Plan Your Trades and Better Trades

You have probably heard the saying “if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” This couldn’t be more true in the world of trading. None of us begin to trade with the intention of failing but that is just what we are doing if we blindly look for trades to put our money into without a proper plan of attack.

Playing Both Directions for Better Trades

When I first began trading back in the ’90’s, I was very fortunate. I had begun trading at time when the market was headed almost straight up. My first strategy was writing covered calls which blended with a rising market in such a way that I almost never lost.

Playing the Better Trades Earnings Cycle

Not all exciting companies report during this time. The brokers shook the up the markets in mid September and RIMM has often rocked the trading world
like it did last Monday but in general, most of the companies you know will report over the next three weeks.

Better Trades Momentum Part III

Momentum can make a stock move quite far in a short period of time and create spectacular money making opportunities for us. Sometimes stocks will move well for no particular reason (as you learned in the previous article) but other times it is a news headline that gets these stocks moving.