{"id":11138,"date":"2011-04-27T10:02:29","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T14:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=11138"},"modified":"2021-05-06T15:37:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T19:37:05","slug":"the-elusive-easy-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/the-elusive-easy-trade","title":{"rendered":"The Elusive Easy Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is there such a thing? Day trading has its moments and trades that can be considered easier. I really believe this, but how does one find these trades during the day? It takes preparation, experience, and persistence to find easy opportunities.<\/p>\n

The preparation is the hard work put in every day looking at chart after chart, drawing trend lines, and setting alerts. The experience is the result of surviving the learning curve because you took the preparation seriously even though everything wasn\u2019t working out exactly as you thought it would. The persistence is the discipline of doing what it takes to find and exploit these opportunities.<\/p>\n

Easy trades are out there but what precedes them isn\u2019t easy. I love easy trades, and I pride myself on being able to find them and trade them. I work hard every day to find them. I understand that my definition of an easy trade may be different from other traders due to differences in experience and skill level, but they are out there for every level of trader. I firmly believe that making the choice to find them is the first step.<\/p>\n

Here is my number one idea to get you started on your way to finding the easy trades. STAY AWAY FROM BATTLEGROUND STOCKS!! If a stock is a battleground of traders all warring and flexing their muscles to be right, just avoid it. When a stock is in an area where the guys that move stocks are in hand-to-hand combat let them battle it out, not you.<\/p>\n

Avoid that feeling of the need to be right. I am always perplexed as to why an intraday trader lets the need to be right or smarter trump making money. I see this need in novice intraday traders all the time. Start to cultivate your professional level patience and leave the novice ranks behind. Let one side or the other start to win in a recognizable way and get in on the easy trade. Until you can get that professional level patience you may find yourself on the other side of my easy trade.<\/p>\n

Jeff Davis\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 @Shaq48_Trading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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