Day trading is the inverse of the slow and steady approach of buy-and-hold investing. With day trading, you buy and sell ...

A change is coming to pattern day trading rules that will make it easier for small retail investors to get in the game.

Day trading classes are booming as more Americans dream of hitting financial freedom and ditching the 9-to-5 grind.

It could get easier for anyone to start day trading soon — but should they? This week, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced that it had voted to change its pattern day-trading rule.

Day trading takes a lot of time and effort, and in the end most people will wind up losing money. Institutional investors always have more information than a day trader relying on technical analysis.