I was recently asked about how I determine my “universe” of stocks. That is the stocks that I consider fair game to be traded. I use different filters for swing trading and day trading but they do have similar criteria. In both cases I’m trying to find liquid, volatile stocks. Once [...]
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Filters I Use to Create My Universe of Tradable Stocks
Trade-Ideas Pro Usage Tips
It’s come to my attention that some newer Trade-Ideas users don’t know about Trade-Ideas Pro, the version that you download and run on your PC (Get a Free Trial):
Trade-Ideas Pro is a front end for Trade-Ideas data which is specifically designed for the power user who demands more than the web based font end can [...]
How I Monitor So Many Stocks for Narrow Candles
I guess I need to keep the “how I trade” post at the top of the site and put in in flashing lights or something. I wrote that post to answer 95% of the email I recieve yet I still get the same questions over & over. I ‘d better hurry up and [...]
Tools of the ‘Trade’ — How I Work
I’ve had several people ask me for more details about my trading process and the software that I use. Hopefully this post will answer those questions. Please leave any other questions n the comments section. I’m going to run through the hardware and software that I use as well as how I manage [...]
Beta of Trade-Ideas PRO 1.9
The beta of the latest version of Trade-Ideas is available for download. Non-subscribers can sign in using the username ‘DEMO’ and ‘DEMO’ as the password (here are the official directions for the free trial). Those in demo mode will have limited access, i.e. you’ll see only a few of the symbols within the [...]
Trades of the Week (February 1 - 3, 2006)
Here are some of the more interesting trades I took this week. It was one of my better weeks as far as winning percentage (67% — 8 winners out of 12 trades) and expectancy (0.88). Maybe I should only trade 3 days per week every week. Hmm…
I went long in WITS on [...]
New Version of Trade-Ideas Pro has History
Trade-Ideas just announced version 1.7 of Trade-Ideas Pro.
The history feature is now available and there is extensive video help to make it easy for users to get familiar with the new feature. Here is the video help link.
In order to get this new functionality you have to upgrade to the latest version of [...]
Real-Time Scanners
The subject of real-time (intraday) stock scanners/screeners came up during MaoXian’s chat last night. Trader Eyal has provided a list of the free scanners that he uses. As he points out in his post and as MaoXian pointed out in the chat yesterday it’s probably better to just pay for a good scanner. [...]
7 Day Free trial to Trade-Ideas
The good folks over at Trade-Ideas are providing my readers a 7-day free trial of their service. Just be sure to sign up via my special (affiliate) link. (Update: the free trial period is offered to those who sign-up with non-free email account (i.e., not yahoo, hotmail, etc.) for control purposes.)
I’m very impressed with [...]



















