Swing trading holds positions for several days to a few weeks, aiming to capture a substantial "swing" in price rather than the small intraday moves scalpers and day traders target. It requires less screen time than shorter styles but does expose open trades to overnight swap costs and weekend gap risk.
Swing traders typically rely more on daily and 4-hour chart analysis than the minute-by-minute charts favored by scalpers.
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Choosing a Trading Platform: MT4, MT5, cTrader and the Broker's Own
The platform decides which orders you can place, whether your stops survive a closed laptop, and how much you would have to rewrite to leave. What actually differs between the options — and the point where the platform stops mattering and the broker takes over.