Beginner Trading Strategies
Beginner trading strategies use the simplest indicators and approaches. It's often best to start out with the basics before employing more advanced techniques.
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How the Trailing Stop/Stop-Loss Combo Can Lead to Winning Trades
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Parents and Spin-offs: When to Buy and When to Sell
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Triple Screen Trading System - Part 1
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What Is the Commodity Channel Index (CCI)? How To Calculate
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The Best Way to Buy Silver
Explore Beginners
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Introducing the Bearish Diamond Formation
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Keep It Simple and Trade With the Trend
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Timing Trades With the Commodity Channel Index
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Top 5 Books for a Budding Professional Trader
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What Is a Head and Shoulders Chart Pattern in Technical Analysis?
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Buy Limit Order: Definition, Pros & Cons, and Example
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Strategies for Trading Fibonacci Retracements
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MACD and Stochastic: A Double-Cross Strategy
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Inverse Head and Shoulders: What the Pattern Means in Trading
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How to Trade the Head and Shoulders Pattern
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The Basics of Bollinger Bands®
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Accumulation/Distribution Indicator (A/D): What it Tells You
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10 Steps to Building a Winning Trading Plan
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Bearish Engulfing Pattern: Definition and Example of How To Use
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Money Flow Index - MFI Definition and Uses
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Trendline: What It Is, How To Use It in Investing, With Examples
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Price Rate of Change (ROC) Indicator: Definition and Formula
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Technical Analysis Strategies for Beginners
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Point-and-Figure (P&F) Chart: Definition and How to Use in Trade
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What Are Common Strategies for Using Volume Weighted Average Price?
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Tenkan-Sen (Conversion Line): Formula, Calculation and Meaning
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Displace Moving Average (DMA): What It Is, How Traders Use It
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Double Exponential Moving Average (DEMA): Definition and Formula
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Fibonacci Fan
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Moving Average Envelopes: A Popular Trading Tool
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Kijun-Sen (Base Line)
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Linearly Weighted Moving Average (LWMA)
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How Do I Create a Trading Strategy With Bollinger Bands® and the RSI?
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DeMarker Indicator (DeM) Definition, Validity & Trading Strategy
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Fibonacci Channel
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Oscillator of a Moving Average (OsMA)
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Outside Days
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How to Build a Winning Range-Bound Trading Strategy
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Golden Cross Pattern Explained With Examples and Charts
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Price Target: How to Understand and Calculate Plus Accuracy
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The Anatomy of Trading Breakouts
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What Are Double Bottom Patterns?
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What Is a Doji Candle Pattern, and What Does It Tell You?
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Trade Broken Trendlines Without Going Broke
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Pivot Point: Definition, Formulas, and How to Calculate
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Shooting Star: What It Means in Stock Trading, With an Example
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Top 4 Fibonacci Retracement Mistakes to Avoid
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Bullish Engulfing Pattern: Definition, Example, and What It Means
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Hanging Man Candlestick Definition and Tactics
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All About Fibonacci Extensions: What They Are, How To Use Them
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Trading With VWAP and MVWAP
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Williams %R: Definition, Formula, Uses, and Limitations
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How to Trade the MACD
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Breakout: Definition, Meaning, Example, and What It Tells You

Bullish Harami: Definition in Trading and Other Patterns
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DMI Points the Way to Profits
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Average Directional Index (ADX): Definition and Formula
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Morning Stars: How To Trade the Morning Star Candlestick Pattern
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Descending Triangle: What It Is, What It Indicates, Examples
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Overbought: What It Means and How To Identify Overbought Stocks
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How Is the Parabolic SAR Used in Trading?
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What Is Divergence in Technical Analysis and Trading?
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Spinning Top Candlestick
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Gravestone Doji: Definition, How to Trade It, and Example
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Three White Soldiers Candlestick Pattern in Trading Explained