What Are Options?

What Are Options?

Once you decide to try your hand at swing trading, your next question is likely this: “What kind of securities should I trade?” or “What are Options?” If you’re looking for a security type with flexibility and built-in risk management, you might consider...
What Are Stock Splits?

What Are Stock Splits?

As a trader, it’s important to familiarize yourself with different events that can affect a stock’s price: like stock splits . By educating yourself on what can influence share prices, you can be better positioned to spot trading opportunities and know how to act when...
SwingTrades: What Is Short Selling?

SwingTrades: What Is Short Selling?

Most people are familiar with the traditional stock market wisdom of ‘buy low, sell high.’ But did you know that there’s actually another way that traders can profit? And it’s by moving in the opposite direction — buying high and selling low. It’s called short...
How Long Do Swing Trades Last?

How Long Do Swing Trades Last?

Swing trading is a flexible trading method that doesn’t come with the demands of a super-short day trading timeline. But it doesn’t require the long holds of position trading, either. But for new traders, in particular, one question looms: How long do swing trades...
How to Use Swing Trading as a Part-Time Job

How to Use Swing Trading as a Part-Time Job

Most traders start out on a part-time basis, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing … Why? Well, for one, you can never rely on steady trading income. So you can’t necessarily count on the fact that you’ll make a certain amount per week or month. Another reason...