March 9, 20220Comments

Circuit Breaker Halt

When the New York Stock Exchange becomes very volatile and prices drop precipitously, trading is halted. There are three levels, I, II, and III, based on drops in the S&P

by Michael Guess

March 2, 20220Comments

Gamma Short Squeeze

There are times when breaking news and trader sentiment drive trading volumes to excessive levels within a brief time span. Market makers are forced to close out positions which lead

by Michael Guess

February 23, 20220Comments

Momo Trading Strategy

A momo trading strategy is often ideal for traders who are not interested in waiting around for the best trading opportunity. These traders want to jump and jump out of

by Michael Guess

February 16, 20220Comments

How to Measure Market Sentiment

Day traders rely heavily on technical indicators but also pay attention to market fundamentals. While indicators are based on past performance and fundamentals help us predict in the longer term,

by Michael Guess

February 9, 20220Comments

Trading Discipline

Trading stocks, futures, Forex, or options can be highly profitable. Unfortunately, only about six percent of those who try to become professional traders succeed. An all-too-common reason for lack of

by Michael Guess

February 1, 20220Comments

Difference Between Intraday and Positional Trading

The point of trading as opposed to long term investing is to profit from the movement up and down of commodity futures, stocks, options, or currency pairs. The difference between

by Michael Guess

January 26, 20220Comments

Short Term Trading

When seeking profits in the futures, stock, options, or Forex markets a trader has a better opportunity to profit with short term trading than trading over the longer term. This

by Michael Guess

January 19, 20220Comments

Micro E-Mini Futures

When the price of E-Mini futures became too high for many futures traders the CME created a version that is one-tenth the size, the Micro E-Mini futures. Besides allowing for

by Michael Guess

January 12, 20220Comments

Day Trading With $1000

In order to day trade stocks, foreign exchange, options, or commodity futures you need to have capital to trade. And, you need a broker through whom you will make your

by Michael Guess

January 5, 20220Comments

Intraday Trading

Trading within a single session or intraday trading is a way to profit from the normal fluctuations of market prices. While a commodity future, stock, option contract, or Forex pair

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