SCALPING
Lightning-fast trades grabbing tiny profits from dozens to hundreds of tiny price moves per day.
- Time frame: Very short term
- Holding period: Seconds to minutes (< 120 seconds)
- Focus: Monitoring for 30 min. when market opens
- Charts: 1 minute
- USD $25,000 minimum or CDF
- High leverage, high intensity
DAY TRADING
Buying and selling the same stock within one trading day, no overnight positions.
- Time frame: Short term (< 24 hours)
- Holding period: Day only. No overnight positions
- Focus: Constant monitoring after market opens
- Charts: 1- & 5 minute
- USD $25,000 minimum or CDF
- High leverage, high intensity
SWING TRADING
Holding stocks for several days to weeks to capture short- to medium-term price swings.
- Time frame: Short term
- Holding period: Days to weeks (< 2 weeks)
- Focus: ½ to 1 hour before market opens
- Charts: Daily
- Leverage with low intensity (CFDs)
POSITION TRADING
Taking longer-term trades (weeks to months) based on the bigger trend or fundamentals.
- Time frame: Long term
- Holding period: Months to years.
- Focus: Fundamentals
- Charts: Weekly and daily
- Review: Weekly or quarterly
- No leverage, loans or CFDs
MOMENTUM TRADING
Momentum Trading: Jumping into stocks that are already moving strongly in one direction with high volume.
- Time Frame: Long-term
- Holding Period: Months to years
- Focus: Fundamentals (with momentum confirmation)
- Charts: Weekly and daily
- Review: Weekly or quarterly
- Leverage: None – No leverage, loans, or CFDs
TREND TRADING
Riding established uptrends or downtrends until the trend shows clear signs of reversing.
- Time Frame: Long-term
- Holding Period: Months to years
- Focus: Trend identification & confirmation (price action + fundamentals)
- Charts: Weekly and daily
- Review: Weekly or quarterly
- Leverage: None – No leverage, loans, or CFDs
VALUE TRADING
Buying undervalued stocks based on fundamental analysis and waiting for the market to recognize their true worth.
- Time Frame: Long-term
- Holding Period: Months to years
- Focus: Undervalued companies trading below intrinsic value (fundamentals-driven)
- Charts: Weekly and daily
- Review: Weekly or quarterly
- Leverage: None – No leverage, loans, or CFDs
GROWTH TRADING
Investing in high-growth companies even at premium valuations, betting on future earnings explosion.
- Time Frame: Long-term
- Holding Period: Months to years
- Focus: High-growth companies with strong earnings momentum and future potential
- Charts: Weekly and daily
- Review: Weekly or quarterly
- Leverage: None – No leverage, loans, or CFDs
Algorithmic/Quant TRADING
Using computer programs and mathematical models to execute trades at superhuman speed and scale.
- Time Frame: Multi-timeframe (milliseconds to long-term)
- Holding Period: Varies from seconds to years (strategy dependent)
- Focus: Data-driven mathematical models, statistical edges, and automated rules
- Charts: Multiple timeframes + quantitative dashboards
- Review: Daily to real-time monitoring
- Leverage: Often used (but can be run without leverage, loans, or CFDs)