About Day Trading: Open Interest, Averaging Down, Economic Calendar
| from Adam Milton This week's day trading newsletter includes: - the definition of open interest, with examples of how open interest can be used in day trading, - a discussion of averaging down, and why it should be avoided, - and the weekly economic calendar with volatility expectations.
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Open Interest Both short term and long term traders often like to know the general sentiment of the markets (e.g. are they going up, is trading volume increasing, are other traders pensive or bold?). As a result there are several indicators that have been developed to gauge the overall condition of the markets. These indicators include ... read the full definition | | Averaging Down All traders have losing trades, because no trading system is correct 100% of the time. As long as the losing trades are smaller than the winning trades (i.e. a positive risk to reward ratio), or there are less losing trades than winning trades (i.e. a positive win to loss ratio), the losing trades are just a normal part of day trading. However, it is human nature ... read the full article | Economic Calendar with Volatility Expectations There is another holiday this week, but even so, there are several news releases from each region (US, Europe, and Asia). Each region also has a few high volatility news releases, so markets throughout the world should experience some decent price movement this week. As day traders can trade in both directions (long and short) ... view the full calendar | Sponsored Links | ![]() | | | Advertisement
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