Trading Strategies

Anxieties regarding longer-term inflation have entered the spotlight. The Fed’s easy-money policies and government stimulus spending had juiced growth and momentum into an epic bull run over the last year. However, these equity factors now face substantial risks from bond market volatility.
Emotional capital is a required, yet rarely-perfected resource that every trader must manage in order to be successful. By training yourself to maximize emotional reserves during a trade, you gain the ability to see clearly and act objectively.
Let’s face the facts here: It’s easy to blame the market and commiserate with other traders, but it’s a lot harder to think for yourself and look for the silver lining after a bad trade.
No matter where you are in your progress, extended weekends, especially at the end of a month and end of the quarter, are a great time to look back at your recent results.
Whether you’re on a hot streak or everything is going wrong in your life, you need to know when to get out to be a successful trader. Today on Limit Up! Podcast, we’re talking about what it means to go on tilt.
A profit is a profit, so there’s no wrong way to take yours. That said, there’s a difference in opinion when it comes to how to take them.
We’ve heard from a lot of our traders that the 6-Candle rule has completely transformed their trading and given them more confidence in their decisions. This rule will take some discipline to implement, but it can be a total game changer in your trade management. 
An analysis on Micron Technology (MU) earnings shows that short, dated straddles were highly profitable up until Q4 2019, after which these trades started experiencing significant losses. This is due to the realized underlying stock return post-earnings falling short of the market expectations.
Learn how retail brokers and direct access brokers compare in the 6 most important categories and how traders can make the most fitting brokerage decisions based on their personal trading style.
There’s more than one way to successfully trade financial markets. Here's a high-level overview that can help you determine which style will work best for you.