Posts Tagged ‘Position Size’
Every trader should think in R-Multiples
Do you find yourself buying stocks using arbitrary round share sizes? Do you position size based only on the distance to your stop loss or vary size based on your conviction in the trade? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then today’s article about R-Multiples is going to be an important one…
Read MorePatrick Walker — Live episode sharing market analysis & answering your questions
Smarter Trading Podcast Episode 18 Patrick is the founder of Mission Winners. He has had the privilege of meeting and learning from legendary traders like: Martin Zweig, Bill O’ Neil, and Ed Seykota. He was an IBD Meetup co-leader and most importantly, he is a family man, happily married with 4 kids. In Patrick’s…
Read MoreNikki Dunn — Combining technicals with fundamentals for long-term trading
Smarter Trading Podcast Episode 10 Hello everybody, our guest today is Nikki Dunn, a trader, investor, and Certified Financial Planner. Nikki is the creator of She Talks Finance, a financial education platform to help people learn money in a fun and approachable way. In this episode we talk about Nikki’s framework for picking companies and…
Read MoreHow to Trade Meme Stocks
Meme stock trading has become a very emotional topic for a lot of traders. If you’ve been trading for a long time, then chances are, you think of meme stocks as a joke or a passing fad that won’t be around for much longer. If you’re brand new to markets, then you probably want to…
Read MoreGregory Krupinski — Multiple timeframe swing trading framework
Smarter Trading Podcast Episode 6 Hello everybody, our guest today is Gregory Krupinski. Greg has been trading markets for about 20 years, all while working a full time job, raising kids, blogging, and continuing to find time to learn and improve his process. In this episode we talk about having balance, juggling real life…
Read MoreLessons Learned Trading a Bear Market Part I: Coronavirus 2020
This is part one of a multi-part series documenting some of the events that have unfolded during the 2020 coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the lessons and takeaways I’ve learned trading along the way. We start off with a little context of how we got to this point so that this article might prove useful years…
Read MorePosition Size Versus Stop Loss Tug of War
A couple of weeks ago, I had a Skype consultation with “Bill.” He’s a new trader who started over the past few months but not a stranger to markets, having actively invested in mutual funds and his retirement for a long time. On our call, we covered a wide range but there was one topic…
Read MoreMean Reversion Trading | Tips & Strategy
We share a lot of trade ideas and strategy here at The Trade Risk but it’s primarily from the point of view of momentum, breakouts, and following recent price movement. Mean reversion trading is a style that relies on price action to look much different (in most cases the exact opposite) as momentum, and it’s…
Read MoreHow to Develop Simple Swing Trading Strategies
How to Develop Simple Swing Trading Strategies lays the foundation for developing short- to intermediate-term overnight trading strategies. We’ll start off discussing what the goals of swing trading are and then move into some of the recommended steps to go about creating a strategy from scratch. There are no holy grails we’ll be uncovering, but…
Read MoreTrading Mistakes and Bad Habits to Avoid
I was recently asked about some of the trading mistakes new traders run into when getting started trading. It was easy to come up with a lengthy list, mainly because I’ve personally made all of these mistakes myself, and in most cases, more than once. I thought it would be fun to put together a…
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