Day trading is risky business. But like any other form of business, there are ways to prevent losses.

One of them is by having a definite trading plan. And in order to have a definite plan, you need to know trading systems and how they operate. The first question that comes to mind is: what are trading systems?

Natalia Osorio Editor of the “Best Stock Trading” website — http://www.BestStockTradingUsa.com — pointed out;

“…These are sets of rules that affect the way one trades. These systems have been tested and proven for many years, making it an effective tool in making day trading choices. If you use the systematic approach, decisions are based not on your gut or discretion but on the system itself. But what benefits does the use of trading system have? For one, it is something that can be measured. Unlike discretionary systems which cannot be quantified, the rules for this system are rather clear and well-defined.

Also, trading systems, when used properly, can help minimize losses. For as long as you follow the plan by heart, losses can be eliminated…”

With the systematic approach, you are also able to control emotions that may seriously affect the way you trade. Because you rely on the system and not on your heart or emotions, decisions are more likely to be logical and sound than when you use your own judgment.

Use of this system also gives you peace of mind, which is not possible if you are using the discretionary approach. Because the system has been tried and tested in the past, then, chances are it will still work at present. And since it has been proven to make money before, then most likely you will also earn money now if you use the same system.

Because the system does the thinking for you, you now have more time to do other things than to think of strategies or plans on every transactions made. Use of trading systems may seem boring because it takes out the mind-challenging aspect of trading, but on the other hand you can now do things other than trade.

“…However, one setback of these trading systems is the unreliability of data. While these systems may provide us with in-depth information on market trends and the like, how the system came up with such figures may be questionable. Nonetheless, there are more advantages for systematic trading compared to discretionary trading, making it a more effective tool in day trading…” N. Osorio added.

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Here are 4 deadly mistakes that most people encounter, whether they may be novice or veteran traders. Avoid them at all cost.

Using the scared money. Each trader has a risk capital but sometimes the trade calls for them to go overboard and use the money that they do not have, they are afraid to lose or simply the money that should not be used in the trade.

Natalia Osorio Editor of the “Best Stock Trading” website — http://www.BestStockTradingUsa.com — pointed out;

“…These include money for college tuition, bills and payments that were allocated to some other uses beforehand. Day trading is such a tricky business that if someone is not careful enough, he might end up in a ditch wondering where he could borrow some money to continue the trade or how he could make up for the money he lost. There are two main objectives in this trade- to be able to trade for another day and profit from the trades you make for today. But as much as you can help it, don’t use other people’s money or your money reserved for other important things. If you have no money or too little money to put in line, try to be a lot more discriminatory on your trades or you might as well wrap up and venture into another business…”

Taking too much time

Time is a commodity in trading but it can’t be bought. Time often defines the difference in choosing between a closing and a winning trade. Many people want to be certain when they make their trades therefore taking up too much time that by the moment they decide to get in the trade, it has already closed or it has already started sliding down.

Lack of Moderation

“…If someone sees that his trades are going straight up, he usually has an adrenaline rush which urges him to be more excited and uncontrollably glad. But this does not end here. He starts to feel the confirmation that his system works and that he is the greatest guy in the world. It is ok to be glad and to be excited but when it comes to the point that one’s judgment becomes clouded by the lack of moderation in emotions, he has to pull the stops and stand back unless he is willing to lose the day because of his emotions…” N. Osorio added.

Reliance on opinion

The market does not work based on people’s opinions. It works on the behaviors of the trends, the economy, constant buying and selling, etc. but definitely not on what a “trading guru” says or thinks about day trading.

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Here are four mistakes that traders usually find themselves doing concerning day trading. These are not easy to avoid without enough experience so be sure to learn from each experience as much as you can.

Bad timing. The majority of traders acknowledge the need for certainty. They always want to be sure that they are entering a winning trade. Theoretically, everyone can profit from any trade. The difference lies on “when” they decide to enter.

Natalia Osorio Editor of the “Best Stock Trading” website — http://www.BestStockTradingUsa.com — pointed out;

“…Some people wait too long, some impulsively gets in too early. There should be a good mixture of timing and necessary indicators to help you spot the trade that will give you the money.

