In between the two extremes — investing for years and trading in seconds — exist other investment horizons and other types of trading. Swing trading refers to holding a stake in a stock or commodity for several days. Position trading refers to holding a stake in a stock or commodity for several weeks or months. The diagram above shows how the timing of these various activities varies. They all carry a certain amount of risk, but day trading is probably the riskiest and the most controversial.
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bought a stock and it lost 75% of his value, but i know the stock was good, now sold it for 450% plus in one year. swing trading is letting you make more mistakes.
I like swing trading
I lost a good 20% of my account this week overnight because of a second public offering!
That anecdote about the options trader at the beginning shows you shouldn't trade hopes with everything you have!