Some trading advices (zt)

1: DON"T gamble blindly. A gamble likes to imagine the possibility of big jump after ER announcement, the probability is against you: you don't have the first hand up to minute information like the institution have, let alone if you don't do any dd all together. From time to time, I took calculated risk and play ER with small money, but my experience tells me it isn't worth all the hustle.

2: Trade with an open mind. If you only limit yourself to a few blue chip stocks on one hand, and on the other hand, have very itchy hands (you do from what I saw), you'll force yourself to make some bad trades when the opportunity is just not there. So, instead, go with the market, trade everything with reliable financial information. We can do frenzy spike, we can do unstoppable momo, we can do low float swing, et.c et.c There are so many opportunities out there in the market, you just need to open yourself up to them and polish your skill sets accordingly.

3: Be patient and have a core holding. Honestly, swing trading and day trading won't get you far because you have to work on stocks you're not that familar with and you you probably have disadvantage against average folks there who know their stocks. So, have a few core holdings on which you can do thorough study and be familar with their FA and TA pattern. You can also swing trading against them (including playing option too) and have advantage there since you know those stock so well. I do a lot of swing trade too, but most of my profit are from my core holdings. And as my portofolio grows bigger, the percentage becomes more dominant too. It's relatively boring to hold core holdings than do swing trading, but we're here for the money, not just the excitement.