InformedTrades - View Single Post - Where do the stock traders look to find good trade possibilities?

Shaun Overton · #5 (**permalink**) 08-06-2008, 11:33 AM

tigerman,

Momentum trading and swing trading are more or less the same thing. Some people might dispute this, but I think it is more important to focus on the what rather than what to call it.

AMAT qualifies as a ranging stock, although it seems to take forever to move between its boundaries.

As for setting your stock screener, you need to decide what you are looking for. What you should do is spend the next 1-2 weeks watching markets that you are interested in trading. Try to pick out 3-4 demo trades in real time. The outcome of the trades is not important. The goal is to provide a window into what you are looking for.

Post screenshots of each demo trade and the reason you entered. Afterwards, we can narrow down the criteria to match your trading style.