What to know about swing trading and how to minimize risks of this speculative trading strategy

If you’re considering swing trading, you’ll need to have the skills required to analyze charts and numbers to be successful.
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Swing trading is a speculative strategy where investors buy and hold assets to profit from expected price moves.
Swing traders leverages technical analysis to determine entry (buy) and exit (sell) points.
Swing traders are exposed to gap risk, where a security's price changes while the market is closed.
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