is a lot ...

Intraday or day trading involves buying and selling stocks on the same day. The goal is to profit quickly from fluctuating share prices throughout the day. The intraday trading starts as soon as the ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has been a corporate IT executive and professor for 34 years. She is an adjunct ...

There was a time years ago when the only people able to trade actively in the stock market were those working for large financial institutions, brokerages, and trading houses. The arrival of online ...