🔹 What is Trading?
Trading is the act of buying and selling financial instruments (stocks, crypto, forex, commodities, etc.) with the aim of making a profit.
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🔹 Main Types of Trading
Type Description
Day Trading Buying and selling within the same day. High risk, high reward.
Swing Trading Holding positions for days or weeks to catch short-term trends.
Scalping Very short-term trades, seconds to minutes. Many small profits.
Position Trading Long-term trading, based on fundamental analysis.
Algorithmic Trading Automated trading using bots and coded strategies.
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🔹 Common Instruments
Stocks: Ownership in companies
Forex: Currency pairs like EUR/USD
Crypto: Digital assets like Bitcoin
Commodities: Gold, oil, etc.
Options/Futures: Derivatives with expiration dates