Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Have you ever heard of candlestick patterns? Analyzing the market and more specifically its ups and downs is a great way to become better at trading. Since the emergence of trading, traders have ...

Goverdhan Gajjala is a pattern day trader who takes quick positions on breakouts. He mainly trades small-cap stocks with low floats and high violability. One pattern he plays is what he calls a ...

For more than two decades, one single number has quietly defined who actively trades in U.S. markets: $25,000. That’s the minimum equity a retail investor must maintain to freely day trade under the ...