Stock Trading Systems

Welcome Back! Image via Wikipedia A great deal of ink has been spilled trying to decipher the trading signals derived from the price/volume association.  In reality, volume is most appreciated as a filter. Volume can validate a move up or a move down.  For example, if price is moving higher on below average volume it’s [...]

The title of the post may seem counter intuitive because all of our lives we’ve been rewarded for being first.  First across the finish line and being number one in our class are superb achievements.  Yet in trading, first is not always best. Here’s a guideline for trading — sell the second high and buy [...]

Trading signals are buy and sell alerts.  Unless trading a purely mechanical system a layer of discretion will improve the quality of those buy and sell signals. My experience has provided a mental checklist for evaluating trading signals.  Here are some of its points: What is the overall trend of the market? What is the [...]