Daytrading Tutoring Session

A focused and practical 2-hour crash course to help you learn the basics of day trading quickly. The goal is to give you just enough knowledge to understand how day trading works, the tools you’ll need, and what risks you’re taking.

⏱️ Total Time Commitment: ~2 Hours

🕐 Hour 1: Understand the Foundations

🔹 What is Day Trading?

• Buying and selling financial instruments (like stocks, options, forex, or crypto) within the same day.
• Aimed at profiting from short-term price movements.
• Traders close all positions by market close to avoid overnight risk.

🔹 Key Concepts

• Volatility: Price fluctuations that create opportunities.
• Liquidity: Ability to buy/sell without large price changes.
• Bid/Ask Spread: Difference between the price buyers want and sellers ask.
• Leverage: Borrowed money to increase trade size (amplifies both gains and losses).

🔹 Common Instruments

• Stocks
• Options
• ETFs
• Forex
• Futures
• Crypto

🕑 Hour 2: Learn the Tools & Strategies

📈 Technical Analysis Basics

• Candlestick Charts
• Indicators:
• • Moving Averages (SMA, EMA)
  • RSI (Relative Strength Index)
  • MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence)
  • VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price)
• Support & Resistance
• Trendlines & Patterns

⚙️ Day Trading Strategies

• Scalping: Very quick trades, seconds to minutes.
• Momentum Trading: Buying on strong upward movement.
• Breakout Trading: Entering when price breaks a known support/resistance.
• Reversal Trading: Betting price will reverse after extreme move.

📊 Simulate First

• Use paper trading (fake money) to test your skills.

⚠️ Risk Management

• Never risk more than 1-2% per trade.
• Set stop-loss and take-profit orders.
• Accept small losses to survive long term.

✅ Day Trader Rules (U.S.)

• Pattern Day Trader (PDT) Rule: If you make 4+ day trades in 5 days and have <$25K, your account gets flagged and restricted.

📚 Fast Reads:

• My Trading Journal - Daytrading by Dawn Smith

For more information on how to order our book email us @ info@globaltutoring.net

✅ What we offer:

• Initial individual meeting to set up platform.
• Daytrading live tutoring session.
• After session, scheduled individual live trade.