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Day Trading Tips From the Pros - How to Make Money in the Markets By Day Trading

2009-03-29T08:07:00.000-07:00

One of the most popular and exhilarating ways to earn cash these days is day trading. There are individuals who do it for a full time occupation while others treat it as a means to earn some extra money. With its great earnings potential and the excitement it provides, it's no wonder more and more people are jumping into day trading.

However, day trading isn't an automatic path to quick and easy riches. You'll need to understand how to go about it properly. Day trading involves some risks, but understanding the best way to manage those risks and make knowledgeable decisions will provide you with the strongest possible chance at increasing your earnings, while minimizing any losses.

As we know, buying shares low and selling when the price is high is how you make money with day trading. So when does someone know it's time to jump into in a certain stock?

To earn money with day trading, employ these important angles to maximize your profit.

Be prepared ahead of time. You should be alert and ready prior to making your first trade. You don't have to take hours doing this, but visit a couple of key news sites you read and it's wise to monitor a couple of stocks closely. Having a good overview of the stock market, including a few well known shares, will prepare you to make good financial decisions.

Don't spend time on shares with hardly any movement. Change is the name of the game for day trading. When day trading you are buying and selling stocks each day which means you must be invested in stocks that have daily price shifts in price every day.

Increase your number skills. Being able to understand financial data points and reports is essential to being a prosperous trader. You don't need to be a mathematical genious, but you do need to realize what the financial numbers mean in order to make quick, sound assessments.

Stay poised and steady. You should keep your emotions cool to not let them to alter your assessments. You need to keep a stable mind at all points.

You may not become rich in a day, but using these hints will get you on your way to making some cash with day trading. With the best tools and resources, you can tap into the incredible profit potential that day trading makes available to you.

Day Trading - Tips and Tricks For Day Trading

2009-03-28T06:27:00.000-07:00

Looking at the unpredictable behavior of the stock market people are indulging in day trading by the day. This way they do not plan to keep a stock for months or years, rather quit the moment they find 2-5% profits. This also helps them to make a sort of daily income from day trading. There are also some smart investors who enter the market as soon as it dips 10-15% and quit the moment it recovers back to same point or close to it.

Now can everyone do it with that ease. Ask yourself a question had this been so easy then most of us if not everyone would have been in stock trading? You simply cannot go in there and start making big profits from it. You need to have some basic knowledge about company profiles, their balance sheets and their stock trading range. Having this knowledge will help you to make a decision when the stock hits a low and is a good buy. Some of this knowledge is important even if you are planning to keep stocks for a longer period of time, as the better the stock the better returns will it give over a period as compared to the other which are not performing that good.

To make decent income in day trading you need to follow certain principles:

Stay updated with the market news and spend some time on global news also. Most markets are driven by global factors. Although there are some local triggers that help the local market to behave differently. You do not have to spend hours to get all the news. Well headlines say it all in 90% of the cases. Make a list of 2/3 financial sites that will help with daily news. It is always better to subscribe to their news feed if available, so that it is delivered to your mailbox. This will help you take some actions if some trigger is about to change market situation.
Make a list of some select stocks and keep a check on their movement. Do not make a huge list which you will not be able to manage. Say about 10-15 stocks should be good enough. Do select about 4/5 market mover stocks in your list. Market mover stocks are those which can take market in any direction on their day, these are also known as major stocks. Make a note of these companies and go through their profit loss for past 3/4 years. Also keep a check on how their profits/loss are increasing/decreasing. The purpose of this exercise is that if you are stuck with a stock at higher price then keeping that stock some more time will not lead to loss.
Stay away from stocks that do not move. Any stock that shows a movement of less than 1% in a day is not good for day trading. Well some of these stocks may be better if you want to keep them for a longer period of time but definitely not for day trading. Any stock that moves at least 3-5% in any direction is good for day trading. Well you still have to keep an eye on whether it is on its low in the day or has already hit a high.
It is very important in day trading that you keep a stop loss and be prepared to book loss when a stock starts to move in a direction other than that you predicted. You do not have to b emotional when you make any decision. Base your decisions on quantitative analysis rather than your instinct. The bottom line is do not try to relate stock market with gambling. In gambling you go with instinct, but that is not the case with stock market.
Most important, do not try to evade profits from previous day by making moves in a hush hush manner. Start every day with a clean slate, move cautiously and plan your entry and exit carefully.

