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Trump Powell firing impact on markets
Trump’s Threat to Fire Powell Rattles Markets and Sparks Fears Over Fed Independence By Adrian Manz Markets sent a strong signal Wednesday: tampering with Federal Reserve independence comes with consequences. When President Donald Trump floated the idea of firing Fed...
Tariff-Driven Rally May Be Topping Out
Tariff-Driven Rally May Be Topping Out—Time to Take Profits or Go Short? Markets have surged in recent months on the back of easing tariff tensions—but that rally may be running out of steam. For active traders and tactical investors, this could be a prime opportunity...
Chinese Biotech Disruptor Aims at Weight Loss Market
By Adrian Manz | TraderInsight.com The global weight-loss drug market—dominated by U.S. giants Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk—is facing a potential shake-up, and traders should take note. On Tuesday morning, Jiangsu-based Hengrui Pharma and its U.S. partner Kailera...
Tesla’s Robo-Taxi Rollout
Tesla’s Robo-Taxi Rollout: What’s Next for the Self-Driving Future—and the Stock? Tesla’s long-awaited robo-taxi service is no longer a concept—it’s now a live experiment, and investors are watching every move. The company quietly launched its autonomous ride-hailing...
Trump Tariff Threats Shake Market Confidence
Trump Tariff Threats Shake Market Confidence Wall Street stumbled on Monday as Trump tariff threats returned to the headlines, unsettling markets that had just climbed to fresh record highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 422 points, or 0.94%, while the...
Trump’s new budget passed today
Impact of Trump’s New Budget Passed Today on Next Week’s Stock Market On July 3, 2025, Congress passed the highly anticipated “One Big Beautiful Bill,” a sweeping fiscal policy package aimed at reshaping U.S. spending and taxation priorities. While the legislation is...
What ISM PMI Is & June’s Preview
📊 What ISM PMI Is & June’s Preview Definition: The ISM Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) is a key monthly survey that gauges new orders, production, employment, supplier deliveries, and inventories. A reading above 50 signals expansion, while below 50...
How I Used RSI Divergence and Pivot Rejection to Short PLTR for a Clean VWAP Win
PLTR Trade Breakdown: A Short Setup Backed by Pivot Resistance, VWAP Reversion, and RSI Divergence June 27, 2025 Today’s short in Palantir Technologies (PLTR) was a textbook intraday setup that brought together multiple high-probability signals. From pivot rejection...
Middle East conflict market impact
Middle East Conflict Market Impact: Scenarios Traders Must Watch Tensions between Israel and Iran have reignited, and traders worldwide are asking: how will this affect market direction? The Middle East conflict market impact depends heavily on how the situation...
How an Israel–Iran Conflict Could Impact Markets, Oil, and U.S. Policy
📉 Geopolitical Escalation: Israel–Iran Tensions and Market Fallout The sudden escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran—marked by Israeli airstrikes on Iranian military and nuclear sites since June 13—has jolted global markets. Oil markets have led the way,...
How to Use the Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) in Day Trading
How to Use VWAP in Day Trading: Strategies and Interpretation The Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) is one of the most effective intraday trading tools for identifying institutional behavior, gauging momentum, and planning trades. Whether you're going long or...
2025 U.S. Tariff Revenue Surges as Deficit Grows
2025 U.S. Tariff Revenue Surges as Deficit Grows: What Traders Need to Know The 2025 U.S. tariff revenue and deficit numbers are in—and they’re catching the attention of traders, economists, and policymakers alike. Politico said the federal government collected a...
Ford suspends guidance due to tariffs
Ford Suspends Guidance Due to Tariffs: $1.5 Billion Cost Forces Strategic Rethink Ford Motor Co. made headlines today after announcing it is suspending forward financial guidance for 2025, citing a projected $1.5 billion cost from the Trump administration’s new tariff...
Apple Earnings Disappointment Sends Stock Lower Despite Revenue Beat
Apple Earnings Disappointment Sends Stock Lower Despite Revenue Beat Apple earnings disappointment was the headline takeaway after the tech giant released its fiscal Q2 results yesterday. Despite beating Wall Street’s top-line expectations, shares of Apple (AAPL)...
