Trade Ideas Blog

Strategy Session: Price, MA Crossovers on Strong Volume

November 13, 2006

Let’s pull a question out of our support forum that sparked a pretty good strategy in Trade-Ideas with a positive…

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If You Don’t Know Your Hand’s Expectancy, the Odds Are Against You

November 13, 2006

Chris Perruna explains the basis of position sizing, expectancy and how poker has made him a better trader. In writing…

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What the Retail Brokers are Buying May Not Be What’s Served to Active Traders

November 8, 2006

TD Ameritrade purchased another technology platform company, after it recently bought QuoteTracker. This company is called Crontech, they make a…

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Netvibes Trade-Ideas Screener Module

November 7, 2006

Anybody use netvibes? TraderMike explained how he uses this homepage-maker awhile back. I think that’s how I came to use…

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You Don’t Have to See the Future, to Know We’ll Be Watching These Markets One Day

November 3, 2006

A fascinating short video details what may be coming around the corner for the world markets. Let’s just say that…

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Odds Maker versus TradeStation, Wealthlab, CyberTrader and Other

November 2, 2006

Since we launched the Odds Maker beta in September many have asked the question. Why are you guys so excited…

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Trade-Ideas Releases Version 2.0 with The Odds Maker

November 1, 2006

Subscribers asked us to add key features such as saving multiple layouts and automatic notification of future versions. We in…

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Truer Words Were Never … Pt. 5

October 31, 2006

As part of an occasional series of great approaches to trading, written by fellow traders/bloggers, here is a series we…

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Junkin’ 30 Minute Opening Range Breakouts

October 30, 2006

I got my wife’s ring professionally cleaned by the same merchant who sold it to me in the Diamond Exchange…

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Strategy Session: Take Advantage of Other Traders’ Fears

October 25, 2006

“Greed for a lack of a better word is good.” — Gordon Gecko, Wall Street (1987), Director: Oliver Stone Change…

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How films have influenced our view of the stock market 

Written by Katie Gomez As we were growing up, we absorbed a lot of information from the news and entertainment…

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Does the Chart Confirm the Story? Are You Wrong, or Are You Just Early?

Written by Katie Gomez Most investors have stories behind an investment. Many people come to the stock market because they…

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The importance of understanding orders: learning to invest with intention

Written by Katie Gomez When you make the transition from investing to trading, there are certain things you have to…

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Trade Ideas automatic scanner makes trading more visually appealing; Keeping your eye on the prize has never been easier

Written by Katie Gomez Many people believe there are good and bad days, boring days, and exciting days in the…

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How to make Trading more Doable: Compartmentalize your trading journey

Written by Katie Gomez We live in a generation of information overload.  We are inundated with an unlimited pool of…

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Tricks of the trade, for when things don’t go your way: How to deal with market downturns

Written by Katie Gomez If there were a song that could embody the life of a stock market investor or…

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Learning to invest with confidence: Proven strategies to help beat the stock market

Written by Katie Gomez Confidence is something that can take a while for investors and traders to build. The stock…

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Don’t Chase the High, Wait for the Pullbacks

Written By Katie Gomez New traders can be seduced by the adrenaline rush and glamor of winning the game. However…

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How Traders Can Use RSI to Discover New Opportunities

By Katie Gomez The best traders know never to judge a trade based on first appearances because there is usually…

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How to let your Winners Run

Written by Katie Gomez As a trader, you have probably heard the phrase, “let your winners run,” or some iteration…

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