Trading Strategy

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Market order, limit order, or stop order: What are they and which should you use?

Basic order types: The long and short of it.

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What is market seasonality and why does it occur?

To everything—turn, turn, turn.

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Avoiding emotional investing: Strategies for better decision-making

Practice keeping your cool.

Buyer beware: How to spot (and avoid) rug pulls and pump-and-dump schemes

Some scams hide in plain sight.

Calculating position size in trading: The key to risk management

And the foundation of long-term trading success.

Commission-free stock trading: Is there a catch?

There’s always a cost to “free.”

Common trading biases and how to overcome them

Don’t fall victim to overconfidence, confirmation, recency, or cognitive fallacies.

Day trading, active trading, and investing: What’s the difference?

It’s about time!

Does market timing work? The risk of missing big rallies

Savvy strategy vs. financial folly.

Investing in unknowns and don’t want to become a “bag holder?” Avoid these 10 mistakes

Don’t be the greater fool.

It’s all relative (value): The art and science of pairs trading

It takes two to tango, but eventually, the music stops.

Market order, limit order, or stop order: What are they and which should you use?

Basic order types: The long and short of it.

Meme stocks: More than a 2021 phenomenon

Social media isn’t stock analysis.

Micro-cap and penny stocks: What you need to know before you invest

Cheap stocks are typically cheap for a reason.

My stock is drifting down. Should I buy the dip?

Just watch out for falling knives.

Navigating the pattern day trader rules

Active trader? Capital required.

Regret minimization theory: Making peace with uncertainty

From “rue the day” to “rule the day.”

Sahm rule: A real-time recession indicator

Gauging momentum in the unemployment rate.

The greater fool theory: The root cause of market bubbles?

Bubbles blow, bubbles grow, bubbles pop.

Trading psychology: Mastering your emotions and instincts for successful trading

A trader can be their own worst enemy.

Want to be a pairs trader? How to assess, enter, and exit a pairs trade

Strategies for when the price isn’t right.

What is market seasonality and why does it occur?

To everything—turn, turn, turn.

What’s the difference between day trading and swing trading?

A quick move or a longer setup.