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Lesson 91 · Written for kid, teen, and little

Day trading — the risks of buying and selling in one day

Quick trades can bring fast losses. Learn the risks before you act.

The idea

Day trading means buying and selling a security within the same day to try to profit from short-term price changes. Prices can move against you quickly, and trading costs reduce what you keep. Borrowing to trade can magnify losses, including losses larger than the money you put in. A possible quick gain is not a promised result. ⚡

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Day trading

Rapidly buying and selling stocks within a single day, hoping to profit from small moves.

Technical analysis

Studying price charts and trading patterns to inform a decision. A chart method cannot guarantee what the price will do next.

Tilt / chasing losses

Making bigger, riskier bets to win back money you lost — which usually makes it worse.

Index fund

A fund designed to track an index. Its risks and results depend on what it holds, its costs and market movements.

Try it — no accountTrue or false

Day trading: understand the risks. Swipe RIGHT for TRUE, LEFT for myth.

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Day trading can lose money quickly.

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