Economic Calendar with Volatility
Monday June 30, 2008
This week's economic calendar is quite varied in the amount of news from each region. There are only a few news releases from the US, but many news releases from ... Read More
Double Moving Average Bounce Variation
Sunday June 29, 2008
I have developed a variation to the original moving average bounce trading system, that uses two exponential moving averages instead of one, and uses the interaction of the two moving ... Read More
The Uptick Rule - Love It or Hate It?
Tuesday June 24, 2008
It has been almost a year since the uptick rule was removed from US stock markets, and traders are divided upon whether the markets are better or worse without the ... Read More
Decisiveness, Yes ... Stubbornness, No
Monday June 23, 2008
Professional traders know that successful day trading is as much about psychology as it is about markets and trading systems, and they spend a lot of time practicing controlling their ... Read More
Economic Calendar With Volatility
Sunday June 22, 2008
There are a few news releases from each region (the US, Europe, and Asia) this week. The US has most of the high volatility news releases, so the US markets ... Read More
The Third Day Before the Fourth Week of Which Month?
Wednesday June 18, 2008
As we are in the middle of futures expiration week, it is a good time to discuss the standard and non standard dates that the various futures market expire. If ... Read More
Automatic Options Expiration Update
Tuesday June 17, 2008
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the company responsible for processing US stock options. Options are processed, if they are exercised by the options holder (the trader that is long ... Read More
Choosing a Day Trading Seminar
Monday June 16, 2008
Day trading seminars are one of the most popular methods of learning about day trading. Seminars are very effective at providing all of the information that you need to start ... Read More
Economic Calendar with Volatility
Sunday June 15, 2008
There are several news releases from the US and Europe, and a few news releases from Asia, this week. The US and Europe also have several high volatility news releases, ... Read More
Making Money in Simulation, but Losing Money Trading Live?
Wednesday June 11, 2008
There are many day traders who consistently make a profit when they are trading in simulation (paper trading, demo trading, etc.), but lose money as soon as they start trading ... Read More
The Price of Impatience is $450
Tuesday June 10, 2008
I recently heard about a trader that entered a trade early, because they thought they knew what the market was going to do, and it cost them $450.
A large part ... Read More
Economic Calendar with Volatility
Monday June 9, 2008
There are several news releases from the US, and a lot of news releases from Europe and Asia this week. Each region also has a few high volatility news releases, ... Read More
The Bid, the Ask, and the Last
Sunday June 8, 2008
Day traders are usually aware of the bid, ask, and last prices. Buy and hold investors (the general public) are usually unaware of the bid, ask, and last prices. Either ... Read More
Indicator Settings
Tuesday June 3, 2008
The majority of day traders use various technical analysis indicators (such as moving averages, the relative strength index, and the moving average convergence divergence) to make their trading decisions (entries ... Read More
Economic Calendar with Volatility
Sunday June 1, 2008
There are several news releases from each region (US, Europe, and Asia) this week, and each region also has a few high volatility news releases. As a result, all of ... Read More
Sell In May, and Go Away?
Sunday June 1, 2008
During the Spring, the non trading public often start using phrases such as "Sell in May, and go away", because they believe that the Summer is not a good time ... Read More