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Swing Trading
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Swing Trading
Refers to a type of short term (one day to a couple of weeks) trading, triggered by technical analysis, for example, momentum. Swing trading is distinguished by the notion thatthe trades are executed while the assets is moving in upward or downward momentum. That is, you are riding the >momentum.

Swing Trading

What Does Swing Trading Mean?

A style of trading that is used to capture quick gains in a stock over a one- to four-day trading period. It is done to capitalize on the shortterm swings in the market.

Investopedia explains Swing Trading

Traders must make quick trading decisions to exploit these shortterm price swings in the stock market. This strategy often is used by retail day traders. Large institutions have trouble using this strategy because the size of their trades makes it prohibitive. Swing traders use technical analysis to look for stocks with short-term price momentum. Those traders are not interested in the fundamental or intrinsic value of stocks but in their price trends and patterns. As the saying goes, “Traders trade. Investors invest.”

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Arbitrage
Capital Gain
Stock Market
Technical Analysis
Volatility



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