Stock Trading Systems

Welcome Back! photo credit: ilamont.com This trading tip can make a huge difference to your trading account.  It’s simple to implement, but it does take a few minutes of research. Invest in the best performing sectors and short, or avoid, the worst performing sectors. There have been countless investigations that prove this strategy beats most [...]

Trading indicators are part of every technical traders arsenal.  Yet I’ve found that most traders and investors are discouraged with most indicator’s  performance.  I think the reason is because they are trying to use the indicator like everyone else. Stop and think, if the conventional application was profitable why do so many traders lose money? [...]

photo credit: Ivan Walsh A stock screener can save lots of time.  A basic stock screen will produce a list of those equities that meet basic criteria such as price and volume.  Try keeping a watchlist of such stocks and refresh it every couple of weeks to keep the stock list current. Use your basic [...]

photo credit: Photos8.com Charting software comes pre-loaded with a tremendous amount of technical analysis indicators.  It’s fun to sift through the indicator tab and plot the various indicators looking for the one that best finds tops and bottoms or new trends. For my style of trading staying as close to price is the best strategy.  [...]

The current market is trading on technicals ( supply and demand) not fundamentals ( valuations).  When this happens it’s usually time to shorten your trading system’s time frame to catch the moves before they catch you! Shortening your time frame will give you the edge to finding the early entries and exits before the “herd”.  [...]

If you’ve ever looked at much charting software you know it’s loaded with a gazillion trading indicators.  Indicators can be fun, but most of them don’t work very well, or don’t work consistently. Like the name suggests, indicators indicate, they don’t predict.  The best way I’ve found to use them is as a confirming tool.  [...]