Posts Tagged ‘relative volume’
How to Use AI for Day Trading (8 Best Ways Included)
AI is becoming a practical part of the day trader’s toolkit. Instead of manually reviewing hundreds of stocks, price movements, news events, and potential setups, traders can use AI to process large amounts of market data and narrow their attention to opportunities that match predefined criteria. Using AI for day trading can help with stock…
Read MoreWhat Causes Market Volatility? Key Trends Every Active Trader Should Watch
A quiet market can turn fast. A stock gaps on earnings, an inflation report changes rate expectations, or breaking news suddenly sends an entire sector moving. For active traders, knowing that volatility increased is only the beginning. The real questions are: What caused the move? Is it market-wide or stock-specific? Is participation supporting it? And…
Read MoreWhen Does Earnings Season Start? A Q3 Guide for Active Traders
Earnings season can turn a normal watchlist into dozens of stocks moving before the opening bell. For active traders, the problem is not finding companies that reported. It is deciding which moves have enough volume, liquidity, and structure to deserve attention. If you are wondering when does earnings season start, when Q3 gets busy, or…
Read MoreHow to Use the Gap and Go Strategy in Summer’s Low-Volume Markets
Summer markets can make Gap and Go trading more challenging. Lower trading volume often means weaker momentum, more false breakouts, and fewer high-quality setups. If you’re trading the same way you do during busier months, you may find yourself taking more low-conviction trades than you’d like. The good news is that the Gap and Go…
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 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 MoreStock Scanner, Stock Screener, Stock Filters: Know the difference
We find that many people today are confused about the difference between common industry terms that describe software that helps to identify trading opportunities. This blog post is to help clear up this problem. Let’s start at the top. Stock Scanner – A stock scanner, like the Trade-Ideas real time stock scanner is software that…
Read MoreFibonacci Long 1st 30 Minutes = 88% Odds in Your Favor: TASC Trader’s Tip September
Traders’ Tips: September Issue “Now, you listen to me! I want it reopened right now. Get those brokers back in here! Turn those machines back on!” Mortimer Duke, Trading Places (1983) This month’s Traders’ Tips concerns pivot points. While researching an appropriate strategy for this month, we discovered a stock trading strategy based, in part,…
Read MoreStrategy Session: Find the Move During the Pause that Refreshes
I received a good question from our support forum that I want to repeat here. It’s a simple request about how to model a pattern that this customer wants to see in the market. Question: Stocks Taking a Breather What filters or alerts can I use to finds stocks that are, “taking a breather“?I.e. it…
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