88. What is Day Trading?

88. What is Day Trading?

Author: Follow the Money Radio October 11, 2021 Duration: 3:30
Day trading is a very short-term trading style that seeks to earn profits from a trading position within the course of a single trading day. Because the day trader opens and closes out his trading positions before the market’s close each day, this allows the day trader to avoid overnight risk.

The goal of day trading is to generate small but consistent profits each day by adhering to a set of strict money management rules.

When coaching new day traders, I usually tell them to expect an average of 1% or more on each successful day trade, though it is possible to earn much more as you improve your craft.

My personal favorite day trading strategy is to focus on trading major indices (like SPY or QQQ) as well as high-quality blue-chip stocks.

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69. The Four Stages of a Stock Cycle [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:03
The better you understand where a stock is within this four-stage cycle, the more profitable your trading will become.
68. The Contraction Stage [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:29
The contraction stage is easy to spot on a chart as the price appears to be locked in a downtrend setting lower highs and lower lows.
67. The Distribution Stage [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:29
The third stage of a stock cycle is known as the distribution stage. This is a period of selling by large institutions and other smart money investors and marks the beginning of the decline of the underlying stock price.
66. Buying Stocks on Pullbacks [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:54
Don’t make the mistake of chasing a stock if you miss its initial breakout. Instead, look to buy on the pullbacks.
65. The Expansion Stage [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:49
The best swing traders spend their time looking for stocks that have just recently moved out of the accumulation stage and into the expansion stage.
64. The Stock Accumulation Stage [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:46
In today's session, Jerry Robinson explains the basics of the stock accumulation stage.
63. Stock Cycle Analysis [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:47
Most stocks move in cycles. In this session, you will learn the four basic stages that compose the average stock cycle.
62. Design Your Trading Lifestyle [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:55
In this session, Jerry Robinson explains one of the greatest benefits of trading.
61. The Proper Trading Mindset [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:55
In this session, Jerry Robinson explains why smart traders refuse to allow emotional extremes to sideline them on their way to trading success.
60. Keeping a Trading Journal [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:13
In this session, Jerry Robinson explains the items that he includes in his daily trading journal.