You have two main choices when it comes to learning day trading: You can learn by doing, or get a teacher. Teaching yourself ...

Laurie Sepulveda is a MarketWatch Guides team senior writer who specializes in writing about personal loans, home equity loans, mortgages and banking. She lives in North Carolina and has taught and ...

The goal of a successful trader is to make the best trades. Money is secondary. This observation from Alexander Elder, a best-selling author and trader, captures the essence of day trading: it’s less ...

More and more aspiring investors are being drawn into the world of day trading. While the prospect of making money with a few swift moves is appealing, there's a lot of downside risk. Despite the ...

When does the market open? While the stock market does have regular hours, trading doesn't necessarily stop when the major ...

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U.S. stock and bond trading will halt on Monday for the Labor Day holiday. Both markets will resume with a normal schedule on ...