It may not be possible to get wealthy with day trading in a short time, but if you make good use of your time, apply proper strategies, make good use of tools and resources available you can definitely unleash the potential that day trading has to make a fortune.

Stock Market Rally - Be Cautious When Entering

2009-03-26T12:08:00.000-07:00

Sudarshan : Momentum in markets is very strong. According to him, at this point if somebody enters the market the chances of losses are stronger than making money. Therefore, he is of the view that this is not the right time to buy. The current rally could well continue but the risk reward ratio is now completely skewed against the trader, he added.

It was a spectacular close to the March series as markets closed a tad above psychological 10,000 level on the Sensex. Sectors like capital goods and metals powered away. A bit of profit booking was encountered towards the end and Akruti City was one stock that got pounded in trade. The Nifty closed at 3,082 almost 100 points, while the Sensex shut shop at 10,003 up 335 points - this is the first time the Sensex has closed above the 10,000 mark since January 6

Stock Markets On The Run

2007-12-25T22:48:00.000-08:00

Short Market Update:

BSE went above 20K
NSE went above 6K

Both NSE and BSE are looking pretty steady

Markets Slip in Red back After Opening On A Very Strong Note

2007-12-19T01:16:00.000-08:00

The markets slipped back into red on the back of profit booking witnessed across all the sectors. Stocks that have slipped in red include oil & gas, pharma, FMCG and realty index. Consumer durable and metal index was still holding up in green. Smallcap index was still strong, however midcap has pared most of its gains.

Stock Markets opened very high in the morning at 300+ for BSE and 100+ for NSE.

Market breadth was still in positive but the gap has narrowed down from the early trade level. On NSE over 800 stocks were up and nearly 400 stocks were on the downside.

Second Day In Succession Stock Markets Dip Further Down

2007-12-18T03:47:00.000-08:00

Stock markets opened on weak note toady and proceeded to trade weak for most part of the the day amid sharp volatility and ended with deep cut. Metal, banking, power, cap goods and realty stocks traded under tremedous pressure for most part of the day, however pharma, durables and FMCG stocks were better than yesterdays situation.

Market remained negative all day long. It was disappointing day for the midcap and smallcap counters which has been outperforming the frontliners for some time. Despite the fct of dipping there was substansial number of stock trading going on throughtout the day.

Second Day In Succession Stock Markets Dip Further Down where BSE was down by over 180 points and NSE was down by over 34 points for the day

Rising inflation Not Good For European Stock Markets

2007-12-17T05:58:00.000-08:00

Martin at CNBC in Europe says that unless the money markets get unstuck from some of the central bank auctions, it will be difficult situation going into January, with slowing economic growth coupled with rising inflation painting a very gloomy economic picture and putting downward pressure on European equity prices.

A fair point that can be made from here will be to stay away from trding in you are looking short term gains.

Stock Market Trends

2007-12-17T05:54:00.000-08:00

The blog stock market trends mostly keeps an eye on asian markets. Early next year we will start focusing on Europian and American markets also.

Stock Markets plunge Below 20,000 After Staying There For Almost A Week

2007-12-17T05:40:00.000-08:00

Stock Markets had a nice run and stayed above 20K for more than a week before it plunged more than 700 points in a single day trade.

The stock markets opened on a weak note today along with other global stock markets proceeded to trade weak all day long and finally ended in deep red despite heavy profit booking in last hour of trading session. Huge amount of selling was seen in the metal, realty, power and oil & gas.

Banking, auto and cap good stocks were also not able to stay up however pharma and FMCG stocks were least effected by the free fall of stocks across the board in first half but slipped in second half of the session.

Foreign Invesment in Indian Stock Markets

2007-10-25T21:55:00.000-07:00

Five leading foreign funds on Thursday bought over 73 lakh shares in various firms worth Rs 100 crore in open market transactions.

Markets open flat power stocks firm

2007-10-25T21:49:00.000-07:00

The markets opened on flat note today. Power, capital goods and oil & gas stocks were firm in

Markets to stay range bound for a while
Vibhav Kapoor expects that the markets to stay range bound, at least for a while. He does not rule out highs temporarily. Once the immediate concerns are over, Kapoor feels that the stock markets will focus on corporate results.

Market consolidates after sharp rise

2007-10-24T10:30:00.000-07:00

Key indices ended flat today after a volatile session ahead of the current month futures and options expiry on Thursday.

