Signals help traders filter out their opinions and focus on price action. These tools help capture trends in your own time frame. The 200 day SMA measures the long term trend. Price above long term bullish, prices below signal long term bearish. The 10 day EMA measures the short term trend. Price above short term bullish, prices below signal short term […]
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The “Most Helpful Trader on Twitter” poll we run at NewTraderU.com each year has become so popular that I decided to take it a step further. Who would not love to hear what these traders have to say about their methodology, risk management, and trading psychology? I reached out to the top traders on the poll,
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It is not bullish for indexes to be negative year to date. Rallying after a plunge is not the same as breaking out of a range. $SPY gapped up Monday and then closed at $194.78 then bounced around all week only to close on Friday at $195.09. After the Monday gap $SPY was not accumulated or
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Do the Largest Moves Happen Beneath the 200-Day Moving Average? https://t.co/QFc6peJtFV pic.twitter.com/KJSNrFpL2E — LPL Research (@LPLResearch) February 19, 2016 All traders need to be intimately familiar with the Law of Pareto, because it WILL govern your trading. https://t.co/A17uXN9ly7 — Peter Brandt (@PeterLBrandt) February 26, 2016 ABUNDANCE https://t.co/SugdgKsZCL — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) February 25, 2016
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I'm starting to get the feeling that no one actually knows what the market will do — StockCats (@StockCats) February 24, 2016 The best traders I know use very few indicators with their methodology. Keep it simple – focus on Market Context & Price Support/Resistance. — Walter White (@BreakingOutBad) February 23, 2016 Caution goes out
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The stock market goes through cycles of up trends, down trends, and range bound price action. This is caused by equities as an asset class going through phases of accumulation and distribution. Bull markets are where the easy dollars are made. You can buy the best growth stocks as they break out of price bases to
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Adjustments I have had to make in 2016 due to the market environment: I am trading at half the position size I did from 2012-2015 due to the expansion in volatility and average daily trading ranges. Even this is too big at times. I have not been able to buy any individual stocks for longer
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Contrary to popular belief by the majority of the general population and even investors and traders stocks are not tied to their fundamental values or even the companies that sold the shares to raise capital. Stock prices are tied to simply what the current buyer and seller in the market is willing to exchange ownership
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Most traders that make money from the markets get hooked early on winning trades. Many that chose trading as their career, made life changing profits early and got the trading bug. The inspiration to trade comes from the game itself and the opportunity to be rewarded monetarily for making the right decisions. Once you have tasted success, it’s
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The best thing that most investors could have done was go to cash positions in their retirement accounts as the 200-day SMA failed in late 2015. This helped me avoid a correction in my biggest account. With the speed, chop, and volatility so far in 2016, the traders that are making money are likely day trading or holding positions for
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