Economic Calendar with Volatility
Monday March 31, 2008
There are several news releases from each region this week, and each region has a few high volatility news releases, so the world's markets should all experience some significant price ... Read More
Points, Ticks, and Pips
Monday March 31, 2008
Professional day traders often use the terms points, ticks, and pips, when they are talking about their trading, but many beginning day traders (and some experienced day traders) do not ... Read More
European Time Change
Monday March 31, 2008
Europe moved its time forward by one hour yesterday (Sunday, March 30th), to mark the start of European Summer Time (the equivalent to Daylight Saving Time).
This does not really have ... Read More
Economic Calendar with Volatility
Monday March 24, 2008
This week is only a partial trading week, but there are still several news releases from each region. There are also a few high volatility news releases, so each region's ... Read More
Today is Expiration Day
Thursday March 20, 2008
All futures and options markets (such as the YM futures market) expire at regular intervals, at which time the current contract stops trading, and a new contract will become the ... Read More
Easter Holiday Schedule
Sunday March 16, 2008
The Easter holiday starts at the end of this week, and the US, European, and Asian markets, will all be affected by the Easter holiday. The holiday schedules for each ... Read More
Economic Calendar with Volatility
Sunday March 16, 2008
This week, there are several news releases from Europe, but only a few news releases from the US and Asia, and there are only a couple of high volatility news ... Read More
Trading Full Time Doesn't Mean Trading All Day
Tuesday March 11, 2008
Being a full time day trader means that you day trade as your only source of income, it does not mean that you trade every moment that the markets are ... Read More
US Time Change
Sunday March 9, 2008
The US moved its time forward by one hour this morning (Sunday), to mark the start of Daylight Saving Time (the equivalent of European Summer Time).
This does not really make ... Read More
Economic Calendar with Volatility
Sunday March 9, 2008
There are several news releases from each region (US, Europe, and Asia) this week, with a couple of high volatility news releases, so each region should experience high volatility at ... Read More
Investing in Stock Using Stock Options
Sunday March 9, 2008
Even though this is a day trading site, I like to help the long term investors occasionally, so I have written a couple of articles about using stock options to ... Read More
Economic Calendar with Volatility
Sunday March 2, 2008
As last week, this week's economic calendar has several news releases from each region (US, Europe, and Asia), and also several high volatility news releases from each region, so all ... Read More
Overcoming a Losing Streak
Sunday March 2, 2008
I recently received a question from a fellow day trader, asking what length of losing streak was acceptable, and how they could overcome a losing streak. This is a very ... Read More