In most cases, traders let the trades take off without them. But they need to wait until they become very certain of what to do. Some hop in before the trade sells off. Just like the game of musical chairs, someone will always be left without a chair to sit in…”

Being too hopeful

Trading is a game of probability, of numbers, of technicalities, but definitely not a game of hopes and wishes. The market moves in a certain direction ignoring the number of people who are hoping and praying that the stocks they are trading will go up. The market does not care whether you are losing or winning, it is in fact neutral. Being too hopeful is an indication of losing. So sell your stocks before you go broke. Afterwards, asses your pitfalls and try not to commit the same mistakes again.

Deviating from a working plan

“…It is a general rule in trading that you should stick to two or three working plans. However, in the heat of excitement or the height of panicking, traders often forget that they are using a strategy that has specific objectives, direction and fall-backs. Some traders begin their trade with a specific methodology in mind but after several days of working on a set of specific rules to follow, they begin to use methods that are entirely different.

It is not wrong to invent or innovate but if it is money that’s on the line, you should always be certain that the new method won’t backfire. Nonetheless, this is often the case because in this business no one can be sure that a method is successful or not unless practiced overtime…” N. Osorio added.

Unrelenting ego

Traders who are highly successful in other businesses enter day trading with one thing in mind- they have been a success in other things, why should this be any different? This kind of attitude boils down to one thing- ego or the bane of overconfidence.

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The majority of day traders acquire specialized knowledge on day trading before they start in the business. A substantial amount of information could be taken from these resources:

Courses and seminars. These are usually the foundation for preparing oneself for the market. Just like tertiary level education, day trading courses and seminars aim to supply the necessary knowledge, training and skills. Trading is a lonely business and there are no bosses to guide you on what you should do or co-workers to whom you could copy a technique or two. In short, without the proper augmentation of day trading courses and seminars, you would have to find things on your own.

Chat rooms.

Natalia Osorio Editor of the “Best Stock Trading” website — http://www.BestStockTradingUsa.com — pointed out;

“…Direct and first hand information is usually among the most reliable information in this business. The personal experience of those people who are continuously working to enhance their trading styles could help you form your own or copy someone else’s techniques while slowly modifying it to suit your personal taste. Chat rooms work in this manner. Traders from all parts of the world with varying experiences, opinions and perspectives on trading gather to discuss things regarding day trading. If you are reluctant to join chat rooms, you can just sign-in for membership or for free and see traders live in action. The key here is to find a chat room that you are comfortable with…”

Books. It is common thinking among people that the internet is sufficient enough to supplement all the necessary information about the trade. While it is true that there are thousands of online resources, there are only a few of them which can truly equal that of the benefits of books, especially when the writer is good. Books are more focused, more well-directed and a lot more informative than most online articles. You seldom find online articles that truly encompass concepts that are needed by the readers. For day traders, books cannot be substituted simply because they are written far better than online articles, provide constant information (since the reader can go back whenever necessary) and acts as a manual.

Online paper trading.

“…If you want a simulation of the actual things that happen in live trading, you could use the services of online paper trading. This is a simulation of trading without real money involved. In short, it provides familiarity on the trading indicators and platforms. However, being good on paper trading does not equate to making money with actual trading…” N. Osorio added.

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What to look in a Stock for Intraday Trading ?

1. High volume , high liquidity.

2. Hot & Happening sector.

3. Trending market.

4. Make sure that at whatever price you are entering in a stock, the move is not over already. I mean the stock has steam in it.

Keeping all these things in mind look for stocks which fall under these basic rules. Now calculate Stop Loss (SL), Target (TG) and do basic technical analysis (like support, resistance, overbought, oversold e.t.c)

Learn the technical analysis of the charts for intraday or swing purposes check the tips given by advertisers on various sites like valuenotes.com, icicidirect etc. counter check them with your studies and then take the decision. Do not work on tips untill you yourself have studied and analyzed them. It is good to select stocks for intraday for the sectors you have already picked up or traded before. All you need to do is refine them on your own study. If you do not find them good based on your study just reject them. Also try to analyse the point where the tips goes strongly right and at that point try to note what cnditions met for that movement. It will enhance you skill.

The major problem which most of the people encounter is that they are able to find high volume stocks and can apply macd,rsi,SSO,EMA cross over etc. to it, but they are not able to find stop loss and target because finding it in a normal way takes lot of time and in that time, many time trend will be over. So, here are some other methods for you.

