Be a 5-Star Trader - Danielle Shay

3X day while fishing

August 11, 2020

A Tuesday Trade Edition: One of the most important concepts in trading is to review your work, and learn from the good and the bad. It’s critical to identify what’s working — to do more of it. Each week, you’ll get a trade from my trading journal, in which I explain my whole thought process from start to finish. Trading is all about finding something that works, and applying it, over and over again. That’s how you find trading success. … Read more

Teach yourself to fish

August 6, 2020

Today, I wanted to give my Five Star Traders my top tips as to how three simple focuses in trading (and in fishing!) will help you catch what you’re fishing for. Why the parallel to fishing specifically?… Well a couple of days ago on Twitter, I mentioned how my new hobby, fishing, has a lot of parallels with trading. Blind Fishing — Like Blind Trading I’ve always liked fishing, even when I was little, so this year when my family … Read more

A successful setup in Chewy

August 4, 2020

Small account tips and tricks

July 30, 2020

Trading’s a great way to turn a profit, whether you do it for a career or in your spare time, and I’d recommend anyone who is interested to dip their toe in the stock market. But one of the main reservations people have when it comes to starting their trading is the fact that they don’t have a lot of money to play with. However, the idea of needing a large account in order to trade is a common misconception. … Read more

Sticking to your trade

July 28, 2020

Using market lows to make account highs

July 23, 2020

The only thing we can count on with certainty when it comes to the stock market is its ability to ebb and flow. And though we expect the market to go up and down, we as traders need to decide how to handle this kind of movement — at highs and at lows. I feel confident when I say most traders love a bullish market (I know I do!). I mean, who doesn’t like waking up each day watching the … Read more

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CFTC RULE 4.41 - HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OR-OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY, SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFIT OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.