Argued trading tips, clear definitions of the terms brokers use, and direct answers to the questions stock traders type when an order does something unexpected.https://tipsforstocktraders.com/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/write-rules-when-the-market-is-closed/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/write-rules-when-the-market-is-closed/A trading rule changed mid-session is changed by your last trade. Why rule changes belong after the close, how to keep a rule-change log, and the one exception.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/weigh-after-hours-prices-lightly/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/weigh-after-hours-prices-lightly/Extended-hours quotes come from fewer traders and wider spreads. How much an after-hours price after earnings tells you, and how to trade the session if you must.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/watch-fewer-stocks/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/watch-fewer-stocks/A short watchlist teaches you how each stock normally trades, which a scanner cannot. How to build the list, prune it, and what to record for every name on it.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/trailing-stops-trade-off/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/trailing-stops-trade-off/Why a trailing stop that rides a trend neatly in hindsight gets hit by routine pullbacks live, and how percentage, dollar and structure-based trails compare.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/start-in-a-cash-account/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/start-in-a-cash-account/Why a newer trader is better off in a cash account: settled money only, no margin calls, no pattern day trader rule, and a built-in pause on overtrading.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/small-caps-can-halt/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/small-caps-can-halt/A resting stop cannot fill while a stock is halted, and the reopen can be far away. A worked small-cap halt, the loss against plan, and how to size for the gap.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/single-stock-dips-versus-index-dips/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/single-stock-dips-versus-index-dips/A falling index and a falling single stock carry different risks. The questions to ask before buying each dip, and how to size the trade for what can go wrong.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/short-selling-is-a-separate-skill/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/short-selling-is-a-separate-skill/Shorting looks like buying in reverse. The objections traders raise when they start shorting, answered: open-ended losses, borrow costs, recalls, Rule 201, squeezes.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/share-price-is-not-value/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/share-price-is-not-value/Why a $5 stock can be as expensive as a $500 one, what market cap and valuation ratios tell you, and what a low share price really changes for a trader.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/scaling-out-trade-off/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/scaling-out-trade-off/Selling half at the first target banks something and halves what reaches the second. The expectancy of both exits on hypothetical trades, and how to test your own.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/round-number-stops/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/round-number-stops/Why stops at whole numbers, half-dollars and obvious swing lows tend to get swept together, and how to place a stop where the trade is wrong and size to it.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/price-alerts-are-prompts/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/price-alerts-are-prompts/A price alert tells you a level was touched and nothing more. How to tie alerts to a written plan, name them usefully, and when a resting order does the job better.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/pre-trade-checklist/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/pre-trade-checklist/The errors that cost the most are dull ones: wrong ticker, extra zero, earnings tomorrow, no stop. An eight-item pre-trade checklist, with the reason for each check.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/options-are-a-different-trade/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/options-are-a-different-trade/A call adds a strike, an expiry and implied volatility to a view on the stock, so you can be right on direction and still lose. The usual objections, answered.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/one-sentence-trade-thesis/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/one-sentence-trade-thesis/A one-sentence trade thesis names the setup, the reason, where it is wrong and what ends it. A template, three examples, and what a vague sentence reveals.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/mental-stops-fail/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/mental-stops-fail/A stop kept in your head depends on you acting at the worst moment of the trade. Why a resting stop order is better, the one case for an exception, and its limits.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/keep-a-skipped-trades-log/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/keep-a-skipped-trades-log/A journal of taken trades can't tell you whether your filters help. How to log skipped setups, with a worked month of entries and the hindsight traps.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/hide-the-dollar-pnl/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/hide-the-dollar-pnl/A live dollar gain or loss pulls exits toward the number and away from the plan. Why to track open trades in R, or price against stop and target, instead.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/gaps-do-not-have-to-fill/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/gaps-do-not-have-to-fill/Why the belief that every gap fills survives, how a news gap can mark a lasting repricing, and how to trade a gap fill as one scenario with its own stop.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/close-social-feeds-before-the-open/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/close-social-feeds-before-the-open/Social feeds during the session hand you other people's conviction when your plan should be in charge. Why to close them, and a schedule that keeps the news.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/choose-tax-lots-before-selling/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/choose-tax-lots-before-selling/Selling 100 shares from a position bought at three prices can produce a gain, a loss or a long-term gain. A worked case on lot selection, and when to choose.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/check-broker-default-settings/https://tipsforstocktraders.com/tips/check-broker-default-settings/Order type, time in force, extended hours, share or dollar quantity, margin, dividend reinvestment and tax lots: what each default does and what to check.Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT