A Market Wizard on Short Term Moving Averages
A big thing that trips up new traders is they get an entry signal at a breakout or a bounce off a key moving average like the 50 day simple moving average but have trouble quantifying how to let the it run if it is a winner or cut the loser shor... Read more
A Trading Plan: Do You Have One?
Successful traders have a plan to win. By carefully putting the odds in their favor for the long term, successful traders will overtake gamblers who rely on random trades and a prayer. If you want to win in any area of life, you must be d... Read more
Five Monster Stock:Entry Points?
We all know Apple is the stock of the century but do we just buy or do we wait? Well with all monster stocks if we are traders then we wait until an opportunity to enter arises. Entering at the wrong time can l... Read more
7 truths about trading
I have been trading for over a decade. I have had streaks where I won for many straight years in a row with minimum draw downs, it was as if I completely understood the markets and just could not lose. But I ha... Read more
Five Good Entry Points for $AAPL
Okay, Apple is the monster stock of the last decade. It continues to dominate many tech sectors and even leaving the destruction of whole industries in its wake. One example is the compact disk as a product an... Read more
10 Signs Of A New Trader Know-it-All
There are signs that an annoying trader online is a rookie and it is highly unlikely they have been profitable long term or a seasoned veteran in the markets. They are usually the loudest and most active, they love to jump in and give oth... Read more
IBD’s 20 Rules For Investment Success aren’t based on our personal opinion or those of Wall Street experts. IBD® built models of the most successful stocks each year from 1880 to 2010. IBD studied what common factors that existed be... Read more
Do you use moving averages in your trading? It is very interesting to lay a 50 day and 200 day moving average on to a chart for the past year. You will begin to see patterns develop. Bounce off the 50 day, a last chance for... Read more
Five Ways to Play $AAPL Earnings
Many times holding leading stocks through earnings is more like placing chips on red or black in a casino than trading with an edge. My best trades have always been playing the earnings expectations leading up to earnings not the actual earnings... Read more
A Trader’s Serenity Prayer
There are some things we can control as traders and some things that we can not. We need to learn the difference to limit our frustration and win in this game. We can control: How much we risk per trade. How big a position size we take. W... Read more