Equities rose early in the session extending previous day's gains, but profit booking at higher levels wiped out all the gains mid way through the session.

We saw a small correction today after yesterday's sharp rise. But the trend is positive, and will only turn weak if Nifty breaks 5245 is the general opinion of Stock Brokers.

Market Come Back Up With A Bang

2007-10-23T22:08:00.000-07:00

Well 6300-6400 now looks like the new targets for the Nifty. Investors should be ready for that kind of an explosive move in the stock markets. Gujral added that people need to get back into the market.

The market breadth indicated a bullish bias as the BSE data indicated a 3 : 1 ratio. The capitalisation of the breadth was also positive as the buying was persistent till the fag end of the session.

Stock Market Correction not proportionate to rise

2007-10-17T12:21:00.000-07:00

Correction is not really that large as compared to the rise in stock markets. We are still bullish on the long-term India story and would use any correction to buy at a gradual pace.

The stocks market have moved up sharply, an almost 20% rise in less than four weeks, especially after the September 18 Fed cut. The rate of the rise or run up in the market was a bit of surprise and a bit of worry for us. The correction that we have seen is not really that large in the context of the rise that we have seen. To that extent, we are still bullish on the long-term India story. We would use any correction to buy at a gradual pace.

What the stock markets would like to understand is the roadmap more clearly and whether existing positions on the derivative sides are going to be allowed to be rolled over. I think that is the most important point on which people are worried about.

We keep talking to a lot of stock market intermediaries all the time and there was a feeling of being left out especially on the part of a lot of long-only guys, who have been in India for the last 5-10 or more years. The pace at which the market was going up resulted in a lot of them getting incremental money but they were unable to deploy because of the pace of the ride. They may be still there on the sidelines. This is the kind of money that the Finance Minister referred to as being buying in the stock markets may be today or on any sharp correction.

Stock Market Updates Sensex above 19000

2007-10-15T04:49:00.000-07:00

It was an unbelievable run up in today's session with the momentum continuing in the stock markets and Sensex crossing the 19,000 level. It was a phenomenal day as Sensex saw the second highest single point day gain. Nifty did even better closing above 5650 levels. The ferrocity has been high and the gains were spread over broader markets as well. On Friday the markets took a breadther with Sensex dropping over 300 points but today it not only covered the loss but also went up scaling new peak.

The overall rally has been phenomenal as the bulls have got more heady pushing markets to new heights crossing some milestones in a very short span of time. The huge monetary flows and abundant liquidity continue to take markets at new peaks.

Haevyweights have nothched up further, metals were the top gainers in today's session. Some historic market caps were crossed by index pivitols.

ONGC's stock market capitalisation has hit Rs 2.5 lakh crore mark, it is the second company after Reliance to hit Rs 2.5 lakh crore mark. SAIL touched market capitalisation of 1 lakh crore.

CEOs salute Sensex

2007-10-15T04:46:00.000-07:00

There has been no stopping the stock markets. The Sensex has hit the 19,000 mark and Nifty is above 5,600 levels. This is the fastest ever 1,000-points rally for the Sensex, it took four days to move from 18,000 to 19,000.

Stock Markets Rallied Without Technology Stocks In Recent Past

2007-10-10T23:22:00.000-07:00

In the past week, markets have rallied without the help of technology and the performance of Infosys in Q2 has not been very inspiring. So contrary to general market sentiment, Infosys may not affect the market rally in a big way, post results.

Stock Markets trades flat - IT Stocks Weak

2007-10-10T23:13:00.000-07:00

The markets are trading flat on account of huge selling pressure in the IT, banking and consumer stocks. IT stocks have been butchered today on account of disappointing Q2 numbers of Infosys.

Stock market breadth on Nifty was in negative with 489 stocks on the advance side and 521 stocks on the downside.

Most active shares on BSE stock market are Reliance at Rs 2,650 with 239,993 shares, Reliance Petro at Rs 177.25 with 3,173,885 shares and Infosys at Rs 2,016.80 with 255,949 shares.

IT stock are trading extremely weak. BSE IT index was down over 5.6% at 4766.44, Major losers in the IT stocks were Satyam at 453.10 down 6.43%, Infosys at 1992 down 6.24%, TCS at 1073 down 4.62% Wipro at 480 down 4.60%.

