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 […]
You make trades in the moment. Ideally, you’re in a ‘flow’ state and not thinking too much about technical details, and applying your training and reviewing later. Think about professional fighters. They don’t think through each punch and slip during the fight. The thinking is done in their training, and then they review how […]
Day trading can be rewarding but challenging, and most traders fail because they can’t control their emotions or are unable to develop a winning mindset. When most people first jump into day trading, they assume that all that is needed is to formulate a great trading strategy and analysis. After that, they only need […]
Scaling in and out of trading positions refers to building and offloading your position incrementally as it meets certain milestones. Scaling into a trade means you begin by initiating a partial position, say 25 shares of a 100 share target position. If the market moves in your direction or shows favorable price action, you add […]
The stock market is a continuous, two-way auction process. If you want to sell, you can ask for any price you want, and the transaction will occur when a buyer is willing to pay your asking price. If you want to sell instantly, you have to accept whichever is the highest price that a […]
When looking for a new day trading laptop, it’s important to be realistic about your budget and your needs. If money isn’t an object and you’re simply looking for the best laptop, we have recommendations for you. However, most of you will be looking for some balance between cost and performance/features. When working with […]
The US stock market is one of the most traded markets in the world but how can international traders gain access to the US markets? Market Overview The U.S. stock market is an exchange where traders and investors converge to buy and sell shares of publicly traded companies. The shares of stock that these […]
The SEC just disrupted a niche corner of the stock market and their involvement could potentially lock retail investors out of areas of significant opportunity. To put it shortly, the SEC is not allowing broker-dealers to quote non-reporting or “dark” companies. In other words, if a company doesn’t report timely financial statements and reports […]
Technical analysis is a key component of the stock market on a number of scales. Traders can use it to pick good stocks to trade and to predict and forecast future stock prices. It can also be used to identify entry and exit points which enables good returns. In this blog post, you are […]
What is a Measured Move? A measured move is a swing trading concept that assumes the next leg of a chart pattern or trend will be roughly equal to the previous leg. You use measured moves to set your profit targets and project the magnitude of the next price swing. Assuming that the future […]
