Market Structure Has New Stock Order Types & Venues Many traders are complaining that their favorite Technical Candlestick Patterns no longer work or that they work some of the time but fail more often than not. Technical Traders who have relied upon Technical Analysis patterns that were identified, named, and …
To Identify Price Action by Stock Market Participant Groups Before there were High Frequency Traders (HFTs), Dark Pools, Twilight Pools, and an 80% automated marketplace, the most important indicator was price. Many Retail Traders learned to simply rely upon price action and rarely considered stock volume or quantity analysis. Chart …
7 Tips for Selecting Best Indicators for the Stock Market Today Stock Indicators are one of the most useful tools for Individual Investors and Retail Traders. However, choosing the right indicators for your Trading Style and Strategies can be a daunting task. There are over 250 indicators available in the …
Take This Simple Test to See If You Will Be a Great Day Trader Day Trading is one of the most widely promoted styles of trading stocks for beginners and new Retail Traders. Many training companies teach Day Trading for beginners, but is this in their best interest? Or is …
7 Tips for Entering Stocks Ahead of Them The important Buy Side Institutions are not front-run or affected by High Frequency Trader (HFT) algorithms because they use Dark Pools which are non-transparent order systems that do not display until AFTER the order is filled. Consequently, HFT algorithms cannot see the …
Two Dominant Stock Market Participant Groups Explained There are two dominant Stock Market Participant Groups in the Stock and Options Markets. The giant Buy Side Institutions use Alternative Trading Systems (ATSs), which create Dark Pools to hide their buying and selling. Their counterparts are the High Frequency Traders (HFTs), which …
How They Are Changing the Stock Market The retail news and professional news feeds offer extremely opposing perspectives on what is going on with stocks in short-term trading, liquidity, execution speed, and the overall internal Stock Market Structure. While the retail side of the news media focuses on basic news …
Identify Dark Pools and High Frequency Traders Reading MetaStock Charts is a skill that all traders need to hone and strive to improve constantly. Candlestick price patterns matter. What price is doing reveals a great deal about which Stock Market Participant Groups are controlling price. Who is in control of …
Beginner Traders Enabled by Options Market Changes Most Retail Traders who are considering learning how to trade options have not heard about the major changes to the Options Market that have occurred over the past few years. These changes have been kept from Retail Traders since the Professional Side, Retail …
Identify Resistance Where Professional Traders Would Start Taking Profits Most of the time, Retail Traders are focused on finding stocks to trade. However, they spend scant time on assessing risk, proper stop loss placement, trailing profit stops, and determining when to exit the trade, especially as a stock goes ballistic. …