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Understanding Options Trading 101

Options have now become a mainstream product. Once used mainly for hedging, the introduction of options contracts on retail trading...

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Reducing the Temptation to Overtrade

As traders, we've all been there - staring at our charts, watching as prices fluctuate, and feeling an overwhelming urge to jump into a...

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How Iceberg Orders Work

We hear traders talking about icebergs a lot, but what do these orders do and how do they work? What are Iceberg Orders? An iceberg order...

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Dealing with Wash Sale Tax Restrictions

As traders, we're always on the lookout for ways to optimize our trading strategies and minimize taxes. One often-overlooked aspect of...

The Power of Backtesting Your Trading Strategy

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The Power of Backtesting Your Trading Strategy

Most traders can appreciate that trading strategies are constantly evolving to keep pace with shifting market conditions. One crucial...

Trading Against Your Benchmark: Measuring Performance

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Trading Against Your Benchmark: Measuring Performance

It's important to track our performance, particularly against the benchmark for what we're trading. Doing so is an important exercise in...

The Importance of Journaling Your Trades

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The Importance of Journaling Your Trades

Trading in financial markets can be a challenging endeavor that requires discipline, focus, and a continuous pursuit of knowledge. One...

Liquidity and Volatility: A Trader's Guide

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Liquidity and Volatility: A Trader's Guide

Liquidity and volatility are two critical factors that traders must understand to navigate financial markets successfully. While...

The 1% Rule: How to Manage Risk in Swing Trades

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The 1% Rule: How to Manage Risk in Swing Trades

The 1% rule is a key risk management strategy for swing traders, where a trader aims to limit each loss to 1% of their portfolio's value....

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Swing Trading 101

The basics of swing trading and how to improve your odds of success.

How Market Makers Hedge SPX Options Exposure in Futures

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How Market Makers Hedge SPX Options Exposure in Futures

SPX options trade about $1.2 trillion in notional daily, with about 75% of that expiring in a week or less. In comparison, US equity...

Risk Management is the Key to Survival as a Trader

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Risk Management is the Key to Survival as a Trader

Traders live and die by their risk management strategy. Those who do not manage their risk, do not last very long in markets. Worse yet,...

Measuring Volatility in Trading: Why & How

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Measuring Volatility in Trading: Why & How

One of the most important lessons I've learned as a trader is that understanding and measuring volatility is crucial to success. My own...

Trading Bollinger Band Squeeze and Breakout Setups

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Trading Bollinger Band Squeeze and Breakout Setups

The Bollinger Band Squeeze and Breakout is a momentum-driven strategy that's worth studying, particularly for its ability to identify...

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The Psychology of Trading

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Trading the Options Wheel Strategy

The Options Wheel strategy, also known as the Triple Income Strategy or the Sell-Put-Sell-Call strategy, is an approach in options...

Technical Analysis with the Stochastic Oscillator

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Technical Analysis with the Stochastic Oscillator

The Stochastic Oscillator, a powerful tool in technical analysis, was developed by George C. Lane in the late 1950s. It's designed to...

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Understanding Donchian Channels

Donchian Channels, developed by Richard Donchian in the 1950s, are a useful technical analysis tool used in trading to identify market...

Using the MACD Indicator for Technical Analysis

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Using the MACD Indicator for Technical Analysis

The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is a widely recognized technical analysis tool used in trading to identify potential...

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Understanding the Ichimoku Cloud

The Ichimoku Cloud, also known as Ichimoku Kinko Hyo, is a versatile technical analysis tool that has gained significant attention in...

Managing Risk through Stops and Position Sizing

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Managing Risk through Stops and Position Sizing

Stop orders, commonly known as stop-loss orders, are instructions to buy or sell a security when its price reaches a specific level or...

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The Basics of Backtesting

Backtesting is a critical process in the development and evaluation of trading strategies. It involves simulating a trading strategy...

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The Art of Short Selling

Short selling is one of the most challenging strategies in the market because, as we all know, the path of least resistance for the...

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Managing Risk through Intense Emotions

We've all been there before. A trade gets the best of our emotions. We make an impulsive decision, and then we come to almost instantly...

How Trading Actually Works: Starting the Right Way

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How Trading Actually Works: Starting the Right Way

Trading is often romanticized as a quick pathway to financial freedom, yet the reality is far more sobering. Everyone ends up paying a...

5 Things Every New Trader Should Do (That Nobody Likes to Talk About)

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5 Things Every New Trader Should Do (That Nobody Likes to Talk About)

If you’re new to trading, you’re probably feeling a lot of excitement. The prospect of making our own way in the markets can have a...

Live Event Replay: "When Do I Take Profits?"

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Live Event Replay: "When Do I Take Profits?"

Big thanks to everyone that participated in today's Live Event! Our topic this week was "When Do I Take Profits" and we had some great...

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A new wrinkle in the SPX 0DTE saga

We've recently experienced some interesting changes in the 0DTE trading dynamics within SPX that warrant attention. Short-dated options...

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Unlocking the potential of volume profile

Traders use various tools and techniques to gain an edge. One such powerful tool is Volume Profile, a charting technique that reveals the...

"Liquidity Grab": Trading Special Events

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"Liquidity Grab": Trading Special Events

In our Traderade Discord today, I used the term "Liquidity Grab" to describe a unique market phenomenon that I look for when trading...

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Educational Articles and Stock Market Research

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Aug 27

Getting the Most Out of Our Discord

The SPX Options Visualizer is Now Available

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Feb 13

The SPX Options Visualizer is Now Available

Why Rolling Trading Profits into Investments is Key

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Why Rolling Trading Profits into Investments is Key