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October Sector Rotation Strategy: Energy and Healthcare Stocks for Fall Profits

By: Katie Gomez October marks a turning point in the market that traders should pay close attention to, as institutional…

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Chart Pattern Recognition at Scale: Using Trade Ideas for Technical Setups

By: Katie Gomez  Many traders don’t realize that manual chart analysis, while foundational to technical trading, becomes a significant bottleneck…

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Self-Directed 401(k) Trading: Understanding Your Options and Limitations

By: Katie Gomez  As market volatility creates new sector-specific opportunities and policy changes reshape entire industries, many investors find themselves…

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Why Size Matters: How to Profit from Small Headline-Driven Stocks

By: Katie Gomez While traders obsess over fractional moves in Amazon, Disney, and Apple, smart money is hunting in the…

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Mastering Market Story, Hyper Filtering, and Real-Time Market Analytics While most traders rely on basic stock screeners that provide limited…

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Swing Trading vs. Day Trading: Understanding the Differences and Benefits

In the world of trading, where all is lost and gained in a split second, risk management is a key…

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October Effect: Trading Volatility Season Smart

By: Katie Gomez  October carries a notorious reputation in financial markets as the month when portfolios can disappear overnight, etched…

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You Can’t Turn Your Back on the (Money) Machine: Updates from Internal Testing

     By: Katie Gomez  Automated trading programs have completely transformed the market and how we trade, but we can’t turn our…

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Small Cap September: Why Forgotten Stocks Often Outperform in Fall Markets

By: Katie Gomez  Luckily, the “worst” trading month is almost over, but there might be a silver lining to come…

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Flow on Autopilot: How the Money Machine Transforms Trading

Written by: Dan Mirkin In the fast-paced world of trading, where fortunes can be made or lost in seconds, achieving…

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5 Simple Yet Effective Tools Every Day Trader Should Master

December 12, 2024

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

January 17, 2024

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

January 10, 2024

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

December 28, 2023

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

October 18, 2023

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

September 29, 2023

Written by Guest Contributor, Shane Neagle While Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) reported adjusted revenue for its fourth fiscal quarter that…

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Daily "What Makes This Trade Great"

What Makes This Trade Great?

January 6, 2026

$TIL and the Power of the Trading Room Good morning everyone,Barrie Einarson here from Trade Ideas with today’s edition of…

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What Makes This Trade Great: Watching Energy After the News

January 5, 2026

By Barrie Einarson | Trade Ideas Today’s What Makes This Trade Great isn’t about a single entry or exit—it’s about…

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What Makes This Trade Great: LUNR and the Power of Re-Entries

January 2, 2026

By Barrie Einarson Happy New Year, everyone. I want to talk about a trade from today that may not look…

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What Makes This Trade Great: INBS Steals the Show 🚀

December 31, 2025

By Barrie Einarson On what looked like a fairly slow trading day at first glance, INBS proved anything but slow.…

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What Makes This Trade Great?

December 30, 2025

EKSO Explodes on Game-Changing News By Barrie Einarson Today’s What Makes This Trade Great? highlights EKSO, a name that absolutely…

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What Makes This Trade Great: Watching Silver at a Key Inflection Point

December 29, 2025

Hey everyone, Barrie Einarson from Trade Ideas, and welcome to today’s What Makes This Trade Great. Today I want to…

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What Makes This Trade Great: CCCX Stands Out on a Quiet Day

December 23, 2025

It was a fairly quiet trading session today, with not a lot of follow-through in many of the stocks I…

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What Makes This Trade Great: SIDU and Why Re-Entries Matter

December 22, 2025

By Barrie EinarsonTrade Ideas One of the biggest mistakes I see traders make—especially newer ones—is thinking that if the first…

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What Makes This Trade Great: Let the TradeWave Tell You When to Take Profits ($LUNR)

December 19, 2025

One of the questions I get asked all the time is: “Barrie, how do I know when to take profits…

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What Makes This Trade Great: FCEL and Letting the AI Do Its Job

December 18, 2025

Hey everyone, Barrie Einarson here from Trade Ideas with today’s What Makes This Trade Great. I want to talk about…

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