Adam's Day Trading Blog April 2008 Archive

Open Interest
Both short term and long term traders often like to know the general sentiment of the markets (e.g. are they going up, is trading volume increasing, are other traders pensive ... Read More

Wednesday April 30, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

May 1st Holiday (Europe and Asia)
This Thursday is May 1st, which is a holiday in Europe and Asia, but not in the US. Whenever there is a holiday in any of the trading regions (US, ... Read More

Tuesday April 29, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Economic Calendar with Volatility
Even with the holiday on May 1st (Thursday), there are still several news releases from each region this week. Each region also has a couple of high volatility news releases, ... Read More

Monday April 28, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

TickTrader Automated Trading Software
   Many day traders are interested in automated trading, where their trading systems are traded automatically by a computer program. For traders that have some experience with computer programming, there are ... Read More

Monday April 28, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Watching Other Traders with Market Profile Charts
Market Profile, TPO, Volume Profile ... It has lots of different names, but what exactly is it, and how can it be used in day trading? Market profile is a type ... Read More

Tuesday April 22, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Economic Calendar with Volatility
There are only a few news releases from each region this week, but there are still some high volatility news releases, so markets from each region (US, Europe, and Asia) ... Read More

Sunday April 20, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

When a Stop Order should be an If Touched Order
Day traders combine multiple individual orders to make their trades, and for most day trading markets, there are many different types of orders that are available. The most well known ... Read More

Sunday April 20, 2008 | permalink | comments (1)

Economic Calendar with Volatility
There are several news releases from each region this week, but only a few high volatility news releases. Most of the high volatility news releases are US and European news ... Read More

Tuesday April 15, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Margin and the Dreaded Margin Call
All day trading markets have margin requirements, but many day traders do not fully understand what margin is, nor what happens when their brokerage makes a margin call. Margin is nothing ... Read More

Monday April 14, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Trading Software Question
I recently received the following question about trading software and order types: Why do you use Bracket Trader vs stops and limits? Before I answer the question, I want to clarify that ... Read More

Monday April 14, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

Economic Calendar with Volatility
There are a few news releases from each region this week, and each region has a couple of high volatility news releases. Most of the high volatility news releases are ... Read More

Sunday April 6, 2008 | permalink | comments (1)

Day Trading News Feed
I recently received the following question from a beginning day trader, asking which news feed I use when I am trading: What do you use for current news feeds? The answer is ... Read More

Sunday April 6, 2008 | permalink | comments (0)

When an Analyst Says Buy ... It's Time to Sell
The general public often think that they can watch the financial television channels, and make trades based upon the information that the news stories and market analysts provide. However, professional ... Read More

Thursday April 3, 2008 | permalink | comments (1)