Posts Tagged ‘strategy’
The Importance of a Solid Trading Strategy
Written by Katie Gomez Without a solid strategy to fall back on when things get erratic and emotional, trades begin to fail, accounts begin to dwindle, and everything starts to spiral. A solid trading strategy helps mold a successful trader by encouraging consistent trades, inviting lessons from past mistakes, and identifying specific strengths and weaknesses.…
Read MoreIntroducing Trade-Ideas Pro 3.1
Trade-Ideas is on the leading edge of stock scanning and event backtesting technology. Maintaining the role of market leader requires a mantra of “constant and never-ending improvement” regarding our technology, partnerships, and personnel. I’m happy announce that I’ve joined the Trade-Ideas team during an exciting growth period for the company. Allow me to briefly introduce…
Read MoreHoliday Reflection
Celebrating Thanksgiving at Trade Ideas means reflecting on many things – like our loyal customers. Over 50K in over 75 countries around the world. Wow. With us since 2002. In what seems like a blink of an eye nine years has come and gone. I recall our first Trader’s Expo in 2003 in Las Vegas…
Read MoreStock Scanning to Make Opportunity Out of the Market’s Traps
Here’s the beginning of a correspondence with Dr. Brett Steenbarger who wisely suggested that the exchange would make for a good blog post. That’s why he’s the PhD. From the Desk of Trade Ideas March 24, 2010 Dear Brett, I just read your quick post regarding the “traps” the market can play on intraday traders…
Read MoreSignposts: A Method of Market Forecasting Which Strategies to Employ
3 Roadsigns popped up today from 3 different people whose opinion and calls on the market activity I respect. These people aren’t market timers – if anything they’re probably early with their calls, but when I hear or read people I respect offering these types of market forecasts, I pay attention and start to pull…
Read MoreSteenbarger Inspired Strategy: Trade the Transitions
Great strategies align themselves with vetted and observable themes in the market. Strategy comes from taking a stand based on what you perceive are demonstrative behaviors in the recent market and then submitting that position to the market’s cross examination – you’ll come out smelling like a rose or its fertilizer. The nice thing with…
Read MoreFibonacci Long 1st 30 Minutes = 88% Odds in Your Favor: TASC Trader’s Tip September
Traders’ Tips: September Issue “Now, you listen to me! I want it reopened right now. Get those brokers back in here! Turn those machines back on!” Mortimer Duke, Trading Places (1983) This month’s Traders’ Tips concerns pivot points. While researching an appropriate strategy for this month, we discovered a stock trading strategy based, in part,…
Read MoreTrade-Ideas: Why Won’t You Make Me Rich?
We receive on a regular basis from individuals the comments, demands, requests, supplications, and sometimes the pleas for the keys to making them great wealth. A recent message seemed breathless in its desire, “Basically What i need is a collaboration…and a system trading platform based on historical data……What time to trade….how many….what amount per trade…and…
Read MoreZag vs Zig on Relative Strength & This Stock Pattern Strategy Will Reward You
Below is the original Trader’s Tips article submitted for the just released April issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities TRADERS’ TIPS April Issue “Your emotions are often a reverse indicator of what you ought to be doing.” John F. Hindelong For this month’s Traders’ Tips, we offer a stock trading strategy based, in…
Read MoreTry This Swing Strategy: Reversed MACD Crossover System
Below is the original Trader’s Tips article submitted for the just released February issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities TRADERS’ TIPS March Issue “I measure what’s going on, and I adopt to it. I try to get my ego out of the way. The market is smarter than I am so I bend.”…
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