So you’re interested in day trading stocks?  There is an old joke on Wall Street that goes,

“When you buy and sell a stock that yields a profit, you can call it a good trade, but when you buy it and it goes down and you haven’t gotten out yet, it’s an `investment’.”

That works for people who are dabbling in the market and can afford to be passive. I’m not like that, and I am assuming that if you are reading this, you aren’t either. No time for waiting and hoping. If you’re in it, you are in it to win it, and if you bet wrong, cut your losses early and go on to the next trade.

Day trading stocks and day trading strategies have always existed since there were markets, but it was the initial use of computers that allowed for individuals and small traders who were not with large brokerage firms or banks to enter the arena.

Several decades ago, a small group in New York learned that by routing their various orders via computer, they could execute hundreds to thousands of buy and sell orders from their little office to numerous NASDAQ market makers across the country, making them think that there were more buyers and sellers following their stocks than in reality and moving their prices up and down accordingly, allowing the group to rake in millions in the process. This small group became known as the SOES (Small Order Execution System) Bandits and their pioneering use of computers for day trading stocks demonstrated the power of digital technology in democratizing trading of the market to individuals.

Independent houses that engage in stock trading have become popular as Hollywood subjects, from the notorious film, “The Wolf of Wall Street”, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and depicted the pump and dump exploits of the now infamous Stratton, Oakmont brokerage firm to the Showtime series, “Billions”, which depicts a hedge fund that takes more sophisticated approaches to its day trading strategies, some perfectly legal, while others somewhat more dubious.

There are software tools available from a variety of banks and other firms that give individuals the power to track the market, see information, and execute buy and sell orders that was formerly only in the possession of large firms. Granted, with hedge funds and institutional program trading, the sheer trading volume and volatility of markets due to this exponentially increased digitization has upped the ante, but the little guy or gal now has the ability to ride the tide on their own without waiting for a broker to call them back like in the olden days.

Bids, Offers, Liquidity and Market Makers:

The goal of day trading stocks, by definition, is to be in and out of a position within the same day. While many traders will ride momentum that may let a stock run up or down for days, weeks, or even months, day trading carries no overnight risks of holding a position that can fall due to news released after or before market hours that takes execution of exit prices out of the trader’s control. When a day trader zeros out in cash for the day, he or she can sleep at night without worrying about how to get out the next day.

Not all trades make money. The wise trader is disciplined, rational, and keeps his or her own emotions in check while observing the sentiment of others. If a trade is losing and hits a maximum loss, sell it and move on; don’t let pride enter the equation, as it is a recipe for further losses. When making money on a trade going in your direction, be ready to sell once your target is met and, don’t get too greedy, since the market can turn on a dime.

The Wall Street slogan, “Bulls make money, Bears make money, Pigs get slaughtered” is very true, as many traders have had to learn from harsh experience.

With new trading resources, individual traders now have the ability to see which market makers are on the bid or offer side for a stock, and can also see the position sizes. The SOES Bandits made many a day trade small fortune by riding a stock up, then shorting it and pounding a handful of market makers with a rush of small sell orders to spook them into backing off their bids by as much as a point within the span of a couple of minutes, then buying thousands of shares back as the market climbed back and other traders joined in the buying when they saw the interim undervalued price. The SOES Bandits would also reverse the process. As many as 10,000+ order tickets at the end of a day could be generated by a team of 4-5 people.

Now, I’m not saying that we can replicate the SOES Bandits with a home computer. However, you and I can now use a computer to see which market makers are being bullish or bearish, and the ones that are more aggressive in either direction are the ones that will give you, as a trader, your liquidity. If you want to get shares of a stock, go to the ones with stock to sell at the lowest price. Conversely, the ones with the largest position and highest bids will be the go to parties to get you out of your position.

Liquidity is one of the most crucial factors in trading penny stocks, where the lack of bulk institutional price support may result in only one lead market maker and perhaps only 3-4 others which may be good for only a few hundred shares at much wider spread. In these instances, the trading of the stock may be subject to circumstances having nothing to do with the company’s business prospects, yet can still impact you. The primary trader making the market for a stock can get sick and the person subbing may be unfamiliar with the stock and be sitting all day with a 75 cent bid/ask spread when the spread is normally only 12 cents. If the other market makers are basically along for the ride and taking their cues from the lead market maker, their spreads will be 85 cents or greater. Not helpful if you need to liquidate your position today and you are holding thousands of shares.

