Day Trading Tips and Tricks

When you go to work every day and do a job that seems dull and routine, how do you keep going?   When the trading business you started does not seem to be going anywhere, how do you stay motivated?  … Read More »

Dealing with a Narrow Range Day  Don’t think that simply because a market is ranging, that you can’t make money. Depending on how you go about day trading, a narrow range day may offer excellent opportunities to trade. Part of being… Read More »

Get an Edge and Trade Multiple Contracts When day trading futures, traders often enter and exit multiple contracts at the same time, in the same day. This situation is not limited to futures contracts; traders can choose other instruments to… Read More »

Day Trading Futures: Using Stop Loss Orders Stop loss orders (also referred to as a stop-loss, or stops) is a tool that is used to exit a trade once its movement begins to lose money. Anytime the market starts to… Read More »

How to Handle Common Trading Security Issues for Online Trading Software If you work out of a home office, trading security is going to be a more important issue for you than it is for most computer users. You may be… Read More »

Being a trader, I’m always interested in articles and books on trading. I like to see how other traders do things, and every once in a while I’ll learn something new. I just finished an interesting book on Stock trading… Read More »

“What is you your best indicator?” “Do you guarantee your day trading software will work?” I get these questions all the time.  When I hear them, alarms go off in my head because it usually means the person asking has inflated expectations of… Read More »

I find it interesting that when the market action goes against us, we need to find someone or something to blame. However, I rarely hear from traders when the market action is going their way with those same ‘blame game’… Read More »

Doing a pre-market trade plan is a critical step toward setting yourself up for a successful trading session.  I try to have myself set up as follows for when the regular trading hours begin: 1. Set-up Your Trading Environment For starters,… Read More »

Futures Trading Software – Simple can be Better K.I.S.S. is an acronym for “Keep it simple, stupid”. The K.I.S.S. principle states that most systems work best if they are kept simple rather than made complicated; therefore simplicity should be a… Read More »