Posts Tagged ‘capturing alpha’
Is 2025 St. Patrick’s Day Going to Be a Lucky One for Traders?
By: Katie Gomez As St. Patrick’s Day 2025 approaches, traders and investors might wonder if the “luck of the Irish” will extend to their portfolios again. History suggests a good reason for optimism, but can we expect a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow? The S&P 500 has demonstrated a remarkable tendency…
Read MoreSmall-Cap Struggles and Large-Cap Dominance in 2025
By: Katie Gomez The U.S. stock market in 2025 is telling a tale of two markets. While large-cap indices soar to record highs, small-cap stocks continue to struggle. This divergence has created unique opportunities for value-seeking investors and signals significant structural shifts in the market landscape. The Great Divide A striking divergence has emerged between…
Read More$U – What Makes This Trade Great
Hey everyone, Barrie Einarson here with today’s breakdown of an interesting trade setup. At Trade Ideas, we love breaking down successful trades to uncover what made them great. Today, I’ll share a standout trade from our AI-powered system featuring $U. Let’s dive into why this trade was worth taking and how traders could have capitalized…
Read MoreWinter Rally Small-Cap Stock Surge: How to Your Portfolio Merrier This Holiday Season
By: Katie Gomez While Wall Street veterans often dismiss seasonal trading patterns as mere superstition, the winter surge in small-cap stocks has proven to be one of the market’s most reliable phenomena – and this year’s setup could be particularly explosive. Small-cap stocks historically demonstrate a compelling seasonal pattern of outperformance, particularly from December through…
Read MoreSet Your Clocks Back Without Setting Back Your Market Progress: Coping with Daylight Savings as a Trader
By: Katie Gomez Does your mind feel a little hazier? Has your sleep been off? Are you struggling to get back into routine? Does it feel like the early sunsets are bringing on that familiar seasonal slump? That’s right—Daylight Saving Time is back, and it’s been a tough adjustment, especially for stock traders. In early…
Read MoreTrade Ideas’ Trade Wave: A Game-Changer for Novice Traders: Trading Made Simple
By: Katie Gomez Imagine a world where your trading decisions are guided by precision algorithms rather than gut feelings, where market noise fades away, and consistent profits become the norm rather than the exception. This isn’t a far-off trading utopia—it’s the reality that Trade Wave by Trade Ideas is bringing to investors of all levels.…
Read MoreNavigating Calm Waters: How Low Volume Trading Reduces Volatility & Boosts Stability
By: Katie Gomez In the bustling world of financial markets, low-volume trading often flies under the radar. Yet, this understated approach to market participation plays a crucial role in maintaining stability and reducing volatility. Characterized by a decrease in the number of shares or contracts exchanged during a given period, low-volume trading starkly contrasts with…
Read MoreBTS Breaks the Bank: Investing in Music and Entertainment’s Biggest Boy Band Phenom
By Katie Gomez “Permission to Dance” offers traders permission to profit. Korean pop sensation, BTS, has surpassed expectations in the past decade, earning over $100 million touring across mega-stadiums in 2022 while setting records for an act’s highest-grossing Las Vegas residency this past spring. When you factor in 37.8 million Instagram followers, 3 billion YouTube…
Read MoreWhy Women Win at Stock Trading: Celebrating International women’s day in a new way
By Katie Gomez Wall Street nurtures the ultimate “old boys club” reputation – conjuring images of men in suits earning extraordinary wealth, wheeling and dealing stocks with aggressive bravado. This stereotype is shattered by data revealing that female investors outperform their male counterparts over the long run by displaying key behavior advantages, including studious…
Read MoreJust send it: How Snowboarding and Stock Trading are Alike
By Katie Gomez I went snowboarding for the first time and realized all the similarities between the mentality and psychology of snowboarding and stock trading. While I’ve written past articles on the similarities between basketball, golf, yoga, and more, but this one might take the cake. For all my adrenaline junkies out there who chase…
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