Trading Strategies

I assume the worst from my trades, that they will always be unprofitable For most of you that is probably the most asinine statement you’ve ever heard a trader make when it comes to managing trading losses. But it is true! I don’t look at my next trade as one that I will make a

New YouTube Trading Series: Stock Market 101 I’ve always written posts and provided analysis on the stock market from the understanding that the reader had plenty of experience trading stocks. And for many that is true – you have incredible and immeasurable amounts of experience trading stocks and doing it successfully. 

The best stock trading strategies require a Top-Down approach But when it comes to trading stocks and optimizing one’s stock trading strategy, the Top-Down trading strategy is usually ignored by traders.

How to be a profitable trader is more than just picking stocks “Give me a good stock pick!” “Tell me what to invest in.” What should I buy?” On the surface these all sound like good questions for someone wanting to know how to be a profitable trader. But that is assuming that those questions

Here’s a list of some of my favorite swing trading and day trading setups for the week ahead. You still have the market doldrums carrying over from last week into the James Comey hearing before the House Committee today. No major market shockers coming out of it, but the market is trading, at the time

Three trading tips for the week ahead We are coming off a pretty dull week of trading. Financials saw a pullback following Janet Yellen’s FOMC statement and there is a desire among traders out there to see the market perk up some to make things more interesting in the week ahead. I’ve put together three

How many shares to buy: It doesn’t matter I know we all want to have thousands upon thousands of shares of a particular stock in our portfolio. It makes us feel big time, like we have a major stake invested in the company. Bug deciding how many shares to buy in our swing trading will

Trying to find the right trading strategy that will help increase your profits is incredibly important. Maximizing your stock market profits is done by minimizing the risk whenever and wherever you can. These two elements of trading go hand-in-hand.

Trading stocks is hard and there are times where you just want to pull out all your hair! I know that feeling (which explains some of the hair-loss issues) because it comes from that notion that nothing can go right and it seems like Mr. Market has singled you out to humiliate and destroy you.