A trade trigger is a precise event that tells you to get into or out of a trade, right now. It helps avoid getting in or out too early or too late, skipping trades, or taking trades you shouldn’t. You […]
Educational articles on day trading stocks including strategies, risk management, and how to find stocks for day trading.
False breakouts frustrate many new traders. Pros know they are a part of trading and a huge opportunity. Here’s how to use them to your advantage. You come up with a trade idea based on an important technical level. It […]
What time frame to use when day trading is an important choice, but there isn’t one definitive answer. The right time frame will vary by person, the strategy they use, and how they like to spend their trading time (relaxed […]
Price action trading relies solely on the price chart for making trading decisions. Price movement is the purest indicator traders have. Price determines profit and loss, nothing else. Price action traders believe the price tells you everything you need to […]
The breakout and run day trading strategy is a fusion of swing trading and day trading. If you are a swing trader, already scanning for high momentum stocks, this day trading method could be used on some of the high […]
Here’s how to scan for day stocks that are making big price moves AFTER the open. Big movement during the day, not overnight gaps, is how day traders make money. When I started day trading full-time, back in 2005, I […]
I started day trading in 2005. The following lessons got me to profitability and have allowed me to make a living off the markets since then. Some of these lessons were taught to me while I traded at a proprietary […]
Emotions and orders underlie each move price makes. Whether it is on a 1-minute chart or a daily chart. As “good” traders we place orders based on risk/reward, and we have entries, stop losses, and targets. But many people don’t […]
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