Stock Trading Tips & Advice

Hi Trader, Here is Futures Trading Tip 5

Hi Trader,
Day Trading Success Tip No 5
When I first started trading as a floor trader 10 years ago, I could not make sense of the market. Every time I bought it went lower and every time I sold it went up.
In hindsight I realize that my difficulty in reading the market came from [...]

Hi Trader, Here is Futures Trading Tip 4

Hi Trader,
Day Trading Success Tip No 4
The third most important consideration for a day trader is:
Liquidity
To trade a market actively it is important that you can get in and out of the market when you want to and at the price you want to. The Futures Markets were created to facilitate liquidity and [...]

Hi Trader, Here Is Futures Trading Tip 3

Hi Trader,
Day Trading Success Tip No 3
The next important consideration for a day trader is: Low Transaction Costs.
The more you trade, the more important it is to have low transaction costs. There are two extremes in trading:
1) The scalper, who will trade hundreds of times a day, and
2) The investor, who may only trade [...]

Hi Trader, Here Is Futures Trading Tip 2

Hi Trader,
Day Trading Success Tip No 2
When choosing a market to trade, there are three important considerations for an active day trader.
The first is trading with Direct Access.
Direct Access used to be the preserve of the Exchange Locals (independent traders), but the Internet has leveled the playing field. Now we can all have [...]

Hi Trader, Here Is Futures Trading Tip 1

Hi Trader,
here is the 1st of 5 very import trading tips, you’ll get one each day for the next 5 days.
Day Trading Success Tip No 1
The most important lesson any trader learns is to cut their losses. Cutting losses seems like an easy thing to achieve, yet not cutting losses is the root cause [...]

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