Short-term trading includes taking a trade that can last from seconds to several days. It is used as an alternative to the more traditional buy-and-hold strategy, in which you’d hold a place for weeks, months, or even years.
Short-term trading centers mainly on price movement rather than the long-term fundamentals of an asset. This trading style tries to profit from quick changes in market prices, and so tries out market volatility around critical economic data announcements, company profits, and political events.