Scalping trading is a short-term trading strategy that allows traders to scalp a small profit from each trade from minor price changes in a financial instrument’s price. A short-term trading strategy requires traders to have large capital and place anywhere from 10 to a few hundred trades in a single day to make large profits. Traders who implement scalping trades are called scalpers. If an existing strategy can be set up when scalping, it can prevent large losses and magnify profits from many small moves.