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The Thanksgiving Trading Playbook: Why Volume Matters More Than Price This Week
By: Katie Gomez Thanksgiving week is one of the year’s lowest-volume trading periods and one of its greatest psychological tests.…
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The Holiday Crossroads – When Discipline Meets Temptation
By: Katie Gomez Thanksgiving week serves as the ultimate psychological stress test, separating traders who practice gratitude and capital preservation…
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Black Friday Earnings: How to Trade Retail’s Make-or-Break Season
By: Katie Gomez Black Friday and Cyber Monday represent retail’s Super Bowl—the critical shopping period in which November and December…
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The Hidden Genius of Idea Surfing
How Trade Ideas Accidentally Built the Perfect Tool for “Blink” + “Flow” — and Why Almost Nobody Realizes It Written…
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California’s Prop 50 Passes: What Redistricting Politics Mean for Stock Traders
By: Katie Gomez California voters approved Proposition 50 on November 4, 2025, authorizing a controversial redrawing of congressional district maps…
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Mastering Simulated Trading with Trade-Ideas: From Practice to Performance
By: Shane Neagle When it comes to trading, practice is not optional; it is essential. Markets move quickly, and the…
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Return of the Memestock? Gamestop’s Latest Rally Reignites Volatility
By: Katie Gomez GameStop (GME) is back in the headlines, not because of another Reddit rally, but thanks to a…
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Don’t Let These Market Monsters Scare You Out of Good Trades
By: Katie Goemz October brought more than just Halloween decorations and costume parties—it marked the market’s most psychologically haunted season,…
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AI-Powered Options Trading: How ChatGPT and Grok Are Revolutionizing Data Analysis for Traders
By: Katie Gomez Picture this: you’re staring at a screen displaying thousands of options contracts across multiple expirations, while simultaneously…
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Trump’s Education Pivot: Market Opportunities in the Skills Revolution
By: Katie Gomez The Trump administration has launched an unprecedented transformation of America’s workforce development landscape through the April 2025…
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5 Simple Yet Effective Tools Every Day Trader Should Master
By: Shane Neagle In the fast-paced world of day trading, getting the right tools in your kit can be the…
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Unveiling The Power of My Favorite Scan: How DWAC Made the Trade Great
Hey there, fellow traders and market enthusiasts! It’s Barrie Einarson from Trade Ideas, back with today’s edition of “What Makes…
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6 Strategies for Maximizing Profits in Day Trading
By: Shane Neagle Have you ever pondered what elevates certain day traders above the rest? Within the stock market’s ever-changing…
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Out With the Old, In With the Gold: Precious Metals Stocks Set to Shine in 2024: Out With the Old, In With the Gold
By Katie Gomez The stock market offers substantial rewards, but savvy investors recognize that trading extends beyond equities. Precious metals…
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4 Key Risk Management Factors When Day Trading
Written by Shane Neagle Can traders really navigate the unpredictable waters of day trading and come out ahead? Absolutely, and…
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Micron Drops After Forecasting Wider Than Expected Loss
Written by Guest Contributor, Shane Neagle While Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) reported adjusted revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter that…
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🚀 VRCA: A Great Example of Why the Re-Entry Matters
By Barrie Einarson VRCA gave us a really nice reminder today that the first entry isn’t always the best one.…
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Retail Ignites: KSS, ANF, and a Rare Surge in XRT
By Barrie Einarson When you trade long enough, you get used to powerful moves — but every so often, the…
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INHD – A Great Example of Why You Stick With the Process
By Barrie Einarson Some trades jump out at you right off the bat. Others take a little patience. INHD was…
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What Makes This Trade Great: QDEL’s All-Day Power Move
By Barrie Einarson Every so often, a setup shows up on the scanners that has that unmistakable “look” — clean…
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When Market Strength Turns into Relentless Selling
This is where things took a turn — a sharp one. Around 10:45, the market didn’t just cool off. It…
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📈 What Makes This Trade Great — A Clean Look at SGBX
By Barrie Einarson Some trades just feel good the moment you start watching them develop. Today’s example from the Trade…
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ARVN: The Trade That Bucked a Weak Market
Hey everyone, Barrie Einarson from Trade Ideas here with today’s edition of What Makes This Trade Great. This morning wasn’t…
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A Quick Breakdown of a Clean Momentum Move
By Barrie Einarson Some days you open the platform, start scanning around, and one ticker just refuses to hide. That…
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SPY Gap-Down Reversal: A Perfect Lesson in Market Psychology
By Barrie Einarson If you were watching the market this morning, you probably felt the same thing I did —…
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What Makes This Trade Great: EGAN’s Earnings Breakdown Provides a Clean Short
By Barrie Einarson — Trade Ideas Sometimes the best trades come on days when the market just isn’t behaving the…
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