Volume is an important indicator that shows the liquidity of a stock which is important for day traders to be able to open and close a trade. So in this article we are going to look at how to use volume to improve your day trading. The more market players that trade a stock, […]
Today the market is entirely electronic. You generate digital order tickets and route them to an electronic exchange that automatically matches your orders with corresponding orders, or else it sits on the digital order book waiting for another trader to route an order that satisfies it. Outside of some hiccups created by high-frequency traders, […]
Day trading has grown in popularity particularly in the past year as more and more individuals sought financial freedom and the ability to live life in a way that is meaningful and fulfilling to them amid the global coronavirus crisis. The surge in amateur day traders has helped to create a record number of new […]
There is a new buzzword: meme stocks. Recently, some stocks have captured the attention of Wall Street, regulators and Congressional lawmakers, as a band of amateur traders on Reddit forum WallStreetBets teamed up in an effort to squeeze big-money short sellers. For example, we recently saw shares of GameStop (NYSE: GME) – a struggling video game retailer […]
Many of the best day traders in the world use momentum indicators and achieve outstanding results every year. Momentum traders assume the broader stock market is right and stocks that have shown a recent pattern of upward or downward movement will continue their path. To summarize a well-known phrase among traders, “the trend is […]
What is momo trading and what does momo stand for? These are common questions we see all the time. Although there are many different types of trading strategies available, ‘momo’ trading strategies have become more and more popular in current markets. In this post, we’ll discuss what momo trading strategies are, how you can […]
If you utilize margin in your trading, you need to understand how margin works, how much it works, and how it can work against you. In this article we’ll talk about how margin rates affect buying power. What is Margin? Margin is credit that your broker extends to you to trade. For example, in […]
The epic short squeeze in GameStop (GME) is the biggest financial markets story since the Great Financial Crisis. We all know the story. Redditors noticed that the short interest in GameStop (GME) has been over 100% for a long time. As the stock ticked higher, the idea of a massive short squeeze went viral. […]
There are lots of SEC filings that stock traders and market analysts have to wade through, but few are as important as the SEC 13F Filings, which is filed by hedge funds and other institutional investment managers. The reason you have been hearing about this document recently is because of the Reddit trading frenzy […]
Wall Street traders are witnessing one of the craziest battles in years as GameStop (NYSE: GME) and other heavily shorted stocks continue to experience breathtaking volatility due to a “David and Goliath” war between hedge funds and a growing community of day traders on social media website Reddit. Shares of GameStop have skyrocketed to unbelievable levels […]
