Day trader is an investor or individual who works with day trading stocks. When day trading is used in financial market, all activities related to trading stocks will be finalized in a day. Here stock trade involving buying and selling of stocks will be performed in a single day. Everything will be closed before the end of the trading day. Depending on the policies followed by the day trader, he can complete stock trades of around hundred transactions in a day.
Most commonly, day traders work whole day with dedication. There are mainly two categories of day traders. They are institutional day traders and individual day traders. Institutional day traders are part of stock trading companies or financial institutions. The chances of working and growth will be high for institutional day traders. They get more equipments and tools for day trading including capital and fresh fund. They can use this to trade for long time in stock markets. They have easy access to stock exchanges and center of stock exchanges. This will reduce the risks involved in trading of stocks by reducing the chances of competition from opponents and other individuals.
Individual day traders on the other hand work on their own abilities and sources. They usually work alone. They use capitals available at their own disposal or from loans. They even manage to get finances from private institutions and manage money. Individual traders can't manage money from other individuals on their own will. They will have to follow the regulations set by law. They can seek the help from the brokers to make their work easier. These brokers will have access to the stock, which will increase the opportunity of trading.
In early ages, all traders trading in a day were institutional. This is because of the difficulties they had to face when they were individual day traders. There were huge imbalances between individual and institutional day traders in terms of facilities including capital. But when technological advancements introduced latest techniques in stock market as well, situations started changing. Internet and other facilities like computers increased the chances of trading using powerful techniques and at relatively less expenses. When legal aspects were relaxed and came up with favors for individual traders, things became favorable for individual traders. This smoothened the imbalance also. Thus, more and more traders were attracted to this business of stock market.
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