Posts Tagged ‘day trading’
Is AI Trading a Good Option for Beginners in 2026?
What’s actually changed, what still trips people up, and how active retail traders are using AI to get a real edge in today’s market. AI in trading isn’t a future thing anymore. It’s already here, it’s running on your competition’s screens, and it’s generating real signals while you’re still scrolling through charts manually. But most…
Read MoreSummer Market Trends 2026: How Inflation, AI, and Policy Shifts Are Redefining Seasonal Stock Patterns
By: Katie Gomez Summer trading has always had its own rhythm. Volume can thin out, sector rotation can get sharper, and price moves can become harder to trust without confirmation. But Summer 2026 is not just a normal seasonal market. Inflation is still a major catalyst. Fed policy remains a key driver of risk appetite.…
Read More4 Strategies for Trading Low-Volume Summer Stocks
Summer trading can be challenging for active traders. As market participation slows and volume becomes lighter, stocks may move differently than they do during busier trading months. Spreads can widen, price action can become choppier, and breakouts may fail more often. But low-volume summer markets do not mean there are no opportunities. They simply require…
Read More0DTE Options Are Changing Day Trading: How to Find Stocks Moving Today
The 0DTE options are changing day trading by making same-day options activity part of the intraday tape, not a side story. For traders scanning headlines, searching for stocks moving today, or tracking broader market structure, the key question is not just whether 0DTE volume is growing. It is how to filter real stock movement from…
Read MorePar for the Course: What a PGA Pro Taught Us About the Stock Market
By: Katie Gomez We’ve talked about golf and trading before on this blog, but this time, we’re flipping the script. Every other comparison you’ve read comes from the trader’s perspective: the investor who picked up golf and started noticing uncanny parallels between their swing and their strategy. This isn’t that story. This is the story…
Read MoreHow Active Traders Use a Day Trading Scanner in Summer
Summer trading can make a day trading scanner feel noisier than usual. Some days produce fewer clean setups, while other days show plenty of alerts that fade after the open, lose volume, or move without a clear catalyst. That creates a real problem for active traders: the scanner may show movement, but not every mover…
Read MoreEvery Stock Has a Secret Schedule — And Trade Ideas Just Cracked the Code
By Katie Gomez You’ve done everything right. Your indicators are lined up. Your chart looks textbook perfect. The setup is clean — and then the trade fails anyway. Every trader has been there. Most chalk it up to bad luck or market noise. But what if the problem wasn’t your indicators at all? Here’s the…
Read MoreNew AI Stocks: What Traders Look for at IPO
New AI stocks hitting the public market are not like regular IPOs. They trade differently on day one, attract a different type of institutional order flow, and have specific structural landmines, lock-up expirations, customer concentration risk, and negative earnings that can punish traders who treat them like any other new listing. The 2025–2026 IPO window…
Read MoreYou 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 back on the machine entirely. Living in a generation that offers immediate gratification on a silver platter (Amazon Prime, ChatGPT, Uber Eats) has made it increasingly difficult to hold onto our grit. When all our…
Read MoreSmall 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 out of September yet. As most traders fixate on mega-cap earnings and Fed announcements, they’re missing one of the year’s most reliable yet overlooked opportunities: September’s quiet emergence as small-cap season. Historical data reveal a…
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