How to Use day trader in a Sentence

day trader

noun
  • Many would-be day traders are about to start paying their student loans again.
    — Amina Niasse, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The goal isn't to become a day trader of bank accounts.
    — Wes Moss, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • The day trader, bless him, does not read the room and just keeps gushing about his feelings.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2024
  • This has been the hottest asset for day traders and other short-term traders recently.
    — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Market timing is dangerous and best left to day traders and those with crystal balls.
    — WSJ, 16 June 2019
  • Back in 2015, day traders used this sector to play the broader market.
    — Shuli Ren | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 7 July 2019
  • Unlike the meme stocks, other favorite asset classes for day traders have performed well this year.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 15 May 2024
  • Will the 31-year-old day trader pop the question to one of the final women, or leave the show single?
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • In other words, Walmart wants you, yes, you, the day trader who’s been priced out of the stock, to get in on the action.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Portnoy has recently made a name for himself on Wall Street as a day trader.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 1 July 2020
  • Pinstripes are typically the province of mob bosses and day traders—the kind of guys who want their suits to speak loudly for them.
    — Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The story explained the factors at play that would make a millennial quit his or her job to become a day trader.
    — Keira Wingate, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2021
  • And so in 2002, Josh Brolin, the movie star, began working as a day trader.
    — New York Times, 20 June 2018
  • Marie-Noelle Levin, an actress and day trader, pulled up on a bicycle, dressed entirely in fur.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Badgett left Afghanistan, returned to the United States and became a day trader.
    — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Jan. 2018
  • However, the path to becoming a successful day trader has its challenges.
    — Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 25 June 2024
  • As was the case with GameStop, day trader interest in Clabo has since slipped, and the share price has given back half its gains.
    — Eric J. Lyman, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2021
  • The day trader tried on a kilt before selecting a traditional suit; Juliana opted for a pink gown.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • To see what euphoria looks like, consider the dot-com boom, when day traders were bragging about getting rich quickly and investors were scrambling to join them.
    — Stan Choe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The nation’s 350 million young people are morphing into day traders.
    — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2019
  • Throughout the day there was some garden variety intraday choppiness, but nothing that would have alarmed investors that weren’t day traders.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 June 2025
  • The gains have attracted the attention of Chinese day traders and speculators, as well as those in the West.
    — Michael Foster, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The day trader kicks off the conversation by talking about his father, who has struggled with addiction for the last 30 years.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Any indicator tied to the big tech stocks shows how sentiment is extremely positive, aided by the return of the day trader.
    — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2020
  • Trump’s fans and opportunistic day traders have generated billions of dollars in sales, driven by loyalty, hype, and the chance to make a quick buck.
    — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The day trader marks the franchise's second Black Bachelor, with Matt James being the first.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2024
  • China still has a large army of day traders, as the American embassy can attest, but institutions have led a shift in money from small-cap firms to blue-chip stocks.
    — The Economist, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The episode, which aired on Monday, saw the 31-year-old day trader getting down on one knee to pop the question to his final rose recipient.
    — Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Wess Philome, a local activist and day trader, pointed out the virus' outsized effect on people of color and people in low-wage jobs who can't afford to take time off work.
    — Pam Louwagie, Star Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Grant Ellis, the 31-year-old Texas day trader, is heading across the country to visit the hometowns of his final four women.
    — Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025

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