Practical guides for active US stock traders. Each article explains one part of the process in plain terms, from finding premarket gappers before the open to reviewing your trades after the close, with worked numbers and honest notes on risk.
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A step by step routine for the 4:00 to 9:30 ET window: which gap, volume and float filters narrow the list, how to read the catalyst, and why the premarket high and low matter more than the gap itself.
02
What relative volume measures, how it is calculated by time of day, why an RVOL of 5 at 9:45 ET means something different from an RVOL of 5 at 3:30 ET, and how to set thresholds that fit your setups.
03
A fair comparison of a spreadsheet journal and dedicated journal software, the columns every day trader should record, and the point where manual tracking starts costing more time than it saves.
04
The short list of tools a new day trader needs in the first months, what can wait, and how to keep costs and risk under control while you learn.
05
How to write an entry rule you can test, which mistakes inflate backtest results, and how to read a result without treating it as a forecast.
06
What the pattern day trader rule says, how brokers count day trades, and how traders with smaller accounts plan around it.
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