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Most trading days start the same way: too many stocks, too little time, and no clear shortlist. When you try…

How a 13-Year-Old Turned $5K into $13K: The LFS Trade That Proves Discipline Beats Experience

  By: Katie Gomez Meet Ian: 13 years old, son of Trade Ideas founder Dan Mirkin and now an unlikely…

Trump’s Tariff Timeline: The 7 Stocks That Will Explode (or Implode) in January 2026

By: Katie Gomez Donald Trump’s return to the White House on January 20, 2026, isn’t just a political event—it’s a…

While You’re Returning Gifts, Traders Make Their Moves: Why the Week After Christmas Determines Your Q1 2026 Returns

By: Katie Gomez While you’re standing in return lines at Target debating whether to exchange that sweater for store credit,…

AI Stocks’ Reckoning: Why the 2025 Bubble is Bursting (And What’s Next)

By: Katie Gomez  The AI revolution promised to change everything—and for a while, it changed stock portfolios into lottery tickets.…

Reset Your Portfolio with Tax-Loss Harvesting: The 5 Trades to Make Before January 1st

By: Katie Gomez  You have just a few days left to legally slash your 2025 tax bill by thousands of…

The Santa Claus Rally 2025: Myth, Reality, or Trading Opportunity?

By: Katie Gomez  Every December, the whispers start: “Santa Claus Rally.” Some traders swear by it, others dismiss it as…

The Holiday Trading Trap: When FOMO Costs You Money

By: Katie Gomez  Every year, traders face the same dilemma: keep trading through the holidays or step away? They either…

Hammer Candlestick Pattern: How to Identify and Trade Bullish Reversals

Late reversal entries are where traders bleed. You see a price bounce, you chase it, your stop sits right under…

Santa’s Rally: Myth, Magic, or Measurable Edge For Investors?

Every year, as December winds down and the financial world wraps up for the year, a familiar phrase, Santa’s rally,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Daily "What Makes This Trade Great"

A Calm, Consistent AI Trade That Delivered

May 21, 2026

By Barrie Einarson In today’s market, everyone seems focused on finding the next stock that explodes 20%, 30%, or even…

Barrie Einarson: Why Traders Need to Stop Chasing and Start Waiting

May 20, 2026

One of the biggest mistakes I see traders make every single day is chasing extended moves instead of waiting for…

Finding Strength in a Weak Market: Why ACI and KR Stood Out Today

May 19, 2026

One of the most important things traders can do during a weak market session is identify stocks showing true relative…

POET Technologies: Watching for Opportunity After the Selloff

May 18, 2026

By Barrie Einarson There are certain stocks that capture the market’s imagination for a short period of time, and right…

PIII Delivers a Textbook Low-Float Earnings Explosion

May 15, 2026

By Barrie Einarson One of the things I love most about trading earnings season is how quickly momentum can develop…

PLGO: Why This Steady Earnings Play Caught My Attention

May 14, 2026

One of the things I always stress to traders is that not every great trade has to be a “rocket…

What Makes This Trade Great? — RAAI Earnings Short Setup

May 13, 2026

In today’s What Makes This Trade Great?, Barrie Einarson highlighted an interesting earnings-driven short opportunity in RAAI that showed notable…

PSIX Earnings Breakdown: AI Nails the Short Setup

May 12, 2026

Barrie Einarson from Trade Ideas highlighted PSIX as one of the standout AI-generated short opportunities during a weak market session,…

WYFI: Letting the TradeWave Keep You in the Move

May 11, 2026

By Barrie Einarson Today’s AI alerts produced several excellent opportunities, but one clearly stood above the rest — WYFI. To…

Flipping the Script: How $REAL Turned From a Short Into a Long Opportunity

May 8, 2026

One of the things I always stress to traders is that you cannot become emotionally attached to a bias. Today’s…