Sunday, September 9, 2007

Strategy - Types of Trades

Group by hold period or trade frequency
1) Mega Trend
2) Momentum
3) Sculping
4) Day Trading
5) Buy & Hold / Stock purchase plan
6) Buy IPO

Group by market timing
1) Leading / before signals
2) Lagging / after signals
3) In sync / on signals

Group by pricing
1) Buy low sell high
2) Buy high sell higher
3) Buy before expansion, sell before compression

Group by reasoning
1) Foundamental Data
2) Speculation / News Play
3) Technical / Chart Reading
4) Emotional / Follow the crowd
5) Insider trading
6) Risk management (stop lose, cover short, option expired)
7) Diversifying / Stock rotation
8) Goveronment actions & policies
9) Academic studies / Software testing

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