Four Types of Stock Index Traders

Four Types of Stock Index Technical Analysis Traders

The four types of stock index style methods for technical analysis traders are: stock index scalping, stock index day trading, stock index swing trading & stock index position trading.

Stock Index traders learn and master one stock index trading style that best suits their stock index trading schedule.

Scalping Stock Index Trading

Scalping stock index trading is used by traders who set small stock index profits repeatedly & trade many trades during the day so as to make these small profits many times repeatedly throughout the day.

Stock Index scalpers set and open stock index trades that lasts from a few seconds to minutes. This stock index scalping strategy tries to make profits from small changes in the stock index price. Stock Index traders who use these methods are those stock index traders that find it easier to make profits from small stock index price moves rather than from the large stock index price moves.

Stock Index Scalpers will make many stock index trades in one day and stock index scalpers can open anywhere between 10 -20 stock index trades in a day or even more.

Indices Day Trading

Day Trading is used by traders who open and close stock index trades within the same day. Stock Index day traders will close their open stock index trades within the same day & stock index day traders do not hold overnight stock index trade positions - stock index trades are opened only for a few hours & closed within the same day.

A stock index day trader will open stock index trades and close all stock index trades before the stock index market closes.

Stock Index day traders will also try to catch small to medium stock index trading profits per stock index trade. These stock index day traders will try to profit from small to medium moves in the stock index price movement. Stock Index day traders will generally open between 3 to 5 stock index trades in one day.

Stock Index Day Trading is also sometimes referred to as stock index intraday trading.

Stock Index Swing Trading

Stock Index Swing Trading is used by traders who want to capture the short term stock index price trends and profit from these short term stock index price trends.

Stock Index Swing Traders will open a stock index trade and leave this stock index trade open for several days so as to capture the short term stock index market trend momentum and make profit from the short term stock index market trend momentum.

Scalper stock index traders will determine the direction of the short term stock index market trend and then place stock index trades in the direction of these short term stock index market trend so as make profit from the medium stock index price changes.

Stock Index swing traders will keep a stock index trade open for a few days & these stock index trades might last from 3 days to 7 days on average.

Stock Index Swing traders will open a few stock index trades in a week & these stock index swing traders may open anywhere between 3 to 5 stock index trades in one week.

Stock Index Position Trading

Stock Index Position Trading is used by traders who want to capture the long term stock index price trends and profit from these long term stock index price trends.

Position stock index traders will keep their stock index trades open for weeks or even months.

Position stock index traders will try to make profit from the large stock index price changes in the stock index price. Stock Index position traders will try to determine the long term stock index trend and place stock index trades so as to profit from the momentum of the long term stock index trends.

Stock Index position traders will keep a stock index trade open for a few weeks to a few months & these stock index trades may last from a few weeks to a few months on average.

Stock Index position traders will open a few stock index trades in a year and these stock index position traders may open anywhere between 5 to 10 stock index trades in one year.

Differences between Stock Index Scalping, Day Trading, Swing Trading and Position Trading

The differences between stock index scalpers, stock index day traders, stock index swing traders & stock index position traders are:

Stock Index scalpers - goal is to profit from short term stock index price fluctuations and not from the medium term stock index trend or long term primary stock index trend

Stock Index day traders - goal is to profit from short term stock index price fluctuations and not from the long term primary stock index trend

Stock Index swing traders - goal is to profit from the momentum of a swing trend intermediated stock index trend rather than from the long term primary stock index trend rather or from the short term stock index price fluctuations

Stock Index position traders - goal is to profit from the long term primary stock index trend rather than from short term stock index price fluctuations

Differences between Stock Index Scalping, Stock Index Day Trading, Stock Index Swing Trading & Stock Index Position Trading