What is SWING Trading?
After purchasing shares of a stock, depending on how long you hold the stock for will determine the type of trade or investment you are doing.
When you buy and hold a stock for several days to several weeks and then sell, that is called a "SWING trade".
Below are different scenarios, we call "PLAYS" that members can use to SWING Trade.
PLAY #1:
When DOW drops 500 points or more and the NASDAQ and S&P500 Drop Significantly as well
When the major indexes drop significantly due to MACRO Events, there is high probability they will reverse over the next few days to a week and run back up creating a Swing Opportunity. Below are the steps to run the play. Note Swing Trading caries RISK just like all trading and investing. There is no guarantee the stock you swing will go back up in price.
Here is what it will look like enlarged
Step 2:
Click on S&P 500 or NASDAQ or DOW or Russell 2000 or Combo buttons below
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Step 3:
Look at the first 10 stocks listed sorted from highest price drop to lowest price drop
Step 4:
Select the stock you want to swing. In this EXAMPLE:
I selected LBRT It is on sale for $19.62 (21.96% down) on 7/23/26
Step 5:
Watch and Buy
Watch the stock price for another day or two to see if it drops in price even more or starts to increase.
Click BUY to review and follow steps to BUY the stock and place a trail stop on the stock using the website (not the app)
BUY
Step 6:
SELL
Once the stock has risen in price to your desired price, SELL (Ex: Stock moves up $2 from your purchase price. Say you have 200 shares and it moves up $2 =$400 Profit).
Also when the price increases your trailing stop will move up trapping in profits and your trail stop might get triggered and automatically sell for you. (if during regular market hours of 9:30am to 4pm
SELL
PLAY #2
Pot Hole
Stock is overall moving up but has a dip for the week
Step 1
Step 2:
Select a stock
Step 3:
Watch and Buy
Watch the stock price for another day or two to see if it drops in price even more or starts to increase.
Click BUY to review and follow steps to BUY the stock and place a trail stop on the stock using the website (not the app)
BUY
Step 4:
SELL
Once the stock has risen in price to your desired price, SELL (Ex: Stock moves up $2 from your purchase price. Say you have 200 shares and it moves up $2 =$400 Profit).
Also when the price increases your trailing stop will move up trapping in profits and your trail stop might get triggered and automatically sell for you. (if during regular market hours of 9:30am to 4pm
SELL
PLAY #3
IPO Sky Rocket
Often times the day of an IPO, the stock will shoot up quickly off the hype and then collapse
