Top 10 Day Trading Stocks in 2019 As you would probably imagine, day traders and long-term savers will have significantly different things to think about when investing in a specific stock. Long-term traders will want to choose stocks that will predictably be worth more years, even decades, down the road. As a result, these investors will often choose blue chip stocks, such as those that can be found on the S&P 500 Index or the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index. Day traders, on the other hand, are not nearly as concerned about what these stocks will be worth in the year 2050. Instead, they focus on trying to identify which stocks are most likely to increase in value by the end of the day. Even if it seems that a company is doing poorly or has something wrong with its finances, the volatility that this creates can still produce many potentially profitable opportunities within a given trading period. In order to become a successful day trader, you will need to act quickly and consistently stay ahead of the market as a whole. Day trading strategies pose a much higher risk than investing in an index and holding that position over time (which, on average, will earn you an ROI of about 10% per year). However, day trading also presents a much higher potential for return—the yearly returns that are realized by some long-term savers are often achieved in a single day by the world’s best day traders. In this article, we will talk about the most important things for you to think about when selecting a stock for day trading. We will then discuss, based on the aforementioned criteria, ten of the top stocks for day trading so far in 2019. While many of these stocks may represent companies you’ve never heard of, they still may be prime options for increasing your daily ROI. Things to Look for when Selecting a Day Trading Stock If you are a day trader, then you will need to have a relatively high level of risk tolerance in order to be successful. Day trading is significantly different than long-term saving strategies, which typically revolve around minimizing risk through the principle of diversification. Instead, day traders will need to be active traders who believe they are capable of “outsmarting” the market as a whole. There are two primary things that all day traders should look for when comparing the different stocks available. The first thing they should pay attention to is daily trading volume. Stocks with high trading volumes are, by definition, among the most active stocks available. This means that there are likely to be many price increases and decreases within a given trading period.
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