Posts Tagged ‘learn to trade’

A Day Trading Robot Can Be A Valuable Asset

By Small Cap Trader On June 1, 2009 NO COMMENTS

Once someone has mastered the basics of trading, the biggest hurdle is actually finding good ideas to watch for a trade.  Some people subscribe to chat rooms with other traders, some people like to watch real time news, and others like to program computers to scan the market or use a day trading robot to help them find ideas in real time to make money.

One key advantage to a day trading robot is its ability to be unbiased and apply the same set of rules every time.  The real key is finding a day trading robot that is reliable in its stock picks and is easy to use.This is of course no easy feat, because there are a ton of impostors and stuff that used to work but now is of little use because the market changed but the robot was not able to adapt.

One key component of any day trading robot that

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Learn Share Trading: Top Dog Trading Review

By Small Cap Trader On May 28, 2009 NO COMMENTS

Query ‘Technical Analysis’ on the internet and you will be swamped with choices, but after much digging and researching I uncovered Top Dog Trading.

On starting my foray into trading Share markets, I always knew that fundamental analysis was out of the question, but reading share charts was what I preferred.

What helped my decision to take the Top Dog Trading course to learn Share trading?…. A number of things besides the absolute necessity to trade better and to halt my run of losing trades; was that I understood what Dr Barry Burns was saying on his website and a significant amount of the teaching is reinforced on the detailed videos which makes it much easier to understand and see what he is saying. A further qualifier was Barry’s CV; it is impressive, a business man who trades professionally, he is also a accomplished speaker and writer.

So I started with his free

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4 Ways To Exit A Stock

By Small Cap Trader On May 24, 2009 NO COMMENTS

When putting money into the stock market, whether day trading or longer term most people worry about the entry. Is the stock too high? Will it continue going lower? Will it be affected at all by market conditions?

These are all valid points, and all play an integral part in any trade or investment. The one thing almost no one takes into account is where and how do I exit a trade, and this question is valid for a day trade, swing trade (few days or weeks), or a long term investment (3 months to multi years). I would easily argue that the exit is way more important than the entry, since that is the only way anything is locked in. You can screw up and just really buy it at the wrong time (shorting as well), and you can be assured of a loss. However, more often than not, people are

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Things to Think About When Entering A Position

By Small Cap Trader On May 18, 2009 NO COMMENTS

When looking to trade the market, most people don’t realize there is a difference in the time of day that definitely affects how stocks act. Not using this information makes it harder to make money through any type of trading, short term, long term, or even day trading. In addition to the time of day, each method or trading system will also have certain times of the day in general where they work better or worse based on market conditions. This type of action can only be discovered by tracking the signals or stock picks that are flagged, then seeing over time when the best use is.

 

The first 30 minutes is usually the craziest time. Stocks can have bigger swings up and down as there are not a lot of established orders from bigger funds in the market yet. It is a great time for daytrading and short term trading

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Ways To Turn A Loss Into A Profit

By Small Cap Trader On May 16, 2009 NO COMMENTS

Expecting a miracle?? It probably will not happen. This article is written to deal with trying to trade out of a losing position, NOT to ignore stop losses. Ignoring stops is the surest way in the world to take all the money in your account and just flush it down the toilet. I am serious. While that might help you in the short run eventually there is a 100% chance you will have a massive loss, like 50% or more on your money lost that is invested in the trade if you don’t use a stop. In addition, you will accumulate a portfolio of losing positions and have no more money to trade with. Every huge loss starts with the trader refusing to take a small loss - often times as a result of taking a loss or a stopout and then watching the stock turn in their favor. So the

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