Day Trading Stocks Using Technical Analysis:

Most investment banks who publish their own research are grounded in fundamental analysis, which focuses on a company’s management, financials, business model, institutional ownership, and other factors that would constitute a justification for buy and hold strategies.

Traders, on the other hand, may consider fundamentals, but are much more concerned with what the market itself thinks, and a day trader lives or dies in a trade by their ability to read, interpret, and act upon that interim day market sentiment. If there is heavier than normal volume in a stock, it could be based on news about a company’s competitor, a new piece of government legislation, a rumor about a management change, or any number of factors that may have absolutely zero relevance to the company’s intrinsic fundamentals. For long term investors, this may just be a blip on the calendar of a 36 month investment. For a day trader, it could mean intraday volatility of a couple of points, which can mean thousands in profits if riding along on a trade as the trend goes either way between 9:30am and 4:00pm EST.

Technical analysis, which relies on lots of quantitative math and chart analysis to show trends, accurately reflect market sentiment. The psychology of the market can result in drastic market swings. In December, Brian Ross of ABC News erroneously reported that General Michael Flynn had been instructed by President Trump to contact Russia during the 2016 campaign, resulting in a 350 point drop in the Dow within minutes. ABC retracted and corrected the story later in the day, but the damage was already done, although astute traders, seeing the opportunity, were able to capitalize on the volatility and ride it down and back up.

Analysis of unusual volume, trading that breaks moving average calculation floors or ceilings, relative strength trends – these and many more quantitative analysis aspects are utilized by thousands of traders in stocks, commodity futures, Foreign Exchange, interest rates, and various other markets. The mathematical calculations measuring human psychology on an intraday basis are one of the key tools at a day trader’s disposal and often are the backbone of day trading strategies that can be quantified and evaluated by their success or failure ratios. (Incidentally, technical analysis is my principle technique for day trading stocks so don’t expect to see a lot of fundamental analysis here!)

Day Trading Strategies Using Options:

You think the next Apple iMac Pro is going to be a huge winner and Apple stock can possibly make a jump tomorrow of as much as 4-5 points. AAPL shares are at $178. If you bought 1000 shares, you could day trade and make up to $5000 in a day on a move like that. Only problem is you have only $5000 to risk on a single trade, which might get you a whopping 26 shares including fees. 1000 shares would cost $178,000 – maybe not an amount of liquidity you have on hand. So how do you make a play?

If you have the stomach for the added risk of leverage with the acknowledgement that you can lose the entire trade amount, you could look into trading AAPL options, which are, in layman’s terms – limited time bets on how much above or below a particular price the stock will be by a certain expiration date. Without getting too much into the minutiae of options trading, a call option (betting the stock will go up) or a put option (betting a stock will go down) can be a way to leverage your money for day trading stocks normally beyond an average income person’s reach if you can exercise discipline and are prepared to be focused. Each option contract represents a hundred shares. Call options for the end of the current month with a 175 strike price are being offered at 4.45, or $445 for 1 call option = 100 shares. This is calculated as 3 points of intrinsic value (stock was at $178) + 1.45 of time value, or the premium on the momentum of the stock and also reflecting the amount of interested players wanting to trade that series of options. $5000 can theoretically be sufficient to buy 10 contracts, equivalent to the 1000 share play you are an anticipating for tomorrow. Be aware that each day on the calendar that is a step closer expiration date, you lose some premium on the pricing, which is the time value markup above the strike price. If you take your eye off the ball and AAPL is all of a sudden at $174, your options will automatically be at perhaps only 65 cents. But if you are correct and AAPL all of a sudden cracks $180, those 10 calls will theoretically be trading at 6.50+, which would equate to $2000 profit, and you can then ride point for point upwards if you are correct in your hunch.

