| Trading stocks is more focused on short-term stock | | | | 80% technical and 20% fundamentals. |
| signals to find stock moves that can make money. | | | | Some of the stock signals traders look at are: |
| This can be a day, week, or months. I am a | | | | volume, moving averages, MACD, and the stochastic. |
| momentum trader. This means I only stay in a stock | | | | They also should look for floors and ceilings in a |
| for the length of upward momentum and try to lock | | | | stock chart. This can show a trader about where to |
| in profits along the way. Stock trading is not for the | | | | get in and about where to get out. I say "about" |
| faint of heart. I think the longer out you aim in your | | | | because it is pretty hard to guess an "exact" bottom |
| time frame the less stressful it is. | | | | or an "exact" top. That is why locking in profits is so |
| The shorter the time frame the more stress it | | | | so vital. If you don't lock in profits you are really |
| produces. Day trading for example takes a lot of | | | | running the risk of making a worthless trade. Some |
| focus, I would say a laser like focus, and nerves of | | | | traders become really greedy and it only hurts them. |
| steel. Swing trading and momentum trading take | | | | Remember, if your trading stocks, do your |
| focus and nerves but not to the degree of day | | | | homework and go in with a plan and stick to it. Don't |
| trading. When trading, the stock signals that matter | | | | forget to lock in profits. Stock trading can make you |
| most are usually the stock signals that have to do | | | | a lot of money if done in a disciplined manner. So get |
| with technical analysis. Most traders would say it is | | | | out there and try it out. |