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Thinking About Day Trading? Read This First

In the midst of the pandemic, you may have noticed a rather unusual trend: More and more people are jumping into the stock market.

Despite, or perhaps even because of, extreme volatility in the market and endless speculation about what could happen next — not just with the economy but in the wider world due to the seismic shifts we’re experiencing because of COVID-19 — there’s been a recent proliferation of day trading.

While the mediums might be new — Robinhood wasn’t around 20 or even 10 years ago — the sudden spike in the popularity of day trading isn’t. We

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