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Al Hill: July 27, 2026
The best trading month I ever had was on paper. Early in my career I ran a practice account for a quarter and it did nothing but go up, and I walked into my first live month convinced the hard part was behind me. It was not. The paper account had...
Paper Trading Simulator: How Practice Accounts Actually Work
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Al Hill
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July 26, 2026
The first stock I ever traded properly was a mid cap that moved about a dollar a day, and I lost money on it for a month before I worked out why. It...
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Al Hill
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July 25, 2026
I have watched a lot of people try to learn this business by reading. They finish the book, they know what a bull flag looks like, and then the...
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John McDowell
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July 24, 2026
Stock trading can be a rewarding and profitable activity, but staying profitable can be challenging. Just like any other profession, stock trading...
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John McDowell
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July 24, 2026
Harmonic patterns are used in technical analysis that traders use to find trend reversals. By using...
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John McDowell
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July 24, 2026
Short sale restriction (SSR) is an interesting trading rule that was established in 2010 and is not always popular...
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John McDowell
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July 24, 2026
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past year, you’ll know that GME is the ticker symbol for the wildly popular meme stock, GameStop...