Here is an 7 step process for finding the Best Stocks to trade at any given time
It is very important to select the stocks which have best chances of moving up.
You do not want to select just any stock which popped up on any day.
STEP 1. Check the overall market
Check the following ticker symbols in DreamTai
- SPY
- QQQ
These two symbols are the symbols for ETFs which track the overall market.
SPY tracks the Standard and Poors 500 Index
QQQ tracks the Nasdaq index
If both of these are showing GREEN bars, the overall market is bullish.
So, it is a good time to buy.
You can risk two percent ( 2.00 %) of your total capital in any stock trade in good bullish markets
If the chart of any one of these two ETFs show RED bars in DreamTai, it means that markets are bearish.
Now, the overall market is not suitable to buy.
If you still feel like buying, just risk 1 percent (1 % ) of your total capital in any trade.
As of October 11, 2021, the SPY is RED. That means the current market situation is bearish.
So, if I buy any stock, I will NOT risk 1% of total capital. I will just risk 0.5 percent of the total capital.
STEP 2. Search for Trending stocks and stocks making 52 week highs and make a [TO BUY] Stock List
The following links can be useful
Top 100 Trending stocks
https://www.barchart.com/stocks/top-100-stocks?orderBy=weightedAlpha&orderDir=desc
52 week high stocks
https://www.barchart.com/stocks/highs-lows
Let us suppose you find two stocks, which based on your research looks to be trending up. Also, the news for these stocks are good and the analyst ratings are good/
These two stocks are [AR] and [PALT]
We need to filter these stocks so that we can ONLY BUY THE BEST STOCKS
STEP 3. Check Weekly Charts and remove the weak stocks from the [TO BUY] Stock List
You can use BigCharts.com to check weekly charts
1. AR weekly chart
2. Weekly PALT
STEP 4. Check the Power Ranking of the two stocks in DreamTai
STEP 5: Create a Trading Plan based on your analysis
Stock Name:
Total Capital:
Risk Percentage:
Entry Price:
Stop Price:
Click on the Calculate button.
You will get the complete Trading Plan.
Step 6: Put Buy Order Trade and put Stop Loss Orders
Go to your brokerage website and put your buy order. After stock purchase, add a stop loss order as shown in the Trading Plan.
Step 7: Manage your Trade