Markets open with modest gains: Infosys down

The stock markets opened with modest gains today on account of buying seen in the oil & gas, auto, power and telecom sector. However, the IT stocks opened on weak note led by Infosys which was down over 4% reacting to the disappointing Q2 results.

At 9:56 am, Sensex was up 33 points at 18691 and Nifty was up 20 points at 5461. Major gainers were Reliance, Rel Comm, Rel Energy, M&M, Maruti, Dr Reddy's, ACC, L&T, HDFC Bank.

Infosys came out with its Q2 FY08 result which is very much in line with market expectations. It reported Q2 net profit of Rs 1100 crore, up 1.9% on QoQ basis. Its consolidated net sales surged by 8.8% to Rs 4,106 crore versus Rs 3,773 crore (QoQ). The operating profit margin increased to 31.27% from 28.73%

Biggest day in Indian stocks markets: Sensex above 18K

2007-10-09T05:37:00.000-07:00

The stocks markets made some historic moves today breaking the old records and made some new ones. It was truly the biggest day for Indian capital stock markets. The benchmark indices have outperformed the broader markets. After a dull start victory came in with stock market Sensex hitting the 18,000 mark today. This came in as a surprise after the news that UPA, Left to meet again on US Nuke Deal on October 22.

It was absolute heady for the bulls making biggest intra day gains in the markets. Despite all the political turbulence which markets seem to be ignoring it and making new records by not just touching new highs but has registered some stocks record gains on record high turnover.

Sensex logged biggest intra day absolute gains ever. Stock market was up nearly 800 points and Nifty surged over 250 points. Sensex saw gains of 1000 points from the day's low with the backdrop of political unceratinty.

Sensex not only hit the 18,000 mark but was well above that level as the day moved ahead. The cushion was of 300 points and the Sensex pushed towards 18,300. Nifty saw a surge of 350 points from the day's low moving towards 5350 mark. 20-25 points premium was seen in Nifty futures. All the BSE sector indices ended in green up over 2%.

In stock markets journey from 17K to 18K, IT stock which were the laggards have contibuted significantly. Infosys, Satyam, Wipro ad TCS stocks were among the top contributors followed by capital good stocks like L&T and BHEL and oil & gas stocks, Reliance leading the pack.

Markets to see good amount of correction

2007-10-08T21:17:00.000-07:00

Raamdeo Agrawal, MD of Motilal Oswal Securities said the pace of rally and political concerns are worrying markets. The market participation is narrower and political development is also putting pressure.

He said that even though markets have factored in political concerns, the risk remains. Markets will stay apprehensive and may see good amount of correction, he believes. And markets may resume rally once the event is out.

Though, he said, markets are still not overstretched and lots of stocks have reasonable valuations. He sees FY08 Sensex EPS at Rs 850-855 and FY09 above Rs 1,000.

Use correction as buying opportunity: Experts

2007-10-08T21:13:00.000-07:00

The worsening political situation in the capital created turbulence at the markets too. The markets had gotten off to a strong start, on the back of strong global cues, but soon they started cracking and by closing bell, it slipped deep in the red. The Nifty closed at 5,085 down 101 points, while the Sensex shut shop at 17,491, down 282 points.

The markets saw a sharp cut in today's session, on account of political concerns looming large. They opened in positive, taking cues from Asia, but saw a sharp fall. Some of the Asian markets, which opened in green, were off the day's high and ended weak.

The Sensex was down over 300 points, or 2%, and is trading near the day's low. Broader markets have taken it on their chin and are the midcap and smallcap indices were down 4%. The breadth of the market is absolutely weak, with advance decline ratio at 1:10. Heavy selling was witnessed across the sectors led by realty, metals and pharma.

“There are two issues that are impacting these markets. One is the political sentiment. But in the last couple of weeks, most of the people knew about the equations between the UPA and the Left turning sour. So, I do not think that is the reason, which spooked these markets. Also, the non-farm jobs data that came in has been stronger than expected. In the last one-month, the markets have moved up assuming that the Fed will cut interest rates further. The key assumption was that the dollar will keep weakening, against the major currencies globally,” said Khade.

Stock Market Trends

2007-10-08T21:07:00.000-07:00

This blog is aimed at putting current stocks market trends across the world. Stocks market will focus mainly on short term trends not only for stocks but also for gold, silver.