The methods of managing risk in a small trading account are very different from that of a large account. While traditional financial theory would posit that the same portfolio-optimized risk management principles would apply regardless of portfolio size, the real world is more cruel and less simple. This problem is compounded when you’re an […]
Every trader knows what it’s like to trade with a small amount of capital. Whether to them that’s $100 or $10,000, most traders find themselves thinking that if they just had X amount of capital, many of their trading troubles would go away. To an extent, trading a large account does grind away some […]
Much of the popular literature in technical analysis deals with the variation between trends and ranges. Traders and investors tend to follow the herd, for better or worse, and whatever the dominant state of a market is, trend or range, traders tend to extrapolate into the future and expect to continue. When these expectations […]
The Red Dog Reversal is a trading setup which aims to catch a reversal in a downtrend. What is a Reversal? Before we get into the details of this specific trading setup, let’s get clear on what a reversal trade really is. I think of it like this: you can boil down a lot of […]
Many trading pundits claim that you can use the same trading strategies and tactics across all stocks, bonds, or any asset. In other words, they claim you should be able to trade Apple stock in the same way that you’d trade the Russian Ruble. Besides the fact that there are literal differences between the […]
As the U.S. sank into an economic downturn that was triggered by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, many public companies scrapped their buyback programs and reduced or scrapped dividend payments. For some companies, raising additional capital via venture capitalists or initial public offerings (IPO) also became necessary. But initial and secondary public offerings are […]
What Are Inverse ETFs? Inverse ETFs are a financial product that allow you to make bets against a specific asset like a sector, industry, index, commodity, etc without having to short anything. For example, if you invested in the ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ (SQQQ) inverse ETF, you would make money when the NASDAQ 100 […]
As we have seen in the past decade, bull markets can last for a long period of time. But occasionally, a bull market will go too far ahead of itself and an unexpected slump in prices may happen. When stocks or other financial instruments experience a sudden drop in the middle of a bull […]
FINRA just made updates to their pattern day trader (PDT) rule that punishes violators much more harshly. Here’s a quick rundown on what that means: The Pattern Day Trader (PDT) rule allows for no more than three (3) day trades within a rolling five day period, if the account has less than $25,000. Before […]
You might be reading this and wondering, I’ve heard of initial public offerings or IPOs, but what is uplisting? Chances are, if you’ve been day trading for any length of time, you’ve bought or sold OTC stocks, which are generally too small to meet the stringent requirements needed to list on a formal exchange […]
