Category: Trading Tips
The Only Moving Average Blog Day Traders Need
One of the first indicators that new traders learn about when they start their trading journey is the Moving Average. Moving averages are popular because they smooth out the price data and create an ever-evolving average, thus mitigating the impact of trivial fluctuations in price. Moving averages can be used both as a means of […]
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Unusual Options Activity: Data Provider Comparison
One of the hottest products in the financial markets over the past few years has been Unusual Options activity data. The reason for the proliferation of this data is simple: Retail traders want to know what the big money is doing! By understanding where hedge funds, banks, and other large institutions/players are positioned, we can […]
The NebraskanGooner Comprehensive Guide to Trading Fundamentals
Nebraskan Gooner (an STP Episode 2 guest) has put together a comprehensive tutorial on the basic fundamentals of trading for beginners interested in entering the markets. Before anyone can become a proficient trader, quite a few core principles need to be understood and this guide has covered many of those points to help you get […]
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Options Trading 101: How Not to Lose Money
This is a guest contribution by Harvi Sadhra, CEO and Founder of Hashtag Investing. Hashtag Investing is an exclusive community for stock investors to get real-time feedback and discover compelling stocks and strategies any time.
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How to Balance Trading With Your Day Job
Many trading strategies don’t require a full-time commitment. Unless you’re day trading, there’s no reason to be stuck behind a screen for eight hours per day. Mobile trading, real-time alerts, and advanced order types have made it easy to react to the market from almost anywhere with internet access. There are even some advantages to […]
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6 Must-Read Books for Aspiring and Expert Traders
Many book recommendations for traders focus on timeless classics, such as A Random Walk Down Wall Street or Reminiscences of a Stock Operator. While these are timeless classics that are certainly worth reading, traders may want to turn toward more technical books to gain the insights they need to profit during their day-to-day activities. Let’s […]
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What’s the Best Day Trading Platform?
The average active trader underperforms the S&P 500 by 6.5% per year, but day trading is among the most competitive forms of trading. In fact, just one percent of day traders can predictably generate a net profit after fees! Successful day traders rely on a combination of superior market access and cutting-edge technology to find […]
What Is A Blue Raindrop? A New Way To Find Market Reversals
Of all of the features available on the TrendSpider platform, few are more intriguing than our Raindrop Charts. Raindrop Charts are a unique-to-the-platform candlestick style that allows our users to easily see the volume distribution across a candle. There are multiple different types of Raindrop candles that can occur, but certainly, the rarest is the […]
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Should You Sell in May and Go Away?
The arrival of Spring has most of us itching to take a vacation—or as traders say, “sell in May and go away”. Unlike many trading adages, historical data seems to support the theory that stocks underperform in summer. The catch is that past is no guarantee of the future, and sometimes, staying out of the […]
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Extended-Hours Trading: Benefits, Drawbacks, and Strategies
Imagine that a stock that you’re following reports blow out earnings after the closing bell. Wouldn’t it be nice to purchase the stock before the market opens the next day? Extended-hours trading enables you to make these kinds of trades, but there are important trade-offs to consider. Regular stock market hours run from 9:30 a.m. […]
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What Are the Best Stock Screeners?
Update – Since this post was originally published on January 16, 2019, TrendSpider has built and released its own Market Scanner. The TrendSpider Market Scanner is a ground-breaking new scanning and screening tool designed to help traders search the market. We have internally dubbed it “Google, for stock charts.” It can search for any technical […]
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The January Effect and Other Seasonal Stock Market Patterns
Market technicians use statistics to identify patterns and predict future price movements. While technical indicators are the most popular example of these statistics, technical analysts also examine prices on a longer timeframe to try and identify seasonal stock market patterns. In this article, we will look at three popular seasonal stock market patterns, examine whether […]