Understanding the 2025 GDP Contraction and Its Market Impact
Understanding the 2025 GDP Contraction and Its Market Impact What Is GDP? Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a comprehensive measure of a country's overall economic activity. It represents the total monetary value of all goods and services produced within a nation's...
Amazon Tariff Price Display Sparks Political Clash
Amazon Tariff Price Display Sparks Political Clash In a move that reignited political tensions, the idea of an Amazon tariff price display has set off a high-profile spat between the e-commerce giant and the White House. On April 29, 2025, CNBC reported that the Trump...
Boeing Navigates China Tariffs and Trade War Fallout with Strategic Market Shifts
Boeing's Strategic Flight Path Through the U.S.-China Trade War The Boeing China tariffs story continues to evolve as geopolitical tensions intensify. With new U.S. tariffs targeting Chinese imports and China's retaliatory trade measures, Boeing is adjusting its...
Active trading strategies for earnings week
Earnings Spotlight: What Traders Should Watch April 22–25, 2025 The upcoming trading week is packed with earnings announcements from major market movers—Tesla, Intuitive Surgical, Equifax, Chipotle, and Alphabet—alongside critical macroeconomic data that could...
Understanding Zero-Day Options Amid 2025 Market Volatility
Introduction: The Rise of Zero-Day Options Volatility In 2025, Wall Street is experiencing unprecedented turbulence, with zero-day options volatility playing a significant role. These ultra-short-term options, expiring within the same trading day, have surged in...
Tariff Exemption Rally Lifts U.S. Stocks as Traders Weigh Next Move
📰 Tariff Exemption Rally Spurs Broad Market Gains The tariff exemption rally on April 14, 2025, injected fresh optimism into U.S. equities after the Biden administration announced a temporary pause on tariffs affecting key tech imports like smartphones, laptops, and...
The Risks Gamblers Face When Day Trading or Investing in Stocks
A gambling mindset in day trading investing can lead to a downward spiral. Like traditional gambling, day trading offers the allure of fast profits and quick wins, which can become addictive. Without the right mindset and approach, traders and investors who think like...
Using Intraday VWAP in Day Trading
A Guide to the Volume Weighted Average Price Strategy The Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) is a widely-used technical indicator in day trading, especially for stocks. Calculated as a ratio between total dollars traded and total volume, VWAP gives insight into a...
Understanding Apple’s Intraday Price Patterns and the Role of Options Market Makers
Understanding AAPL's Intraday Price Patterns If you’re an active trader or investor following Apple Inc. (AAPL), you’ve likely noticed a recurring intraday price pattern: AAPL often surges at the open, retraces to premarket support levels, and then resumes an upward...
The Power of Focused Attention in Day Trading
Ready, Set, Focus Your Attention! In the high-stakes world of day trading, where every second counts and market conditions shift in the blink of an eye, focus is not just an asset—it’s essential. As traders, our ability to stay centered, alert, and attentive in the...
What Trump’s Victory Means for Stock Market Traders
In the wake of Donald Trump’s recent victory, the markets are bracing for shifts traders need to anticipate. Trump's policies and leadership style have historically impacted various market sectors, and his return will likely influence trading strategies across the...
How Overnight Futures Influence the Next Day’s Stock Market
In today’s fast-moving financial markets, overnight futures provide valuable clues about how the stock market might perform the following day. Futures markets, including major indexes like the S&P 500, Dow Jones, and Nasdaq, trade 24/7, reflecting economic and...
Trade Management: Essential Tips for Disciplined Day Trading
Trade Management for Day Traders is at the heart of successful trading. As traders, we’re not just reacting to the market; we’re following a carefully crafted plan that keeps us disciplined, focused, and in control. But achieving that discipline takes more than just...
Calculating 2 Standard Deviations of the Mean: A Quick Guide
Using Statistics to Trade Stocks In my last article, I discussed the role of variability, variance, and standard deviation for traders. I received some questions about the actual calculations required, so this post is my attempt to show you what goes on behind the...
The Magnificent 7 – Earn a Living While Wall Street is Out To Lunch
The "Magnificent 7" stocks—Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), Tesla (TSLA), and NVIDIA (NVDA)—dominate the U.S. stock market, not only in terms of market cap but also in daily trading volume and volatility. A...
