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What Is Day Trading?

Trading Basics · Elena Cruz · 6 min

How Day Trading Works

Trading Basics · Marcus Obi · 7 min

Day Trading for Beginners

Trading Basics · Priya Raman · 8 min

Cash vs Margin Account

Trading Basics · Elena Cruz · 5 min

The Pattern Day Trader Rule

Trading Basics · Elena Cruz · 5 min

Market Orders vs Limit Orders

Trading Basics · Marcus Obi · 5 min

Bid vs Ask

Trading Basics · Marcus Obi · 4 min

Understanding Volume

Market Structure · Amara Bell · 6 min

Understanding Float

Market Structure · Dana Whitfield · 5 min

What Causes a Trading Halt?

Market Structure · Ray Okafor · 6 min

How Short Selling Works

Trading Basics · Ray Okafor · 7 min

Trading Risk Management

Risk Management · Elena Cruz · 8 min

1–5 minute charts · US equities, small caps

5–15 minute charts · US equities, ETFs

1–15 minute charts · US equities

Seconds to minutes · Futures, liquid equities, crypto

1–15 minute charts · Equities, futures

1–5 minute charts · US equities

1–15 minute charts · Equities, futures, ETFs

Any · All

5 minute to daily · Equities, ETFs

1 minute to daily · US equities

1–5 minute charts · US small caps

Daily and weekly · Equities, ETFs

VWAP

Volume weighted average price — the session's volume-adjusted fair value line.

RSI

Relative strength index — a momentum oscillator between 0 and 100.

MACD

A moving average convergence/divergence view of trend and momentum shifts.

Moving Averages

Smoothed price lines used for trend direction and dynamic levels.

Bollinger Bands

A volatility envelope drawn around a moving average.

ATR

Average true range — how much an instrument typically moves.

Volume

How much was actually traded — the participation behind a move.

Relative Volume

Today's volume compared with a normal day at the same time.

Level 2

The order book: resting bids and offers behind the best quote.

Time & Sales

The printed record of every execution as it happens.