#TradingTypes101 Here you have a general guide with tips for different types of trading, depending on the style you choose. Each one has its characteristics, advantages, and risks:

🕐 1. Scalping (very short trades: seconds to minutes)

Characteristics:

✔️Many trades a day.

✔️Seeks small profits.

✔️Requires a lot of attention and speed.

📈Tips:

Use a broker with low commission and reduced spreads.

You need a fast and stable connection.

Rely on 1 or 5-minute charts.

Use indicators like VWAP, RSI, and fast moving averages.

Have clear entry and exit rules. Don’t improvise.

A lot of discipline: don’t chase losses.

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⏰ 2. Day Trading (trades lasting minutes to hours)

Characteristics:

Positions are not held overnight.

Based on technical analysis and daily news.

Tips:

Trade only when the market has high volatility (like at opening).

Learn to read volume, support/resistance, and candlesticks.

Have a daily trading plan.

Avoid overtrading.

Use tight stop losses to protect capital.

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📅 3. Swing Trading (days or weeks)

Characteristics:

Less stress than scalping or day trading.

Uses technical analysis and sometimes fundamental analysis.

Tips:

Analyze trends, chart patterns, and key levels on daily or 4-hour charts.

Monitor economic news that may affect your assets.

Use wide stop losses and take profits and be patient.

Diversify your trades.

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📆 4. Position Trading / Investment (months or years)

Characteristics:

Based on long-term fundamental analysis.

Fewer trades, but with capital committed for longer periods.

Tips:

Analyze financial indicators, macroeconomic, and sector news.

Use strategies like buy and hold, dividends, or value investing.

Diversify across various assets or sectors.

Avoid reacting to short-term movements.

Maintain proper risk management.