Welcome Back! photo credit: Symic When you have a market that trades like this one it’s time to dust off the stock trading systems cabinet, pull out the oscillators, and forget moving averages and other trend following indicators. I like the Stochastics %K to trade a choppy market. Try reducing the time periods from the [...]
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ETFs, A Better Vehicle?
Posted June 23rd, 2010 by Trading Systems | 2 Commentsphoto credit: crazyoctopus The popularity of exchange traded funds (ETF’s) grows each year. There are nearly 1,000 ETFs available to trade covering almost any asset class imaginable. Some of the bigger ETFs are offered by ProShares, IShares, and the SPDRs. There are many reasons for their increased popularity, especially with the individual investor. The primary [...]
Day Trading Strategies
Posted June 11th, 2010 by Trading Systems | No CommentsDay trading strategies are useful in the current market conditions — up big one day and then down hard a couple of days later. If you have a few hours to devote to the computer screen for a day trade here’s a scan that has worked well in finding potential winners. I look for stocks [...]