Methods to Find Stop Loss and Target

I suggest you to regularly use the stop loss for whatever time frame you trade, the reason being that the indian market is very much volatile indeed the most volatile market where we dont know when the major reversal can occur and all your indicators can go wrong.

In my opinion you should keep the stoploss based upon you entry point + the total Percentage of your amount you can afford to loose in one trade.

1. The simplest method for Stop Loss in my opinion is to keep the trigger at 2-3 points below the last low or above the last high. According to MACD RSI OR STOCHASTIC you can place the stoploss at 2-3 points below the lowest or above the highest candle.

2. Choosing the risk is totally dependent upon you. Some Afford total risk of 1 % on their trade or some even 2-3 Percent. Depends from personality to personality.

But make sure that either the setup is good enough that Stop Losses are not hit frequently or better you keep Stop Loss much below i.e take higher risk only if the setup is not too good.

Now about the Target: what ever setups you create may it be stochastics, rsi or macd has it own exit strategy and that too on right point. The reason you are not getting much profit is because you havent mastered the strategy. Try to understand the working of these indicators and you will behave automatically on when to exit from trade and when to not.

So, this was an small effort from me for intraday traders to make them understand “How to find Stocks for Intraday Trading”. You can also read my article on “How to Start Intraday Trading“.

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The stock market offers one the opportunity to have short- or long-term gains.

However, not everyone is cut out for such investments. For one, the idea itself of partial ownership in a company by buying shares may not actually be that interesting to some.

Natalia Osorio Editor of the “Best Stock Trading” website — http://www.BestStockTradingUsa.com — pointed out;

“…Owning stock also exposes one to the risks a particular company faces. If the business is reported to have financial difficulties, legal problems or other issues, its stock is likely to be affected, fall and consequently, also pull down all investors in the company.

An individual who intends to invest in the stock market must recognize that gains generally come after an extended period of time. In addition, even short-term results are not always assured, as negative economic or company news can quickly wipe out any gains. This means that an individual must be patient in waiting for the investment to pay off…”

This patience extends to market timing in the case of short-term traders, who aim to move in and out of the market based on what they feel is the most opportune time to do so. The problem with this approach is the assumption that the market can be consistently predicted – a condition that most financial advisors believe would be virtually impossible.

Discipline and flexibility are two other traits needed by individuals who decide to invest in the stock market. Market stability is not always a given, and there will be periods when the market may be volatile. This happens particularly in the event of a major disaster such as the September 2001 terrorist attacks in the US, and the havoc caused by recent hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which forced the shutdown of major oil refineries in the Gulf of Mexico.

When these situations arise, predicting the direction of the stock market becomes difficult due to resulting fluctuations, making it necessary for an individual to remain disciplined with investment strategy but flexible enough to adjust to the situation.

“…Investors also have to put in some research before selecting any stock. Among the factors they need to know are a brief history of their target company; the company’s parent, subsidiaries and other affiliates; earnings movement; expansion plans and management structure. These would give an individual a fairly good idea of how stable a company is and help project the company’s direction and future.

Having an interest in a company through shares of stock thus poses both risks and rewards. However, the stock market may not be an ideal investment vehicle for individuals without patience, discipline, flexibility and enough diligence to conduct research…” N. Osorio added.

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Investing in the stock market is probably one of the riskiest ventures you can delve into with your money.

It is also one of the most profitable undertakings you may make at the same time. So it’s only normal that you may have reservations about actually trying your luck in the stock market.

Natalia Osorio Editor of the “Best Stock Trading” website — http://www.BestStockTradingUsa.com — pointed out;

“…The best thing to do is to get a stockbroker to handle your stocks initially. He will be able to give you professional and dependable stocks tips and advice. It is also a good idea to actually to find a friend or an acquaintance who already has some experience with dabbling in the stock market. They will be able to give you stock tips and advice for free. One of these advices is which is the worst stock to put your money in…”

One of the worst stock moves you can make is with variable annuities using the premium of your insurance.

A variable annuity is an insurance contract that allows you to invest your premium in mutual fund-like investments.

This sounds good in paper, but if you look at it a little harder, you’ll find that they are bad investments in the long run for the following reason:

·    Tax cuts. Ordinary investments in stocks and mutual funds qualify for low capital gains treatments, thus smaller taxes. Your gains from investing your premium, on the other hand, get taxed as income as soon as you withdraw the money.

