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Hold Stocks Through Earnings? A Swing Trader's Framework
Earnings gaps can jump past your stop loss. Use a simple framework (date check, size, cushion, expected move) to decide whether to hold, trim or exit before the report.
50-Day Moving Average Pullback Strategy: Buy the Dip
A step-by-step guide to buying pullbacks to a rising 50-day moving average: how to qualify the trend, enter, place the stop, set targets and know when the setup has failed.
Gap Fill Strategy: How to Trade Gaps That Close or Hold
Gaps do not always fill. Learn to tell common gaps from breakaway gaps and use a step-by-step swing workflow for gap fill entries, stops and targets.
Anchored VWAP at Swing Low: High-Probability Entries
An anchored VWAP drawn from a major swing low shows the average cost of everyone who bought since the turn. Learn how to pick the anchor, confirm the bounce, and set stop and target.
Anchored VWAP on Earnings Day: Swing Trade Guide
Anchor VWAP to the first post-earnings session and you get the average price of everyone who traded the news. Here is how to read reclaims and rejections and plan the swing trade.
9/21 EMA Crossover: Swing Trade Entry & Exit Rules
The 9/21 EMA crossover gives swing traders a rules-based entry, stop and trailing exit. Here is how to read it, filter false signals, and size the trade.
Gap-and-Go Setup: Trading a Bullish Earnings Gap
A gap-and-go is a stock that gaps up on earnings and keeps going. Learn how to grade the gap, wait for VWAP to hold, choose an entry and stop, and avoid gap fades.
VWAP Reclaim Setup: A Key Intraday Reversal Signal
When a stock slips under VWAP and then recaptures it on a volume surge, buyers may have regained control. Learn how to confirm a reclaim, plan the entry and stop, and avoid head-fakes.
Swing Trading vs Day Trading: Which Fits You?
Swing traders hold for days to weeks; day traders are flat by the close. Compare time, capital, the PDT rule, stress, taxes and lifestyle fit to choose the style that suits you.
What Is Swing Trading? A Beginner's Guide to the Basics
Swing trading means holding stocks for a few days to a few weeks to capture one price swing. Learn how it differs from day trading and investing, what you need, and a beginner process.
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