Good trading is very basic; it’s trading with an edge to capture a trend in your own time frame, while managing your risk exposure carefully with the right position sizing and stop loss. There are endless ways to trade badly. You can change these if you make an effort and become self-aware. Be on the lookout […]
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2015 was a range bound market that lacked breadth. A few stocks like Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google, and Microsoft held up a weak internal stock market. 2016 went into a quick correction of over 10% from all-time highs. The energy sector and oil continues to go lower and lower. Small caps have fallen below
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You will definitely lose money in the stock market. The only questions are when and how much? The best strategies lead to small losses when they occur. A better question might be, “After I lose money, then what?” Then you will have learned lessons that better prepare you to make money in the future. Well, if
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There was a question asked on finance Twitter recently by a wealth advisor that went something like this: “Okay, so you got out of the stock market and into cash in your 401K, so when do you get back in?” Portfolio managers believe in the long term, with asset diversification and quarterly rebalancing of your stock holdings
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Last week, the market shifted from range bound to a short term downtrend as it broke through the October gap up in price. We have shifted to a market environment where selling the rallies short is being rewarded with profits, and buying dips and price weakness is being punished with losses. $SPY is trading
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This is likely incomplete, but it has paid to be a buyer when CNBC pulls out its Markets In Turmoil. pic.twitter.com/s5gUo7VS9O — Jason Goepfert (@sentimentrader) January 8, 2016 Panic after a historically bad start to yr? Maybe not. 5 worst starts to a year up median +25% rest of yr. $DIA pic.twitter.com/CEhfYhJB1T — Ryan Detrick,
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I base my position sizing in my trades on the fact that I never want to lose more than 1% on any one trade. If I am trading with a $100,000 account, I don’t want to lose more than $1,000 in a losing trade. A stop loss level has to start at the price level
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Quantified trading signals can be based on different types of strategies. Some buy high in the hopes of selling higher, while others try to create a great risk/reward ratio by buying low hoping to sell on rebounds or reversals in price action. Here are four different types of trading signals. Momentum signals are based on
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Currently the stock market is still in a trading range. Stocks as an asset class are not under accumulation or distribution, they are being traded. $QQQ is the strongest index ETF as it is still holding above the 200 day SMA. $DIA $SPY and $IWM are all trading under their 200 day SMA as long
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