Using Trade Ideas Scanner to Find Swing Setups Looking for a good Trade Ideas Scanner to find swing trading setups? I’ve used Trade Ideas for years as a “gauge” of sorts, it’s an incredible tool for the active day trader, and very clearly can show you what is moving the markets today. Check out a… Read More »Using Trade Ideas Scanner to Find Swing Trades

The Inside Bar Trading Strategy – Market Consolidation Periods The inside bar opens up a whole new aspect to traders within the stock market. The inside bar pattern is a two-candle formation. Inside bars smaller in size and trades within the prior bar’s high-low range. You may see traders mention “inside day” or “inside week.”… Read More »The Inside Bar Trading Strategy – Market Consolidation Periods

Risk Management Risk management should be priority number one for every trader that wants to survive and thrive in the stock market. Understanding the best and worst case scenarios, and being realistic within each scenario. The fact is that if you want to trade within the stock market, you will always carry some risk with… Read More »Risk Management

Trade Ideas Scans, Alert Windows & Layouts Ready to discover some of the best intraday scans out there for day traders? If you don’t already have access to the Trade Ideas software, get access here. You can use promo code TRADERM15 for a 15% discount. Well worth the expense considering the bang for your buck.… Read More »Trade Ideas Scans, Alert Windows & Layouts

Interview with a Trader: Inside the Mind of Dan Mirkin Daniel Mirkin was born December 22, 1970 in St. Petersburg, Russia. At the age of 8 years old, Dan emigrated to the U.S. and moved to Houston, Texas with his family. Both of his parents came from scientific backgrounds, with his father being a geologist… Read More »Dan Mirkin

Trade Ideas Review – The Future of Stock Scanning Trade Ideas Review – (Updated 7/8/2018) – I had a thorough conversation with Dan Mirkin, CEO & Senior Managing Partner of Trade Ideas, regarding his artificial intelligence-based software. That conversation was a catalyst for me, sincerely. Eye opening. This is my personal evaluation and opinion of the software and… Read More »Trade Ideas Review – An In-Depth, Unbiased Look

What is Contango? Before we start, this may be over your head. If it is, I would advise you to do nothing more than day trade ETFs. By doing so, you will avoid contango all together. With that said…. Recent, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have only grown in popularity among traders and investors. ETFs are typically available… Read More »Understanding Contango

Confident Trading: Finding Success in Your Own Strategy Trading with confidence isn’t something that comes from a book or a DVD. It doesn’t come from watching others trade, or following the trades of others. It isn’t something you can read and master through study. Trading with confidence (or conviction) is essentially the confidence that you… Read More »Confident Trading: Finding Success in Your Own Strategy

Intraday Reversal Times Intraday reversal times occur at specific times of the day, each day, nearly every day. There are numerous aspects that make up the well-oiled machine that is the stock market. However, these aspects are formed by combinations of consistent and repeating patterns. One of these patterns is time. Though time can be used… Read More »Key Intraday Reversal Times

What is an ETF? What is an ETF, you ask? A great trading vehicle… if you understand where it’s price action comes from. Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF): A security that tracks a set of equities, very similar to an index. An ETF is traded just as a normal share of stock is traded on an exchange,… Read More »What is an ETF? Attention to Detail & The Key to Trading ETFs

Trading Using Multiple Time Frames Multiple time frame trading strategy development can be tricky… but often, necessary. Let’s just say for grins that you’re interested in purchasing something from Amazon, be it a watch, phone case, pair of shoes, or even a book. If additional pictures for the item were available to view (back of the… Read More »Trading Using Multiple Time Frames

The Story of a Trader What originally got me interested in trading was a friend, or sadly rather, the death of a friend’s relative. They had inherited a few hundred thousand dollars as a result of this tragedy. Out of trust for my intelligence and our long-term friendship, they came to me and asked if… Read More »The TraderMentality Story