·    Early withdrawal penalties. Insurance plans are designed for retirement. Taking out money from your premium entails a certain amount of penalty from both the insurance company as well as the government. So if you withdraw your profits, you will be penalized.

·    Death benefit. If your stocks are down upon your death, your beneficiaries can get as much as the investments you put in. Unfortunately, if your stocks are up, they get taxed as a regular income.

·    Costs. Annuities with insurance features are actually more expensive than ordinary mutual funds. The more insurance features your annuity has, the more annual feels are heaped against it, which naturally eats up your profits.

“…There are other stock market investments that are not a good choice to put your money in. There are specific times as well as when to not to make an investment. Times of natural calamity may drive prices of stocks down but there are no insurance these would recover to make a good profit. As always, it is best to diversify where and when you put your money in…” N. Osorio added.

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There are different stock market investment tools available today that help investors maximize the availability of information in their investment trading activities.

The internet contains a wealth of information about different publicly listed companies in the US.  There maybe websites that provide free research information although the information available maybe general knowledge in nature.

Natalia Osorio Editor of the “Best Stock Trading” website — http://www.BestStockTradingUsa.com — pointed out;

“…There are also companies that publish in-depth research reports on listed companies although they may available on a per subscription basis which may be costly for a retail based investor to subscribe to.  These research reports may cost from a hundred to a thousand dollars depending on the quality of the research reports being sold.

News articles, research reports and analyst reviews about companies are tools that provide fundamental information about a company.  Fundamental information can be from current news events about a company’s activities or analysis of their previously published financial reports.  Investors can then make more fundamental research and analysis from this information to gather more data that aid him in his investing strategies…”

There are also tools available today that provide management of raw data such as current stock quotes, historical price data or index performances.  These tools can be bought from software companies and can be installed in PCs and these tools will be a big help in gathering, processing and analyzing of raw data available and come out with information that will be more useful to the investor.  From raw data containing the historical closing prices of specific companies, these can be run thru investment tools to come out with information such as historical price trend of one company as compared to an index of companies its being compared with or probably have a report of the volume of stocks traded on these companies on a specific period of time.  These reports generated thru these investment tools will help an investor in making more efficient trading strategies from the raw data initially available.

“…Some stock market investment tools are purchased from software companies and they would usually cost hundreds of dollars which may not be practical for a small scale individual investor.  There are analysis tools available on the internet from online stock market trading companies that they are accessible online and are made free to their clients.  These tools are made available to their online investing clients as this also helps aid them in their trading strategies.

While the stock market tools, information and research products are available around the internet, careful planning, data gathering and interpretation of analysis made from these tools are equally important to ensure successful trades and long term investment growth of an investors’ portfolio…” N. Osorio added.

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Buying and selling in the Forex currency market or Forex market is not only about luck. Yes, you might want to use gut feelings when making an investing decision but this will provide you with just as much chance as winning the power ball. Let’s face it, trading in the Forex market isn’t like gambling. It’s really a complex program of money, economics, politics, statistics, numbers, as well as trades. You will need to understand this and analyze them in order to become successful. Ways to analyze the market industry is to learn forex index charts to work with in technical analysis.

Technical analysis is among the two basic research methods which successful investors make use of in making money throughout the world associated with foreign exchange. The idea is based on the basic principle that history repeats itself. Bearing that in mind, technological research demands considering previous variances as well as statistics of the industry via graphs and charts. Simply by examining their movements in the past, you are able to calculate what precisely can happen in the foreseeable future. This is why you have to understand forex charts. With this understanding, you can produce your individual charts and graphs, understand them, evaluate them, and make the appropriate investing decisions. If you are able to create the right trading choices, then you’ll generate much more with foreign currency exchange market.

There are plenty of possibilities that you should learn forex trading charts. There are specific online products and courses which teach this particular topic. This can be a very valuable asset to your stock trading career. As a result of these kind of products, you will learn how you can understand the numbers on these charts and graphs. You will additionally find out about the common blunders individuals make when using them and receive great tips on buying and selling in Forex. There are other individuals who lose their money within this marketplace when compared with those that generate profits. But if an individual learn these charts you will end up being someone that can consistently make good money through trading foreign currencies.

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