# Swing Trading

*Trading & Technical Analysis — Finicade finance glossary*

Swing trading holds positions for days to weeks, aiming to capture one move within a larger trend. It sits between day trading and investing, and it's more compatible with having a job, since it doesn't require watching a screen continuously. Holding overnight introduces gap risk — the price can open somewhere your stop-loss never got a chance to trigger.

**Also known as:** swing trader, multi-day trading

**Related terms:** [Day Trading](https://finicade.com/glossary/day-trading), [Trend Following](https://finicade.com/glossary/trend-following), [Support and Resistance](https://finicade.com/glossary/support-and-resistance), [Moving Average](https://finicade.com/glossary/moving-average), [Risk-Reward Ratio](https://finicade.com/glossary/risk-reward-ratio)

Source: https://finicade.com/glossary/swing-trading