Gap-and-Go vs. Gap Fill: Two Opening Strategies Compared
Gap-and-go vs. gap fill: how the two opening strategies work, what market conditions favor each, and the risks traders and investors should weigh.
Strategies
Pairs Trading: Market-Neutral Trades Between Related Stocks
How pairs trading works: choosing related stocks, trading the spread long and short, and the real risks that break market-neutral positions.
Momentum Investing: Why Winners Keep Winning Until They Don’t
How momentum investing works, why momentum crashes happen, and how traders and long-term investors can size and manage the risk differently.
Sector Rotation: Following Money Through the Business Cycle
How sector rotation works across the business cycle, which sectors tend to lead in each phase, and how traders and investors can apply it without overfitting.
Trading Around Earnings: Before, During and After the Report
How implied volatility, gap risk and post-earnings drift shape earnings trades. Worked examples for traders and investors, plus edge cases.
Pullback Trading in Uptrends: Entries at Moving Averages
A rule-based pullback trading setup for uptrends: entries at the 20 and 50 moving averages, defined stops, targets, and the conditions that void the trade.
Day Trading Reality Check: Costs, Rules and Win Rates
A realistic look at day trading costs, the US PDT rule, win rates and the time required. Written for retail traders in the US and UK who want honest numbers.
Swing Trading: A Rule-Based Framework for Multi-Day Trades
A practical rule-based swing trading framework covering setup, entry, stop placement, and exit rules for US and UK retail traders holding multi-day positions.
Scaling In and Scaling Out: Managing Positions in Stages
Scaling in and out lets you build and exit positions in stages instead of all at once. Here is how it works, when it helps, and where it can hurt.
Trend Following vs. Mean Reversion: Two Strategies Compared
Trend following and mean reversion are opposite ways to trade the same market. This article explains how each works, when each tends to fail, and how to decide which fits your time horizon and temperament.