I hope you find these day trading tips and strategies helpful. They’ve worked for lots of others, so why not you?

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Now, before I dive a little deeper into using trailing stops I will say this…I rarely use them with penny stocks.  Why?  Quite simply market makers have the ability to use your stop loss order and other traders stop loss orders to provide sell orders that are large enough for bigger investors or institutions to get in on.  This is especially true for the volatile penny stocks many of us like to trade.  How many stocks have you witnessed or traded that fell sharply at a consolidation point in price taking out most of the stop orders traders set?  Then, within minutes the stock surges back up through the choke point and hits new highs!  I see this virtually every morning.  So, that’s why I rarely use trailing stops with penny stocks or small caps.  With less volatile mid-large cap stocks it’s a much safer practice.

So…now that I’ve covered that, using a trailing stop IS an easy and free way to manage risk in addition to letting your profits run.

Trailing Stop = Risk Management

As I mentioned earlier one of the most difficult aspects of investing, for both swing traders and long-term investors, is knowing when to take profits or cut losses. Taking profits too soon might leave a lot of potential gain on the table; taking a 10 percent gain in a stock that continues on to a 50 percent gain, missing out on 40 percent, feels almost as bad as losing 20 percent. On the other hand, cutting losses too late is costly and dangerous, as it suggests there is no limit to the risk involved in any one trade. Managing individual risk is the foundation for any strong investing strategy, and trailing stops can simplify risk management strategies for seasoned and beginning investors alike.

This technique involves a free stop-loss order set at a certain percentage below the price at which the position was bought. For a losing trade, the stop-loss triggers a sell order when the price passes the set percentage, minimizing risk at the discretion of the investor. For a winning trade, the trailing stop follows the fluctuations of the market price upwards, triggering a sale only after the price of a stock has reached a peak and fallen a certain amount. Effectively, the order takes the emotion out of the decision to sell, allowing traders and investors to take a healthy step back from their trades after buying.

What is essential to consider in setting a trailing stop order is how much room to give the position. For stocks with significant volatility, setting a stop at a tight percentage could choke a trade or cause the sell order to trigger before the stock price has had a chance to consolidate and move upwards. It often takes practice for investors to learn what levels of risk they are comfortable with taking on in exchange for giving trades room to move. Some trailing stops are anchored to a naturally trailing metric, like a moving average, which is useful in short-term trading strategies. Most commonly in this arena, traders anchor their stops to the Average True Range, which accounts for volatility and provides a healthy gap between the stock price and the sale trigger.

For individual investors, the stop order is an essential tool when positions cannot be constantly monitored. They also provide the function of eliminating emotion from the trading equation. This element contributes discipline to a stock trading strategy, a fundamental necessity for risk management.

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April 11,2018: I exited LEDS today after a few months of drawdown from NOT following my intraday trading rules and then NOT cutting my losses quickly.  Fortunately, this stock made a nice bounce before ER was released.

$LEDS was trending up nicely in pre-market (PM) today based on a strong technical pop that started to form around 1400 on 10 April.  This morning she ran hard in PM and effortlessly crossed above $7.

I’ve had a good till close (GTC) sell order placed at $6.50 for months but I moved that up to $7.49 based on the PM price action.  However, once the market opened and the volume came in strong I moved my sell price up to $8.  Unfortunately for me I wasn’t fast enough.  The price action was just too fast in $LEDS and my resting order at $7.49 had already filled.

Ultimately, this was a best case scenario.  Sure I made money on $LEDS but breaking my technical trading rules on my entry makes this an overall bad trade for me.

Stephen

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March 9, 2018: I picked up 5500 shares of [stock_quote symbol=”GEN” show=”name” decimals=”2″ number_format=”sd” template=”” raw=”0″ class=”quote”] on 16 Feb when it meant my technical analysis criteria on the 30m chart for a swing trade.  It should have been a more profitable swing trade but I let greed get in the way of my technical analysis.  I say it was greed but sleep also came into play here.

