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How To Approach A Quiet Market As A Day Trader
Friday, August 24, 2018 - 1:27pm | 475Read More...August continues to be a tough month for me. I’m just barely in the black for the month, and much of the challenge has been managing risk and reward in a tight market. Case in point, I started this past week by not taking a single trade, the first time this year. I just couldn’t find...
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What Goes Through The Mind of A Trader When Taking A Position?
Friday, August 17, 2018 - 2:32pm | 589Read More...I’ve spoken at length about the technical and charting factors that I take account of when looking for trading setups. Obviously momentum is the main factor that I prioritize, along with the stock’s recent levels and float size. You can read a full reckoning of those elements in my...
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How To Keep Trades From Becoming A Roll Of The Dice
Friday, August 10, 2018 - 11:44am | 600Read More...After just one full week in August I find myself just shy of breaking even on the month so far. Unfortunately, my August balance sheet is still slanted to the downside. Like any red streak, my losses have come as a result of a lot of in-the-moment choices. By that same token, my green days cams as...
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Stock Scanners
Monday, July 30, 2018 - 9:46am | 746Read More...One of the biggest and most frequent misconceptions that I hear about active trading is that you need a thesis to find success. For those less familiar with trading lingo, a thesis is clear, cause-and-effect theory as to why a stock will perform in particular way. For most new traders, their idea...
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How To Learn To Stop Worrying And Love Your Trades
Thursday, July 26, 2018 - 9:52am | 460Read More...In one of my recent trading recaps from last week I mentioned the trouble some new traders have in adapting to the demands of being a full-time equities trader. Specifically, I brought up the case of a retired pharmacist who was so anxious about making a mistake or getting into a losing trade that...
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Making The Most Of Essential Trading Tools
Friday, July 20, 2018 - 11:31am | 596Read More...If there is one thing that I like to get across to those watching my trading recaps or hot stocks videos is that there’s no single way to approach the market. I like to give people strategies and ways of thinking about the market, but every trader finds his or her own approach that...
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Trading The Volatility That Earnings Season Brings
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 - 10:26am | 566Read More...Only halfway through July it has already proven to be an eventful month. Some dramatic ups and downs in the market have helped me pick up $35,000 so far. Now that earnings season has started to kick into high gear, I’m expecting the traditional fireworks to continue in the market all the way...
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How To Trade Gaps That Just Won't Go
Friday, June 29, 2018 - 2:04pm | 514Read More...I’m writing in the midst of a four-day green streak, which I am counting as a huge win after some of the recent red days I’ve had. My last down day, which took a $5,700 chunk out of my trading account, ended up pinging my brokerage loss-limit and (thankfully) kept me from revenge...
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The Best Parts Of Waking Up: The Key Elements Of A Day Trader's Watchlist
Monday, June 25, 2018 - 12:59pm | 815Read More...One of the things that never fails to impresses me is hearing about a trading win from the Warrior Trading group chat. It’s not the win itself that impresses me (although I am happy for any success I may have contributed to), but just how diverse the number of strategies and philosophies...
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When Trading, Size Really Does Matter
Friday, June 15, 2018 - 2:44pm | 404Read More...I’ve talked a lot in the past about position size, specifically the benefits of trading with larger orders. But trading is all about adaptability and recognizing when it’s time to switch things up. This is one of those times. The market has been very choppy for me of late. I’ll...
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A Day Trader's Advice For Trading Cheap Stocks
Friday, May 25, 2018 - 12:41pm | 469Read More...The market continues to be a chop fest, but I’ve continued to find enough success to keep my accuracy above 70 percent and remain within spitting distance of my unofficial goal of making May a $100k month. However, one of the biggest obstacles I’ve come against, apart from the erratic...
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Why Knowing Your Goals Will Make You A Better Trader, Investor and Saver
Friday, May 18, 2018 - 2:02pm | 598Read More...Another choppy week in the market, but I still find myself up on the month to the tune of about $70,000. This is thanks in large part to a few clutch trades in Boxlight Corporation (NASDAQ: BOXL) and other names that were catching a streak of momentum, though, the same approach of buying in 10-20k...
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Heads Up Trading: How Market Awarenes Helped To Make A $24k Trade
Friday, May 11, 2018 - 4:01pm | 512Read More...This week has been one of the crazier ones I’ve experienced in my trading career, and a lot of that comes from the streakiness of some of the big moves I was able to trade. It again goes to show you that preparation and awareness of the stocks set to move can make all the difference between...
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Don't Underestimate The Importance Of The First 5 Minutes Of The Trading Day
Friday, May 4, 2018 - 3:46pm | 542Read More...It’s strange to think that we’re more than a third of the way through 2018. And though I’m up more than $200k in my main account through the first four months of the year, a losing streak that has stuck with me into May has me feeling rather mixed about my trading right now. Still...
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A Day Trader's Guide To A Tumultuous Earnings Season
Thursday, April 26, 2018 - 4:18pm | 528Read More...After a rocky first week of earnings season, we again find ourselves facing a market that is coming to terms with traditional market dynamics after a period of living on Pluto. While the numbers these companies are putting up might usually trigger some bulls to boost their positions, those buyers...















