Updated January 9, 2025 – Written by Ross Cameron Table of contents What Makes a Stock Suitable for Day Trading? Volatility Liquidity Trading Volume Share Price and Movement What Are Some Tools for Finding the Best Day Trading Stocks? Stock Scanners Watchlists Social Media and News Platforms What Are Common Types of Day Trading Stocks? […]
Updated January 9, 2025 – Written by Ross Cameron Table of Contents What Are Meme Stocks? How Meme Stocks Work What Are the Risks and Challenges of Meme Stock Investing? Unpredictable Volatility Disconnect From Trading Fundamentals Regulatory Scrutiny Emotional Decision-Making What Are Some Real-Life Examples of Meme Stocks? GameStop (GME) AMC Entertainment Other Meme Stocks […]
Updated January 9, 2025 – Written by Ross Cameron Table of Contents What Is Shorting a Stock? How Shorting Works Example Why Do Traders Short Stocks? Real-Life Example Risks and Challenges of Short Selling Unlimited Loss Potential Short Squeeze Margin Requirements Borrowing Costs Why I Don’t Short Stocks Personal Experience Challenges of Switching Biases Why […]
Updated January 9, 2025 – Written by Ross Cameron Table of Contents What Is a Pump and Dump Scheme? How Do Pump and Dump Schemes Work? How To Spot a Pump and Dump Scheme Unexplained Price Surges Excessive Hype on Social Media Targeting Penny Stocks or Microcaps Fake or Misleading News Suspicious Trading Patterns The […]
Updated January 9, 2025 – Written by Ross Cameron Table of Contents What Is MACD and How Does It Work? The Role of Moving Averages in MACD MACD Settings: Why Default Works Best How To Use MACD in Trading Spotting Crossover Signals Confirming Trends With Divergences Avoiding False Signals Applying MACD in Real-Time Trading Tips […]
Updated January 9, 2025 – Written by Ross Cameron Table of Contents What Are the Most Important Trading Indicators? Candlestick Charts Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) Moving Averages (MAs) Volume Bars How To Start Learning Technical Analysis Understand the Basics Focus on Core Indicators Study Historical Charts Use a Trading Simulator Continuously Learn Develop Discipline […]
Table of Contents What Is Gap Trading? Why Do Gaps Happen? The Gap Fill Strategy What Are Windows in Trading? How To Combine Gap Trading and Pullbacks Real-Life Trading Gap Examples Example 1: Gap Fill in Action Example 2: Trading a Window What Are Common Common Gap Trading Mistakes? What Are Other Tips to Succeed […]
Stock splits have been on the rise recently, with Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), and GameStop (NYSE: GME) among some of the well-known companies to announce they will be splitting their shares. A split is a tool that companies, often with high stock prices, use to increase (or reduce) the number of […]
This past week we got new red-hot CPI numbers, further drama in the Elon Musk and Twitter saga, and the start of earnings season. Let’s look at the technical picture in major indices. The downtrend pattern in the S&P 500 is under threat right now, as a minor lower high (red arrow) was formed. At […]
What is the Alternative Display Facility (ADF)? The Alternative Display Facility (ADF) is a piece of market infrastructure run by FINRA. Institutions use it to post quotes and report trades. It’s called the Alternative Display Facility because the ADF is an alternative to an exchange for institutions to post quotes and report trades. It’s basically […]
