Life is full of patterns, and those who recognize them will quickly find themselves ahead of the pack—especially when it comes to a pattern trading strategy for securities. As the name implies, a ...

You can violate the pattern day trader (PDT) rules without realizing it. The consequences for violating PDT vary, but can be inconvenient for investors who are not actively trading. For active ...

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 ...

I've spent my 30-plus-year career discovering some of the most obscure and lucrative patterns in the world. Now, you might've heard the term before—or even tried trading patterns yourself. But almost ...

The world of financial markets can shift in moments, and newcomers often find themselves drowning in a sea of numbers, charts, and terminology. But as often happens on the high seas, new traders do ...

Many years ago, when my wife and I first made a home together with three children by a prior marriage, we encountered a problem. The kids complained that I was taking too much time in the shower in ...