Pharaoh
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scalping, is trading for short period. you can also call it as the intra day.
Not quite. Scalping is a specific form of intraday trading, but not all intraday traders are scalpers.
Intraday means you generally don't hold trades over until the next day.
A scalper usually aims for multiple very short duration trades (seconds to minutes) during the day. The profit target is usually for a limited number of pips. This often results in scalpers using a larger trade size is larger to make it worth the effort.
Non-scalping intraday traders may leave trades open for times ranging from minutes to many hours and typically aim for larger amounts of pips. Generally, this type of intraday trader makes fewer daily trades than a scalper.