With the advent of Direct Market Access (DMA) there are now ways for traders to gain access directly to market makers and ECNs and bypass gateways from standard brokers that take more time for you to get an execution. There are a ton of different order routes to choose from but we have found ARCA and […]
Table of contents What is VWAP Why is VWAP Popular? VWAP Video Lesson My VWAP Breakout Trading Strategy My VWAP Pullback Trading Strategy FAQ’s Updated: November 1, 2023. Written by Ross Cameron What is the Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) Indicator? The volume-weighted average price (VWAP) is a popular technical indicator that measures the average […]
Hey all, John L10 here! Over the course of my trading career, I have had the opportunity to meet both virtually and in person, equity traders who consistently make a few thousand per day. All of these traders that I’ve met have had different techniques on how they attack the market. Some relied on semi-automated […]
Table of contents Why Traders Need Technical Analysis Technical Analysis: Bottom Up vs. Top Down Approach Key Technical Analysis Concepts Support and Resistance Bottom Line Technical analysis is a loaded term. The phrase means different things to different people. If you ask a green pea newbie, they’ll tell you that with the right knowledge of […]
Technical analysis is the most commonly used approach utilized by day traders who are speculating on a day to day basis to profitably navigate the markets. While there are a myriad of ways to approach technical analysis and even more patterns to recognize, just a few key points will be of an immense help to […]
Trading in the stock markets is not for the faint of heart. There are many potential pitfalls for those who are ill prepared to handle it, and you can fully expect that you will fall into some of those traps if you do not plan ahead. While we all like to fancy the idea that […]
What Are Bollinger Bands? Bollinger Bands are a technical indicator developed by John Bollinger in the 1980s that plot standard deviations around a moving average. Here’s an example chart: Bollinger Bands widen as price volatility increases and tighten as volatility declines. Wider bands imply a higher standard deviation, meaning that an average price is […]
This is by far the most common question I receive from our students as well as other traders that are still striving to reach profitability after years of struggle. Although this is a very frequent question, it is natural and normal for one to want to know what their time investment will be and if […]
Market Capitalization, better known as Market Cap, is a measurement used to classify a company’s size, which can be categorized between small, medium or large cap with sub-categories from there. It is a simple calculation that takes the stock price and multiplies it by the number of outstanding shares. Understanding what the market cap is […]
The moving average convergence divergence, better known as MACD, is a technical indicator that is used for measuring the strength of a trend by using two moving average prices. It is calculated by subtracting the 26-day exponential moving average (EMA), known as the slow length, from the the 12-day EMA, known as the fast […]
