pre-market trading

Pre-Market Trading Guide: How to Trade During Pre-Market and After-Hours

What is Pre-Market Trading? Pre-market trading is the period before the stock market opens in the morning, it typically starts as early as 4am EST for the most liquid stocks and ETF’s. Most stocks will start to see volume come into them around 8am. Pre-market ends at 9:30 AM when the stock market opens. The …

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exhaustion gap

Exhaustion Gap Definition: One of the Most Powerful Reversal Setups

An exhaustion gap is a critical concept to understand when trading stocks at the market open. A gap refers to a stock that opens above or below its prior closing price. An exhaustion gap is different from most gap ups or gap downs in that it quickly reverses from the direction the stocked gapped in. …

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How to Trade Stocks with Short Sale Restrictions (SSR)

The short sale rule is one of the most pointless rules in the stock market. But you have to understand what it is as an active stock trader, as it has a big effect on how a stock trades once it gets triggered. Today we will talk about what SSR is, how stocks tend to …

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day trading small cap stocks

$GHSI Trade Recap 7/27/19

Day trading small-cap stocks is not something I would recommend to inexperienced traders. But if done correctly, it can offer amazing ROI in a short period of time. $GHSI is not a company you want to own. But that doesn’t mean you cannot make money off it. Once momentum enters a small-cap stock, fundamentals go …

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hindsight bias

Hindsight Bias: The Reason Why Your Trading Isn’t Improving

It’s no secret that trading will be one of the hardest endeavors you will ever attempt. What makes it so difficult is not that the system is rigged against you, or anything external. Most of the issues all lie within your self.  Hindsight bias is one of the most common psychological issues that stop traders …

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The Best Free Resource for New Traders

What is the first thing new traders need to do before getting started trading?  Get an education. In some ways, trading is no different than any other profession. It takes 8 years to become a surgeon. They go through rigorous education and training before they ever even touch a scalpel. In trading, you will lose …

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