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Home>Courses>Build Your Trading System>Lesson 3 of 8

Swing and position trading

Catching multi-day moves without watching every tick.

Build Your Trading System·Lesson 3 of 8

All lessons

By the end of this lesson you'll be able to:

  • 01Define swing trading
  • 02Compare it with day trading
  • 03Explain the trade-offs of holding longer
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Step 1 · Read the guide

Read the guide first

Everything the quiz asks is covered in the linked guide. Read it, then answer the questions below.

What Is Swing Trading? A Complete Framework for Multi-Day Traders
Key terms
Swing TradingDay TradingPosition TradingStop Loss

Step 2 · Take the quiz

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10 questions

Answer all 10, then check. Wrong answers show a hint and a link back to the guide.

  1. Question 01

    Over what period does swing trading aim to capture a move?

  2. Question 02

    On what are swing trading decisions usually made?

  3. Question 03

    Compared with day trading, what does swing trading do?

  4. Question 04

    You cannot watch charts all day but want to trade multi-day moves. What is a fitting style?

  5. Question 05

    Swing traders accept overnight and gap risk in exchange for what?

  6. Question 06

    What is a swing trade needs a stop that?

  7. Question 07

    What does using a very tight day-trading stop on a swing trade often do?

  8. Question 08

    You put a 5-pip day-trading stop on a multi-day swing trade. What will likely happen?

  9. Question 09

    What does swing trading mainly require?

  10. Question 10

    What is the main trade-off of swing trading?

Answered 0 of 10 · pass 70% (7/10) to complete

Build Your Trading System3 of 8
  1. Trading strategies overview
  2. Day trading
  3. →Swing and position trading
  4. Scalping
  5. Strategy types: trend, range, breakout, mean reversion
  6. Building a trading plan
  7. Backtesting your system
  8. Forward testing and validation
  9. ⚑Final Assessment· 20 Q