VWAP Reversal This strategy is used during reversals often after getting a push from the VWAP or a key level after 30-45mins of the market open. Time: This strategy can be used anytime during the day. It is more prevalent after the first 30mins of the open. The earlier this reversal happens, the longer it can go throughout the day and end up being a trend trade. Indicators: The best indicator for this strategy is holding of a...
Including in how we travel, how we socialize, how we work and, very critically, how we go about expanding our human civilization on this planet. The most important news of the past week was the death of United States Supreme Court Justice RBG that will undoubtedly affect the balance of power in the most powerful democracy in the world. And that will affect all of our lives. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was known as the leader of...
Tips & Techniques: How To Day Trade Do you wonder what tools you will need? Do you wonder if you have what it takes to become a day trader? In this blog, we will cover the most important things you will need to know in order to become a successful day trader. Day Trading Funds In order to day trade, you need to set aside some money that you are willing to risk losing. Make sure that...
Day Trading Rules For Beginners Think about it for a minute. Remember being a kid? Think about some rules your parents were diligent at enforcing. Think about your time at school, your time at university, your job, your city, etc. I bet you can think of many rules in place in each of those settings, but do you ever wonder why there are so many rules? Imagine your workplace without any rules. Would you wake up...
True or false? The day trader’s lifestyle is an exciting one. You sit for half an hour in front of your trading station, make a few thousand dollars, and then spend the rest of the day partying with friends or lying on the beach and catching some rays. If traveling, you bring your laptop with you, do a little trading on the side, and make some money while living it up at a fancy resort. Well, we...
First and foremost, I do apologize for missing trading on Monday. I heard Thor and Brian led the momentum trading discussion, and that they did an amazing job! As some of you saw on my Twitter and Instagram, I was climbing in the Tantalus Range, about 37 miles (60 km) north of Vancouver, near the District of Squamish, on the road to Whistler. When I was working on my PhD at the University of British...
First, my apologies for not trading on Friday. I was climbing at Mt. Assiniboine, which in my humble opinion is the most beautiful mountain in the world. It is located in Assiniboine Provincial Park, on the British Columbia side of the Canadian Rockies. Its access is primarily limited to helidrop only, and that makes this place a diamond in the rough. Mt. Assiniboine is known as the Canadian Matterhorn, which itself is a majestic peak...
Success in the financial markets comes from having consistently large profits while maintaining consistently small losses. There is no other secret sauce or magic formula. The randomness of the market is decisive. It often will reward bad habits and sloppy trading by offering large profits to gamblers. It may often seem to you that the market rewards impulsiveness and punishes disciplined traders. The only way to bind your risk management, technical knowledge, and psychology together...
I hope you’ve had a great first week of June. If this week has taught us anything, it is that the markets are future looking: they are more concerned with what is about to happen rather than what is happening at the moment. The market had an incredible rally, which was primarily due to the release of far better than expected economic data. The U.S. economy added 2.5 million jobs for the month of May,...
I join with our American traders and friends this Memorial Day weekend in honoring those who sacrificed their lives for all of the freedoms we enjoy today. Regardless of where you call home, whether it is in the United States or elsewhere, I hope you are well, safe, and of course keeping it green going into this weekend. This was an important week for the markets, as many companies in the retail sector (such as Walmart...