There are Two Kinds Of day traders in the market : 1) Macro Trader who holds positions from an Hour to just before the end of day close. on the other hand we have 2) The Micro Trader who trades from 1 minute to 20 minutes round trip. Distributed by Tubemogul.

For example, say we have a security with price $20 & avg daily vol of 1m share. That’s $20m a day infused into the stock divided by 390 (the # of minutes in a trading day) that’s about $51,200 a minute that changes hand in that stock. If I see a trading opportunity [...]

The share price of IFCI is continiously rising from Rs 12 onwards. during the last market day it jumped from Rs 38 to Rs 45. I purchased 4000 shares on the early trading hours @ Rs 39.80 and sold for Rs 44.75 on the same day. Will it increase further tommorrow. Shall I purchase [...]

As a newbie trader who day trades (not scalping or high freq trading), what is the recommended minimum number of computer screens that I would need to monitor the markets effectively? I do not want to overspend on the infrastructure and prefers to scale up gradually when necessary.

I use elder’s triple screen to day trade ^HSI options.
I’m a relative beginner, so i did a few hundred paper trades and things seemed to work out well. (about 85% accuracy).
The first 2 weeks of trading were good, then all of a sudden the 3rd week wiped me out.
Is my system flawed?
Screen 1: MACD, [...]

I’m very courious about that How many individuals are there stock trading online totally in US? how many online stock trades are there in average per day? How many broker-dealers are there in US? Where can I see the list of their names? I can’t find the latest data released in 2006 or even 2005. [...]

I am going to turn 18 tomorrow and I’ve had a practice account for several months and have been experimenting with it all that time, trying different strategies and techniques and have found a way to keep on making small consistent profits. What I’d like to know is for when the time comes tomorrow to [...]