TRADING STRATEGIES

Sell In May And Go Away is an investment strategy that suggests the months of November through the end of April are the best performing months. Investors should sell their holding at the end of April and go to cash until the next November. Does this really work? Are markets cyclical in nature and can be timed? In Academic circles they reject this idea because it violates th [...]

BEGINNER TRADING STRATEGIES Beginner trading strategies use simple signals to watch for, or they use a step by step approach to selecting stocks or ETF's to invest in. It's often best to start out with the basics before employing more advanced techniques and chart patterns. In this article, I've gathered some of the easiest to follow trading strategies for beginners. [...]

S&P 20% Drop Trading Strategy is an investment strategy that aims to show growth in a Bear market. Here is how to profit on the S&P 20% Drop Strategy: 1) Get the S&P's last all time intraday high. As of the time of this writing, that would be 4818.62 hit on January 4, 2022. 2) Subtract 20% from that figure: That would be 3854.90 3) Once investors see the [...]

THE JANUARY EFFECT Today I'm examining a trading strategy called the "January Effect". This trading strategy is aptly named because it's designed to be traded only in the month of January. I've run the numbers and now it's time to reveal if this trading strategy is a money maker or a money burner. Wall Street has maintained that stocks rise in January. As such, going long [...]

Over the last 76 years it has taken an average 16.5 barrels of oil to buy one ounce of gold. When ever this number gets out of align, there is a chance for us to make money by pair trading gold and oil using 2x leveraged ETF's (more on this later). How To Use The Strategy First thing we need to do is calculate the current average. You can use the links above to get th [...]

Knowing which stocks to pick for good profit becomes easy with my Profit Picker trading strategy. Take a look at the return of these three stocks. A 34.05% average gain made in one day (September 13, 2013). So how did I know which stocks to pick for good profit? I first look at which sectors are hot by going to this page on the Finviz website. Look at the 1 month [...]

Volatile Stock Trading Strategy If you seek big returns over short period of times, it is crucial you locate stocks with high volatility. Volatile stocks have the ability to make double digit gains (or losses) within a day or two. Since the reward is high, you must be willing to accept a high degree of risk. The secret to finding volatile stocks to exploit comes in know [...]

Many investors have a hard time wrapping their mind around this concept. They want to wait for the stock to drop so they can buy low sell high. Unfortunately, stocks on a big run, don't go back to old lows. Buy High Sell Higher can keep you from missing some of the biggest gains in your life. Take a look at every stock that has gone on to make gains of 500% or more. What did [...]