Why NVDA Tops My List of Trading Candidates
NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) has become one of the most popular stocks among day traders, and for good reason. With high daily volume, volatility, and relevance in rapidly evolving industries like artificial intelligence, gaming, and data centers, NVDA offers plenty of...
What’s So Standard About a Deviation?
In finance and trading, some technical terms can sound cryptic at best. One of these is the "standard deviation." We often hear this phrase in discussions about market volatility, risk, and price fluctuations. But what is a standard deviation, and why do traders put...
Mindfulness for Traders: How to Build Calm and Clarity in Your Trading Practice
Mindfulness for Traders The mind can be your most powerful asset—or your greatest obstacle in trading. We’ve discussed the psychological hurdles traders face, like fear, impatience, and emotional attachment. However, what if there was a way to cultivate the clarity...
Why Traders Who Choose My Income Trading Boot Camp Become Savvy Market Operators
Becoming a successful trader takes more than market knowledge or the ability to read charts — it requires a disciplined approach, structured strategies, and psychological resilience to stay in the game for the long run. My Income Trading Boot Camp, Coaching Program,...
Mastering Trader Psychology 2: More Psychological Hurdles to Conquer
My last article explored traders' common psychological hurdles: FOMO, loss aversion, and overconfidence. These are foundational challenges, but trading psychology goes even deeper. Today, let’s tackle three additional hurdles that can sabotage even the most...
Trader Psychology Part One: Overcoming Three Major Psychological Hurdles
Overcoming Psychological Hurdles in Trading Trading can be one of the most mentally challenging careers, requiring discipline, quick decision-making, and resilience. While technical knowledge is essential, the mental side of trading often separates success from...
Getting Started in Day Trading: What You Need to Begin
Day trading is both challenging and potentially rewarding, allowing traders to capitalize on short-term price movements in the financial markets. However, it requires more than just a desire to trade — it demands discipline, knowledge, and the right tools. Here’s what...
Why Day Traders Often Make Money in the Morning and Lose Money in the Afternoon
The life of a day trader is marked by constant decision-making, rapid execution, and the thrill of the markets. However, one interesting and often frustrating pattern emerges for many traders: profits come in the morning, and losses hit in the afternoon. Understanding...
Why AAPL is a Great Stock to Trade in the Premarket and at the Opening Bell
Apple Inc. (AAPL) is one of the most traded stocks in the world, with robust daily volume, high liquidity, and a well-established reputation for innovation. For day traders, AAPL’s premarket and opening bell periods offer unique opportunities for quick, potentially...
Will Presidential Election Week Be Difficult for Day Traders to Profit From?
As we approach November 4, 2024, the U.S. presidential election is top of mind for many market participants. Election week historically brings a heightened sense of anticipation, with traders reacting to potential policy shifts and geopolitical implications. For day...
Trump vs. Harris: How the 2024 Election Could Reshape the Trading Landscape
The 2024 U.S. presidential election could have significant implications for the trading landscape, as each candidate may pursue distinct economic policies that affect market sentiment, industry regulations, and investment strategies. Here’s a breakdown of what might...
Why Mondays Are Not Ideal for Day Trading the Stock Market
Day trading on Mondays can be challenging, as this first day of the week often lacks the ideal conditions many traders seek. While it may seem logical to start trading on Monday to capture new trends or benefit from weekend news, the reality is that Mondays frequently...
Floor Trader Pivot Lines
What Are Floor Trader Pivot Lines? Floor Trader Pivot Lines are a series of price levels that act as potential areas of support or resistance during a trading session. These levels are calculated based on the previous day's high, low, and close prices, giving traders...
Getting started in Day Trading – How Much Money Do I need?
Minimum capital for day trading When starting day trading, one of the first questions new traders ask is, “How much money do I need to get started?” The answer depends on several factors, including the type of assets you want to trade, the market you’re trading in,...
Do I Need a Margin Account to Day Trade? Essential Guide for New Traders
One of the most common questions for new traders is whether a margin account is necessary to day trade. The answer? It depends on your trading goals, the type of account you have, and, importantly, the regulatory requirements set by the SEC. What Is a Margin Account?...
How to Pick a Trading Computer
The Best Trading Computer When it comes to day trading, having the right setup can significantly improve your performance. The ideal setup allows you to quickly analyze the market, execute trades with precision, and stay connected without lag or interruption. This...
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