… and sell positions in seconds, days, weeks, or months. Very few traders hold a position for a year or more. At one time, very short-term or day–trading was spectacularly profitable. But the widespread use of computer-driven high frequency trading changed all that. Now, human day traders have little hope of generating the …
Read More… contrarians are usually basic plain jane rather than fancy, glamorous, or trendy.
Day trading – playing daily volatility for slices of profit
At one time day trading was very profitable. It made me a lot of money, but that was before lightspeed computers, communications, and high frequency trading emerged. Now the only reason to list day …
… market trends in a social setting.
Experimenting with Strategies: Some investors enjoy experimenting with different strategies. Traders, in particular, can experiment with the risks and rewards of day trading, swing trading, or algorithmic trading to test if new approaches perform or fail.
Following Market News and Trends: Investors stay informed and entertained by reading financial …
… You can win at that but you can’t win in any contest to trade faster or smarter than HFT. Especially forget any notion that you can day trade and win. There was a time. In fact, I did it successfully, but that was long ago. That ended when HFT came upon the day–trading …
Read More… leadership or resolution. The scheme produces far too much money from the markets. Such a great shake down gets the most aggressive defense and the smartest lawyers money can buy. That defense will continue to the last profitable dollar.
The HFT market changed short term and day trading forever. When meek regulators accepted high frequency
… banking tune
European Central Bank – pending
Conference Calls – hot seat, promotion and debate combined
Commodities – primary agricultural and material products
Contrarian – pending – running against the herd
Countries/Regions – includes the following
Asia – pending
Canada – pending
Europe – pending
Japan – pending
U.S.A. – pending
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Day–Trading– high risk for big wins or losses
Derivatives- futures,
… costs are low. Low transaction costs keep more money in the pockets of investors. A portfolio of dividend paying winners is a beautiful and productive financial creation.
Trading holding time
Traders buy and sell positions in seconds, days, weeks or months. Few traders hold for over a year. Other than short-term or day–trading …
… both fundamental analysis, which scrutinizes financial statements and earnings reports, and technical analysis, which studies price charts and trading volume. A well-informed trader can identify potential trading opportunities and mitigate risks.
Choose a Strategy
With myriad trading strategies, whether you prefer day trading, swing trading, income, growth, or value investing, or momentum trading, a …
… liquidity, and trading volume, affects trade executions. Highly volatile markets with rapid price changes impact the execution price as market conditions, activity, and liquidity vary throughout the trading day. In particular, the market’s opening and closing periods often experience higher trading volumes and volatility.
Liquidity Risks
Buyers and sellers must be available to make …
… in 2016.”
“IEX exceeded 3.3% of intraday market share in U.S. equities on November 1, 2018 and averaged approximately $11 billion in U.S. equity trading per day for the month of October. IEX listed its first public company, Interactive Brokers, on October 5, 2018. Learn more at iextrading.com.”
7 IEX innovations …