Multi-day stock runners are a gift from the market Gods that actually come along just about every single day in the small-cap world. A multi-day runner is simply a stock that has a massive run one day, followed by another massive run again over the next few days. Sometimes these runs will be back to back, but other times there will be a pullback day between them. This post is going to share how I find these setups and take advantage of them, many times returning 20% - 50% or even more! Finding Multi-Day Runners Finding multi-day runners is a pretty straightforward process that can be done with ..read more

Timing in the stock market is one of the most important aspects of successful trading and investing. You can be correct about the overall direction of a stock by saying "$XYZ will be at least 10% higher a year from now" but if it falls 20% before making that move higher, you will still most likely take a loss on that investment (assuming you manage your risk). That's why being very precise with the timing of both your entires and exits in the stock market is so crucial to profitability. In other words, it's not enough to just be right, but you also have to be right at the right time. How do yo ..read more

2021 has been off to a wild start in the stock market! There's price movement like never before with countless massive runners and massive trading opportunities on a daily basis. Essentially... everything has been going up with some serious momentum since the market found its bottom nearly a year ago at the peak of the COVID-19 lockdown. See exhibit A & B below showing the Russell 2000 (small cap index) being up approximately 140% and the S&P 500 (large cap index) being up approximately 80%. With everything going up and and some massive pump and dumps everyday, seemingly everyone has ..read more

2020 has been a wild year in both everyday life and the stock market! We've seen the entire market crash and then recover to new all-time highs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we've seen entire sectors of the market (healthcare/vaccination, electric vehicle, energy, marijuana, etc.) go completely parabolic, and we've seen some serious pump and dumps of 200%, 500%, and even 1,000% or more in a single day. All of this volatility in 2020 gave us some incredible money-making opportunities and, whether you were able to capitalize on them or not, it also reinforced some very valuable stock market less ..read more

Statistically, it is pretty widely known that anywhere from 90% to 95% of day traders end up failing and giving up before ever achieving consistent profitability. Believe it or not, there's usually nothing special about the 5% to 10% that are able to beat the odds. They're usually not some kind of genius or advanced mathematician... they just tend to learn from their mistakes and adopt trading habits that set themselves up for success in the market! In this post I'm going to go over some of those habits that you should be trying to take on, as well as some of the bad habits that you'll want to ..read more

Successful day trading comes with a long list of rules and disciplines. It can be overwhelming for new traders and can lead to the "winging it" mentality or just following alerts from other traders instead of ever actually learning how to trade themselves. To help some new traders avoid from doing this, I put together this list of 10 day trading rules beginners need to know and should live by. These 10 rules should be a good foundation to build your research and trading strategy off of. I, of course, can't say these rules with guarantee day trading success, but they will certainly increase you ..read more

Short-selling can be a lucrative way to profit from the general weakness of the penny stock market. At the same time, it comes with some significant risks, especially for inexperienced traders. In this post I'm going to breakdown what exactly short-selling is, how it works, some of the risks of short-selling penny stocks, and even give some insight into common short-selling strategies! If you'd prefer, watch this video to learn about short-selling or continue reading below. First, what exactly is short-selling? Short-selling (or "shorting") is a type of trading that allows you to actually pro ..read more

Understanding chart patterns and formations is really the foundation for more advanced technical analysis and trading strategy. However, some chart patterns are more valuable and consistent then others, so I decided to put together this list of what I personally believe to be the 4 best chart patterns for day trading! Before getting into the chart patterns, it's important to understand a bit about what makes up a chart in the first place. The foundation of our charting and analysis are candlesticks. To summarize and simplify candlesticks, they are formed by an open, high, low and close over a ..read more

Gap trading is one of the most poplar ways to day trade because there are countless different gap trading strategies and gaps offer great trading opportunities every day! One of the most popular ways to trade gaps is to look for and buy into what is known as a gap and go. Rather learn by watching than reading? Checkout my Gap & Go Trading Strategy video below! <span id="selection-marker-1" data-verified="redactor"></span> Before getting into the gap and go trading st ..read more

As a trader or investor of any kind, having the right tools at your fingertips can be the difference between losing and consistently profiting. These tools are provided to us by our brokers. There are countless different online broker options you can open an account with, but some are much better than others and some will give you all the trading tools you need to Master the Market! Before mentioning any actual brokers, it's important you know some of the things you should look into before opening an account with any broker. Fees: Obviously no one wants to open a new brokerage account to soon ..read more