Since I live in S. Korea the market opens at 2330 for me.  Thankfully daylight savings is coming to an end!  So, after a full day of work from 0630-1700 sometimes I’m too smoked to babysit a slow trade like $GEN and I let it ride.  I shouldn’t have done that this time because before I hit the sack on 21 Feb $GEN crossed some key technical analysis levels that would usually trigger me to sell.

Moral of the story; don’t fight your lifestyle when you’re trading and never let greed prevail if you meet your profit targets!  You don’t have to crush every trade.

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February 16, 2018: [stock_quote symbol=”FTFT” show=”name” decimals=”2″ number_format=”sd” template=”” raw=”0″ class=”quote”] was a pretty easy play today when it popped up on my intraday stock scanner (EquityFeed). I was trying to get in at around 3.50 but it was moving too fast. However,$FTFT had a decent amount of range to play with so I was able to chase within reason.

I got in at 3.65 with 2K shares and exited $FTFT at $4.10 for a quick $889. You can see it ran out of gas when the 30m chart RSI crossed above 80, MFI levels almost touched 100 and it was trading well over the Keltner Band (20,2) and Bollinger Band(20,2) indicating a strong pullback was coming.

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February 15, 2018: I FINALLY got out of [stock_quote symbol=”MBRX” show=”name” decimals=”2″ number_format=”sd” template=”” raw=”0″ class=”quote”] today!  $MBRX been one of the more reliable swing trades but I was left holding the bag this time around….which I did for months… after buying into a false breakout and not cutting my losses quickly.

Anyhow, I freed up some cash on a nice $MBRX news pump today.  Don’t let a trade push you into an investment!

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December 12, 2017: [stock_quote symbol=”TGC” show=”name” decimals=”2″ number_format=”sd” template=”” raw=”0″ class=”quote”] caught my eye on 04 Dec when the daily RSI(14) crossed above 70, it hit a day change of 56% and it moved over 9M shares in volume.  Typically, I like to get in a swing trade like $TGC when the Upper Bollinger Band intersects the daily candle.

However, in this instance $TGC also crossed the 200-day SMA on 04 Dec.  Typically, when a stock crosses the 200-day SMA it will retrace all the way back down to the 200-day SMA before bouncing off and making another strong move upwards.  Profits could have been better on this trade but it still made for a decent swing trade.

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Nothing special here; I just played the [stock_quote symbol=”MTBC” show=”name” decimals=”2″ number_format=”sd” template=”” raw=”0″ class=”quote”] bounce off technical its bounce as a strong runner.  Nowadays, I only take trades like $MTBC when the 1-hr chart indicates an RSI level above 50.  This ensures I’m taking a trade in a strong uptrend…just in case you were wondering about the right-hand chart.

Off to bed, gotta be up for work in 4 hrs!  Trading from South Korea makes for long days.

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August 2, 2017: This has been my best swing trade so far.  On 28 Jul [stock_quote symbol=”MBRX” show=”name” decimals=”2″ number_format=”sd” template=”” raw=”0″ class=”quote”] crossed an RSI of 60 and was trading above the upper cloud of the Ichimoku.  SuperTrend also gave me good indications of a strong uptrend forming so I took the trade on 28 July w/ 4K shares at $2.47.  $MBRX consolidated on the 28th and then made decent gains on 31 July before it’s nice spike today on 1 August.

I used RSI and MFI to help me determine when to exit the trade when it looked like it was becoming severely overbought.  I exited at $3.25 but the stock actually ran up to HOD at $3.40 so a decent amount was left on the table.  However,  being greedy will often get you burned and I took the proverbial “meat of the move.”

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I needed some easy kills to prop up my ego confidence on the heels of a rash of really bad trades!  I got pitched  a few softballs here on a swing trade with [stock_quote symbol=”FNMA” show=”name” decimals=”2″ number_format=”sd” template=”” raw=”0″ class=”quote”] and [stock_quote symbol=”FMCC” show=”name” decimals=”2″ number_format=”sd” template=”” raw=”0″ class=”quote”].

No, they’re not small caps but I couldn’t help but take a small piece of the pie when they crossed my radar.  I wasn’t sure which one would move higher so I took a 5K position in both of them.  I made $830 combined on these trades but they are horribly slow and boring to watch.

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