9 Steps To Explosive Day Trading Profits
Step 1. Wake up. Step 2. Drink water and snag some food: (I usually eat an apple and peanut butter, or carrots). Step 3. Turn the computer on:…
Advanced Series: Trading Strategies for Different Time Frames
Are You A Day Trading Warrior? Win Rate Matters
I listened to a motivational recording this morning by a well-intentioned trading coach. His message was that one’s attitude matters more than the number of wins. He said that he…
Is Day Trading ‘Sinful’? Only If You Do It Right
A couple of weeks ago the Washington Post ran an article on its business pages profiling “Dylan,” a successful 25-year-old day-trader in Florida. The article was interesting enough (here’s the…
Swing Traders Guide To A Successful Trade
So why swing trading? Swing trading is the sweet spot between day and position trading. It is a strategy that combines both technical and fundamental techniques. It is the optimum…
A Core Methodology for Swing Trading Futures
George Douglas Taylor is one of the greatest trading thinkers you’ve never heard of. Taylor was a CBOT floor trader in the 1950s. His one book on trading, The Taylor…
Use Divergences For Swing Trades
There are many different ways to measure the technicals for a particular stock, ETF or index. The most popular are the relative strength index, (RSI), stochastics and MACD. I personally…
How To Take Advantage Of High Frequency Trader Price Action
Recognizing the High Frequency Trader HFT footprint on a stock chart, presents ways for individual traders to use the candlestick patterns created to their advantage. HFT orders are algorithms which…
Technical Analysis: Using Multiple Timeframes
The objective of any trading strategy is to identify trading entries with a high positive predictive value: i.e. the sensitivity and specificity of the order are likely to be successful…
