What is Day Trading?

Opening and closing all positions within the same day — no overnight risk, decisions made on intraday structure.

Day trading is the style in which every position is opened and closed within the same trading day, eliminating overnight risk entirely: no weekend gaps, no swap charges, no waking up to a market that moved against you while you slept. Day traders typically analyse direction on the 4-hour and 1-hour charts, then execute on the 15-minute or 5-minute, concentrating activity in the high-liquidity windows — the London and New York sessions — where intraday moves have the energy to reach targets.

The style sits between scalping's intensity and swing trading's patience: fewer, more selective trades than a scalper, but a resolution the same day rather than days later. Its demands are real — several hours of focused screen time, fast but structured decisions, and the discipline to stop when the daily plan says so, since the intraday pace makes overtrading a constant temptation. It suits traders who can dedicate a consistent session each day and who prefer closing the platform flat every evening.