Archive for May, 2007

day trading in the real world

Day trading can be the most exciting adventure you ever participate in. Stock trading will evoke emotions in you that you never knew existed. I bring this up because I just had a one hour conversation after the close with a trader who we have been mentoring for the last two months. 
Real world day trading [...]

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day trading: open print orders

Open print orders:
by Robert Hollander: Market Maker
Often times when day trading, you are sitting at your computer waiting to pounce on a stock to trade you will notice that the first five minutes and last five minutes of the trading day are often very volatile. Sometimes this is just normal stock trading volatility, other times it [...]

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day trading: calling a top

A consistent  day trader more often than not will spend very little time trying to pick tops and bottoms. There are some events that occur however that make it very clear the end of a move has arrived.
Monitoring  price action and volume together, there are instances where a pending turn is obvious. We call this event [...]

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swing trade of the week

This weeks stock trading pick is A T&T. As was discussed last week the US telecoms have been very strong. This swing trading set up is a classic technical chart pattern.
A smooth bull flag has formed giving us the opportunity to get long. As discussed in our Equity Trader 101 class, we will use a [...]

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Newsletter: Stock Trading tips

Welcome to the Keystone Trading Group Newsletter: Volume 1: Issue #3
Tips & lessons for day trading success
In this issue:
·        How a professional stock trader uses charts to generate ideas
·        Choosing a trading style before you write a trading plan
Using charts like a pro
To many new stock traders, learning how to read charts can [...]

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